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FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF (DFII)

Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
13.56 USD -0.38 (-2.724%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 13.56

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:30 a.m. EDT

The most critical observation is the massive discrepancy between the reported 20.47% yield and the actual price action. While the headline yield looks attractive, the share price has nearly halved since August 2025, dropping from roughly $25 to the current $13.44 level. This indicates a severe structural deterioration in the underlying asset value or NAV, rather than a simple increase in distribution. The recent price history shows a volatile but generally downward trend over the last two months, failing to recover from the lows seen in mid-August. The statistical forecast model also leans slightly negative for the coming month, reinforcing the lack of immediate technical momentum. Consequently, despite the high cash flow relative to the depressed price, the investment thesis is compromised by the significant capital loss and the apparent erosion of the fund's value base.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.068143
AutoETS0.071726
AutoARIMA0.082754
AutoTheta0.099259

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 11.70
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.14

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.53% 18.31%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-03 0.178 1.525932
2026-07-01 0.169 1.519784
2026-06-01 0.208 1.550156
2026-05-01 0.214 1.447609
2026-04-01 0.194 1.471927
2026-03-02 0.200 1.482580
2026-02-02 0.249 1.617723
2026-01-02 0.263 1.467798
2025-12-01 0.276 1.602136
2025-11-03 0.330 1.526859
2025-10-01 0.366 1.512897
2025-09-02 0.372 1.589540
2025-08-01 0.389 1.606575
2025-07-01 0.360 1.560806
2025-06-02 0.366 1.584896
2025-05-01 0.309 1.414382
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 20.47

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 26.52
All Time Low 10.915
Ask 13.59
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,680
Average Daily Volume3 Month 10,132
Average Volume 10,132
Average Volume10Days 9,680
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 13.55
Bid Size 100
Category Digital Assets
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 13.8399
Day Low 13.5614
Dividend Yield 20.47
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 11.94812
Fifty Day Average Change 1.6132803
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.13502377
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -40.430714
Fifty Two Week High 25.73
Fifty Two Week High Change -12.168599
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4729343
Fifty Two Week Low 10.915
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.6464005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.24245538
Fifty Two Week Range 10.915 - 25.73
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,743,687,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.3798
Fullday Change Percent -2.7243
Fullday Price 13.5614
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,743,552,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in investments that provide exposure to bitcoin or income-producing investments. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1913192479
Nav Price 13.67
Net Assets 16,946,896.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 13.8399
Phone 630-241-4141
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 13.5614
Post Market Time 1,787,951,100
Previous Close 13.9412
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.3798
Regular Market Change Percent -2.7243
Regular Market Day High 13.8399
Regular Market Day Low 13.5614
Regular Market Day Range 13.5614 - 13.8399
Regular Market Open 13.8399
Regular Market Previous Close 13.9412
Regular Market Price 13.5614
Regular Market Time 1,787,937,486
Regular Market Volume 2,083
Short Name FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Targ
Source Interval 15
Symbol DFII
Total Assets 16,946,896
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -15.69396
Trailing Three Month Returns -15.69396
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.599615
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.0382147
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.07111247
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,083
Yield 0.2047
Ytd Return -26.86903