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FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFZ)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
28.71 USD -0.11 (-0.382%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.71

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:44 a.m. EDT

The moderate buffer ETF is trading near its 52-week high, showing a slight upward lean against its moving averages, which supports a cautious bullish stance for the immediate future. However, the lack of any dividend history and the one-year price window mean there is no income component and insufficient historical depth to confirm a superior long-term business trajectory, leaving the long-term outlook neutral.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.006791
AutoARIMA0.006862
MSTL0.007507
AutoTheta0.011312

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 70%
H-stat 0.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.016
Excess Kurtosis 1.13
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 24.34

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 29.37
All Time Low 19.628
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 178,730
Average Daily Volume3 Month 165,300
Average Volume 165,300
Average Volume10Days 178,730
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 600
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 29.37
Day Low 28.6301
Display Name Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.1794302
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.51156
Fifty Day Average Change 0.19843864
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.006959936
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 11.792088
Fifty Two Week High 29.37
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.66000175
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.02247197
Fifty Two Week Low 25.74
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.9699993
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.115384586
Fifty Two Week Range 25.74 - 29.37
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,698,413,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.030000687
Fullday Change Percent -0.104024574
Fullday Price 28.71
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,698,192,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing investors with U.S. large-cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs. The term "laddered portfolio" refers to its investment in multiple underlying ETFs that have target outcome period expiration dates which occur on a rolling, or periodic, basis. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1833427652
Nav Price 28.78
Net Assets 1,082,799,870.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 29.37
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 28.71
Post Market Time 1,792,008,604
Previous Close 28.82
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.110001
Regular Market Change Percent -0.381682
Regular Market Day High 29.37
Regular Market Day Low 28.6301
Regular Market Day Range 28.6301 - 29.37
Regular Market Open 29.37
Regular Market Previous Close 28.82
Regular Market Price 28.71
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,000
Regular Market Volume 107,477
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffe
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFZ
Total Assets 1,082,799,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 24.34226
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.25806
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.25806
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.49964
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2103596
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.044013653
Type Disp ETF
Volume 107,477
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 7.70102