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 |
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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.007759 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.007826 |
| AutoTheta | 0.008270 |
| AutoETS | 0.012387 |
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 |
| 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 |