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FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF – October (OCTM)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
33.13 USD +0.08 (0.227%) ⇧ (April 16, 2026, 10:18 a.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:57 p.m. EDT

OCTM exhibits distinct short-term bullish momentum, climbing +1.5% over the last two weeks, but its long-term profile is strictly neutral as a 'buy and hold' vehicle due to its structured nature. It offers no dividend yield.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.006095
AutoETS0.009782
AutoARIMA0.009805
MSTL0.009954

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 18.55
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.100
Excess Kurtosis -0.30
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 33.13
All Time Low 29.78
Ask 50.17
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,988
Average Volume 1,988
Average Volume10Days 370
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 16.02
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 33.1302
Day Low 33.1302
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.264639
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 32.7271
Fifty Day Average Change 0.40309906
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.01231698
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.444379
Fifty Two Week High 33.1302
Fifty Two Week High Change 0.0
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent 0.0
Fifty Two Week Low 29.94
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.190199
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.10655307
Fifty Two Week Range 29.94 - 33.1302
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,729,517,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,729,209,600
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 that reference the price performance of the underlying ETF. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF – October
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1891531240
Nav Price 33.17
Net Assets 30,070,666.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 33.01
Previous Close 33.055
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0751991
Regular Market Change Percent 0.227497
Regular Market Day High 33.1302
Regular Market Day Low 33.1302
Regular Market Day Range 33.1302 - 33.1302
Regular Market Open 33.01
Regular Market Previous Close 33.055
Regular Market Price 33.1302
Regular Market Time 1,776,349,087
Regular Market Volume 43
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer
Source Interval 15
Symbol OCTM
Total Assets 30,070,666
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.197357
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.45928
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.45928
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 32.347866
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.7823334
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.024185007
Type Disp ETF
Volume 43
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -0.45928