FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December (DDEC)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
46.15 USD
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:23 p.m. EDT
DDEC is a deep buffer ETF (DDEC) that offers edgeless upside potential and total downside protection, but its yield history is non-existent, making it irrelevant for dividend seekers. The recent price action shows a strong upward trend driven by recent macro tailwinds and market recovery, with prices push to 46.19 which is near 52-week highs. However, forecasting model stats reveal extremely high heteroscedasticity (H-Stat: 13.37) and significant autocorrelation in price residuals, indicating that short-term technical signals are unreliable for strategic entry/exit points. The low predicted directional change (0.27%) and lack of real-time signals suggest that momentum will likely be followed by a mean-reversion or stagnation in the next 45 days. For long-term investors, the lack of dividends and the complexity of structured buffers make it a niche product that should only be considered for specific market opportunities, but not as a core holding. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.017528 |
| MSTL | 0.025959 |
| AutoETS | 0.026000 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.026077 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 43% |
| H-stat | 13.37 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.130 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.54 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 26.79 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 46.21 |
| All Time Low | 29.569 |
| Ask | 46.16 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 25,560 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 17,409 |
| Average Volume | 17,409 |
| Average Volume10Days | 25,560 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.49 |
| Bid | 46.11 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 46.187 |
| Day Low | 46.15 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.722492 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 44.96402 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.1859818 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.02637624 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 20.900131 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 46.21 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.05999756 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0012983674 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 37.84 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.310001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.21960892 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 37.84 - 46.21 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,608,561,000,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.0794419 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,608,249,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest substantially all of its assets in FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") that reference the price performance of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (the "Underlying ETF"). FLEX Options are customized equity or index option contracts that trade on an exchange, but provide investors with the ability to customize key contract terms like exercise prices, styles and expiration dates. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_689506622 |
| Nav Price | 46.15 |
| Net Assets | 405,421,184.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.85 |
| Open | 46.187 |
| Previous Close | 46.15 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Day High | 46.187 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 46.15 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 46.15 - 46.187 |
| Regular Market Open | 46.187 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 46.15 |
| Regular Market Price | 46.15 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,782,721 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,026 |
| Short Name | FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | DDEC |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.1276517 |
| Total Assets | 405,421,184 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 26.792578 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -1.90899 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -1.90899 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 44.10558 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.0444221 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.046352915 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 1,026 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -1.90899 |