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FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF (FHDG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
35.27 USD +0.18 (0.513%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 11:40 a.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:38 p.m. EDT

FHDG exhibits strong short-term momentum, rallying 5.5% in the last two weeks to approach its 52-week high, driven by its dynamic buffer feature which likely captured upside while limiting downside in a potentially volatile month; however, it fails to provide income as an emerging dividend payer, making it a capital-appreciation play rather than a total-return vehicle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.007895
AutoARIMA0.008759
MSTL0.009015
AutoETS0.009637

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 5.63
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.018
Excess Kurtosis 0.57
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.83

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 35.31
All Time Low 27.186
Ask 52.87
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,200
Average Daily Volume3 Month 30,369
Average Volume 30,369
Average Volume10Days 6,200
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 17.63
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 35.31
Day Low 35.215
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.314431
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 34.24678
Fifty Day Average Change 1.018219
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.029731816
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 25.075363
Fifty Two Week High 35.31
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.045001984
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0012744826
Fifty Two Week Low 28.195
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.0699997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25075367
Fifty Two Week Range 28.195 - 35.31
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,731,940,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,731,542,400
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 fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1891797834
Nav Price 35.25
Net Assets 38,013,628.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 35.215
Previous Close 35.085
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.18
Regular Market Change Percent 0.513041
Regular Market Day High 35.31
Regular Market Day Low 35.215
Regular Market Day Range 35.215 - 35.31
Regular Market Open 35.215
Regular Market Previous Close 35.085
Regular Market Price 35.265
Regular Market Time 1,776,440,428
Regular Market Volume 8,603
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly D
Source Interval 15
Symbol FHDG
Total Assets 38,013,628
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.8291
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.35388
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.35388
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 33.37263
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.8923683
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0567042
Type Disp ETF
Volume 8,603
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -0.35388