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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March (GMAR)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
43.35 USD +0.23 (0.533%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:26 p.m. EDT

GMAR presents a compelling short-term bullish signal with price momentum breaking through recent resistance and hitting a fresh 52-week high, supported by strong flow into buffer ETFs; however, the long-term perspective remains neutral to slightly bearish for a tactical hold, as the high P/E (26.7x) suggests limited margin for premium, and the lack of a dividend yield specifically disqualifies it as a high-yield vehicle, reflecting its underlying equity buffer nature.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.003540
AutoETS0.003550
MSTL0.003638
AutoTheta0.005149

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 14%
H-stat 11.90
Ljung-Box p 0.002
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 4.84
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.75

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 43.39
All Time Low 29.66
Ask 45.57
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 38,080
Average Daily Volume3 Month 63,138
Average Volume 63,138
Average Volume10Days 38,080
Beta3 Year 0.36
Bid 40.99
Bid Size 2,500
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 43.39
Day Low 43.265
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.620574
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 41.65194
Fifty Day Average Change 1.6980591
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.040767826
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.043919
Fifty Two Week High 43.39
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.040000916
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0009218925
Fifty Two Week Low 35.29
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.059998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22839324
Fifty Two Week Range 35.29 - 43.39
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,679,319,000,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,679,011,200
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”). The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1820619169
Nav Price 43.35
Net Assets 379,110,336.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 43.28
Previous Close 43.12
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.23
Regular Market Change Percent 0.533394
Regular Market Day High 43.39
Regular Market Day Low 43.265
Regular Market Day Range 43.265 - 43.39
Regular Market Open 43.28
Regular Market Previous Close 43.12
Regular Market Price 43.35
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 14,847
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu
Source Interval 15
Symbol GMAR
Three Year Average Return 0.122866094
Total Assets 379,110,336
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.74978
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.78353
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.78353
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 40.53772
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.8122787
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06937437
Type Disp ETF
Volume 14,847
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 1.78353