FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – March (QMAR)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
37.07 USD
-0.18
(-0.484%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 37.07 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:54 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to track the Nasdaq-100 with downside protection until a specific expiration date in March, making it a tactical hedging tool rather than a traditional equity investment. The recent price action shows the asset trading near its 52-week high, reflecting strong underlying momentum in the Nasdaq-100 index, which supports a constructive short-term view for holding through the buffer period. However, the lack of any dividend history confirms this is a capital-appreciation vehicle where returns depend entirely on the performance of the underlying index during the vesting period. For long-term investors, the structure is unsuitable as a core holding due to the defined expiration and reset mechanics, offering no sustainable yield or indefinite growth trajectory. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.013212 |
| AutoTheta | 0.020175 |
| MSTL | 0.022804 |
| AutoETS | 0.025984 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 69% |
| H-stat | 0.38 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.269 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.13 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 32.34 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 37.41 |
| All Time Low | 18.05 |
| Ask | 55.66 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 5,710 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 15,722 |
| Average Volume | 15,722 |
| Average Volume10Days | 5,710 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.55 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 37.165 |
| Day Low | 37.07 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.1463118 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 36.92924 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.14075851 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0038115734 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 19.851994 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 37.41 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.34000015 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.009088483 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 31.011 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.059 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19538228 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 31.011 - 37.41 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,616,419,800,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.112174705 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| 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 | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_701684882 |
| Nav Price | 37.25 |
| Net Assets | 565,896,260.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.9 |
| Open | 37.0701 |
| Post Market Change | -0.010002136 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.026974477 |
| Post Market Price | 37.07 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,973,405 |
| Previous Close | 37.2502 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.180199 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.483752 |
| Regular Market Day High | 37.165 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 37.07 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 37.07 - 37.165 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.0701 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 37.2502 |
| Regular Market Price | 37.07 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,971,674 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,550 |
| Short Name | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | QMAR |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.1517958 |
| Total Assets | 565,896,256 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 32.338497 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 10.9687 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 10.9687 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 34.090687 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 2.979313 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.087393746 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 2,550 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 12.81818 |