FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August (GAUG)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
41.57 USD
-0.06
(-0.147%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:53 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to cap losses while participating in upside, making it fundamentally distinct from standard equities. The price action shows the asset trading near its 52-week high, suggesting the buffer mechanism is currently active and protecting capital during a volatile period, which aligns with the 'Responsive Playbooks' news theme. However, the lack of any dividend history renders it useless for income investors, and the 1-year trajectory, while positive, offers no multi-year compounding evidence. The short-term outlook remains neutral because the buffer feature limits explosive upside potential until the underlying index breaks out significantly, preventing a high-conviction bullish rating despite the current price strength. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_121 ✓ | 0.004282 |
| MSTL | 0.007752 |
| AutoETS | 0.009499 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.011189 |
| AutoTheta | 0.020021 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_121
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 74% |
| H-stat | 1.52 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.565 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.68 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 26.83 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 41.626 |
| All Time Low | 28.78 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 21,550 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 14,655 |
| Average Volume | 14,655 |
| Average Volume10Days | 21,550 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 41.61 |
| Day Low | 41.56 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.5494416 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 41.09928 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.46571732 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01133152 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 11.89785 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 41.626 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.061000824 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.00146545 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 37.128 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.4370003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.11950551 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 37.128 - 41.626 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,692,624,600,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,692,316,800 |
| 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 Moderate Buffer ETF - August |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1835006634 |
| Nav Price | 41.63 |
| Net Assets | 295,276,800.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.9 |
| Open | 41.58 |
| Previous Close | 41.6263 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0613022 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.147268 |
| Regular Market Day High | 41.61 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 41.56 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 41.56 - 41.61 |
| Regular Market Open | 41.58 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 41.6263 |
| Regular Market Price | 41.565 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,966,129 |
| Regular Market Volume | 6,507 |
| Short Name | FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GAUG |
| Total Assets | 295,276,800 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 26.825792 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 7.02479 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 7.02479 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 39.63801 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.9269905 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.048614714 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 6,507 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 5.41847 |