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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December (GDEC)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
41.05 USD +0.05 (0.121%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 3:56 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m. EDT

The moderate buffer ETF is trading at the top end of its range, having rallied nearly 10% over the last year while holding near its 52-week high. This strong price performance aligns with a high-confidence short-term forecast predicting a further 1.36% gain over the next 45 days, suggesting continued upward momentum. However, the lack of any dividend history and the inherent structural limitations of a buffer ETF mean there is no income component to support a long-term hold, making it suitable primarily as a tactical vehicle for capturing equity upside rather than a core investment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.002311
MSTL0.004584
AutoARIMA0.004640
AutoETS0.005652

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 73%
H-stat 5.37
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.923
Excess Kurtosis -0.05
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 24.34

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 41.19
All Time Low 29.961
Ask 42.87
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 120,210
Average Daily Volume3 Month 50,006
Average Volume 50,006
Average Volume10Days 120,210
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 41.13
Day Low 40.95
Display Name U.S. Eq Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.6864778
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 40.72046
Fifty Day Average Change 0.32954025
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.008092744
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 11.880302
Fifty Two Week High 41.19
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.13999939
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0033988685
Fifty Two Week Low 36.355
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.6949997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12914316
Fifty Two Week Range 36.355 - 41.19
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,702,909,800,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.0
Fullday Change Percent 0.0
Fullday Price 41.05
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 REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1855538931
Nav Price 41.03
Net Assets 382,326,208.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 40.96
Previous Close 41.0004
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0495987
Regular Market Change Percent 0.120971
Regular Market Day High 41.13
Regular Market Day Low 40.95
Regular Market Day Range 40.95 - 41.13
Regular Market Open 40.96
Regular Market Previous Close 41.0004
Regular Market Price 41.05
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,169
Regular Market Volume 9,904
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu
Source Interval 15
Symbol GDEC
Total Assets 382,326,208
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 24.34067
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.41085
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.41085
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 39.20498
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.8450203
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.047060866
Type Disp ETF
Volume 9,904
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 8.05511