FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December (GDEC)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
40.67 USD
+0.02
(0.046%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 40.70 +0.03 (0.064%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 5:05 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:35 a.m. EDT
The moderate buffer ETF shows a distinct short-term uptrend, trading above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages with a positive 10% gain over the last year. However, the lack of any dividend history and the specific nature of a buffer ETF mean there is no income component to support a long-term hold thesis beyond capital appreciation. The recent price action suggests continued momentum, but the absence of a payout stream limits its appeal as a core long-term investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.004995 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.009877 |
| MSTL | 0.010303 |
| AutoETS | 0.011001 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 78% |
| H-stat | 0.63 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.803 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.41 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 26.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 40.71 |
| All Time Low | 29.961 |
| Ask | 40.7 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 43,180 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 17,153 |
| Average Volume | 17,153 |
| Average Volume10Days | 43,180 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 40.64 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 40.73 |
| Day Low | 40.6301 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.530468 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 40.08986 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.5840416 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.014568312 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 13.034164 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 40.73 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.056098938 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.001377337 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 35.74 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.933899 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.13804977 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 35.74 - 40.73 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,702,909,800,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fullday Change | 0.0189018 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.0464932 |
| Fullday Price | 40.7 |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,702,598,400 |
| 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 that reference the price performance of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust. 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 - December |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1855538931 |
| Nav Price | 40.56 |
| Net Assets | 437,800,544.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.85 |
| Open | 40.6901 |
| Post Market Change | 0.026100159 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0641693 |
| Post Market Price | 40.7 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,951,100 |
| Previous Close | 40.655 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0189018 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0464932 |
| Regular Market Day High | 40.73 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 40.6301 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 40.6301 - 40.73 |
| Regular Market Open | 40.6901 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 40.655 |
| Regular Market Price | 40.6739 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,944,257 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,343 |
| Short Name | FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GDEC |
| Total Assets | 437,800,544 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 26.57612 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 2.69093 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 2.69093 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 38.62432 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.0495796 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.053064484 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 4,343 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 6.17382 |