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FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – March (QMAR)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
37.84 USD -0.04 (-0.100%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 3:06 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 37.84

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed for short-term tactical exposure to the Nasdaq-100, making it unsuitable for long-term holding. The price history reveals a robust four-year upward trend with no recent annual declines, yet the lack of any dividend payments renders it useless for income investors. While the recent price action shows a slight uptick against moving averages and the statistical model hints at modest gains over the next month, these are typical characteristics of a volatile index proxy rather than a standalone investment opportunity. The absence of dividends and the inherent volatility of the underlying index mean this security serves only as a vehicle for capital appreciation over very short horizons, offering no safety margin or yield.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.007759
AutoARIMA0.007826
AutoTheta0.008270
AutoETS0.012387

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 60%
H-stat 1.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.65
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 32.22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 37.94
All Time Low 18.05
Ask 56.79
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,550
Average Daily Volume3 Month 8,925
Average Volume 8,925
Average Volume10Days 9,550
Beta3 Year 0.56
Bid 37.8
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 37.844
Day Low 37.7901
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.1744884
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 37.2156
Fifty Day Average Change 0.6284027
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.016885465
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 19.892288
Fifty Two Week High 37.94
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.09599686
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0025302283
Fifty Two Week Low 31.41
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.434002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.20483929
Fifty Two Week Range 31.41 - 37.94
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,616,419,800,000
Five Year Average Return 0.1133493
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.0379982
Fullday Change Percent -0.100307
Fullday Price 37.844
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,616,112,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest substantially all of its assets in FLexible EXchange® Options that reference the price performance of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1 (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. It is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – March
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_701684882
Nav Price 37.91
Net Assets 566,246,210.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 37.821
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 37.844
Post Market Time 1,787,951,100
Previous Close 37.882
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0379982
Regular Market Change Percent -0.100307
Regular Market Day High 37.844
Regular Market Day Low 37.7901
Regular Market Day Range 37.7901 - 37.844
Regular Market Open 37.821
Regular Market Previous Close 37.882
Regular Market Price 37.844
Regular Market Time 1,787,944,010
Regular Market Volume 1,666
Short Name FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF -
Source Interval 15
Symbol QMAR
Three Year Average Return 0.16432409
Total Assets 566,246,208
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 32.22169
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.90608
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.90608
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 34.967205
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.8767967
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08227128
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,666
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 11.78788