FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - October (GOCT)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
43.01 USD
+0.04
(0.093%)
⇧
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 42.93 -0.08 (-0.080%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:19 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed for specific portfolio dates, evidenced by the lack of dividend history and the narrow trading range near its 52-week high. While the underlying equity strategy shows a solid two-year cumulative gain of 25.80% with no recent annual declines, the security itself offers no income stream, rendering it unsuitable for investors seeking yield or capital preservation via dividends. The recent price action is essentially flat, hovering within pennies of the previous close, which suggests the buffer mechanism is currently neutralizing volatility rather than generating momentum. Consequently, there is no clear directional edge for a short-term trade, and the absence of a multi-year price history for the ETF structure itself prevents a definitive long-term buy recommendation based on the instrument's own trajectory. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.007207 |
| MSTL | 0.008044 |
| AutoTheta | 0.012150 |
| AutoETS | 0.017494 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 64% |
| H-stat | 0.63 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 5.84 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 24.37 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 43.02 |
| All Time Low | 29.89 |
| Ask | 43.06 |
| Ask Size | 1,400 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 92,260 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 26,464 |
| Average Volume | 26,464 |
| Average Volume10Days | 92,260 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 42.93 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 43.02 |
| Day Low | 42.9011 |
| Display Name | U.S. Eq Moderate Buffer ETF |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.765218 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 42.54714 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.4628601 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01087876 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 10.821951 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 43.02 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.010002136 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.00023249967 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 37.88 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.1299973 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.1354276 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 37.88 - 43.02 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,698,067,800,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fullday Change | -0.040000916 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.093090326 |
| Fullday Price | 43.01 |
| Fund Family | First Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,697,760,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | 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 - October |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1854687743 |
| Nav Price | 42.94 |
| Net Assets | 254,085,840.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.85 |
| Open | 43.0 |
| Post Market Change | -0.07999802 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.18599865 |
| Post Market Price | 42.93 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,181,058 |
| Previous Close | 42.97 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0399971 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0930815 |
| Regular Market Day High | 43.02 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 42.9011 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 42.9011 - 43.02 |
| Regular Market Open | 43.0 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 42.97 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.01 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 712,053 |
| Short Name | FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Bu |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GOCT |
| Total Assets | 254,085,840 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 24.365261 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 2.79249 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 2.79249 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 40.89644 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.1135597 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.051680777 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 712,053 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 8.48577 |