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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - July (GJUL)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
44.99 USD 0.00 (-0.011%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to cap losses while participating in upside, which explains the tight trading range between $40 and $45 despite a strong underlying equity rally. The short-term outlook remains neutral because the buffer mechanism likely limits explosive momentum, keeping the price anchored near its moving averages despite the positive statistical forecast. While the underlying assets have delivered exceptional multi-year gains (+32.86% over two years), this specific vehicle offers no capital appreciation beyond its capped buffer strategy, making it unsuitable for standard long-term growth portfolios seeking compounding. Furthermore, there is absolutely no dividend income generated by this structure, rendering it purely a speculative tool for hedging or tactical positioning rather than an income or core holding.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.016552
AutoARIMA0.017114
AutoTheta0.017366
AutoETS0.025721

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 74%
H-stat 0.32
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.490
Excess Kurtosis -0.86
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 24.45

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 45.14
All Time Low 29.24
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 900
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,900
Average Daily Volume3 Month 30,317
Average Volume 30,317
Average Volume10Days 8,900
Beta3 Year 0.48
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 700
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 45.008
Day Low 44.93
Display Name U.S. Eq Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.8404568
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 44.55432
Fifty Day Average Change 0.4356804
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.009778634
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 11.098766
Fifty Two Week High 45.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.14999771
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0033229445
Fifty Two Week Low 40.03
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.960003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12390715
Fifty Two Week Range 40.03 - 45.14
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,690,205,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.013000488
Fullday Change Percent 0.028893186
Fullday Price 44.99
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,689,897,600
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 - July
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1834898765
Nav Price 45.01
Net Assets 410,714,944.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 44.86
Previous Close 44.995
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.00499725
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0111062
Regular Market Day High 45.008
Regular Market Day Low 44.93
Regular Market Day Range 44.93 - 45.008
Regular Market Open 44.86
Regular Market Previous Close 44.995
Regular Market Price 44.99
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 6,720
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu
Source Interval 15
Symbol GJUL
Three Year Average Return 0.14176139
Total Assets 410,714,944
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 24.445019
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.29779
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.29779
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 42.847614
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.1423874
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.050000157
Type Disp ETF
Volume 6,720
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 7.77052