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FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI)

Derivative Income | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
27.61 USD +0.45 (1.657%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 26.01 -1.60 (-1.600%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:28 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:38 p.m. EDT

RDVI is a textbook income play for retirees seeking ~8.5% yield with low drawdown, yet recent price action (closing at $27.61, near the 52-week high of $27.74) combined with the forecasting model's confirmed positive predicted direction (0.4%) suggests a slowing trend that warrants caution on new long entries despite the buy-write strategy working well historically.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.019475
AutoETS0.019856
AutoTheta0.022246
AutoARIMA0.029491

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 4.69
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.193
Excess Kurtosis -0.72
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 19.39

As of April 18, 2026, 10:38 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows minimal current-day (April 17) volume, suggesting low immediate volatility expectations. However, put positioning becomes notable at further expirations (September 18), with 25 contracts in OTM puts at the $25.00 strike and 45 contracts in OTM Open Interest. This signals players establishing a defensive floor against a drop below $25 in the medium term, constraining downside while the immediate short-term attrition target remains neutral.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.72% 8.89% 9.93% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-26 0.184 0.723839
2026-02-20 0.192 0.707526
2026-01-21 0.193 0.720212
2025-12-12 0.184 0.711478
2025-11-21 0.178 0.728038
2025-10-21 0.179 0.721905
2025-09-25 0.183 0.745816
2025-08-21 0.179 0.752631
2025-07-22 0.176 0.747397
2025-06-26 0.174 0.757256
2025-05-21 0.176 0.790823
2025-04-22 0.161 0.785193
2025-03-27 0.174 0.791064
2025-02-21 0.183 0.811914
2025-01-22 0.181 0.785960
2024-12-13 0.181 0.801638
2024-11-21 0.183 0.792661
2024-10-22 0.181 0.828007
2024-09-26 0.177 0.823639
2024-08-21 0.174 0.830553
2024-07-23 0.176 0.838546
2024-06-27 0.171 0.855233
2024-05-21 0.174 0.853501
2024-04-23 0.169 0.846014
2024-03-21 0.173 0.845041
2024-02-21 0.167 0.879045
2024-01-23 0.163 0.875089
2023-12-22 0.170 0.895745
2023-11-21 0.156 0.899506
2023-10-24 0.154 0.945284
2023-09-22 0.160 0.944029
2023-08-22 0.162 0.941155
2023-07-21 0.167 0.936127
2023-06-27 0.160 0.936438
2023-05-23 0.158 0.957691
2023-04-21 0.166 0.995301
2023-03-24 0.160 1.008956
2023-02-22 0.173 1.019017
2023-01-24 0.164 0.964628
2022-12-23 0.161 1.005902
2022-11-22 0.165 0.990536
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 8.46

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 27.74
All Time Low 19.666
Ask 27.59
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 567,840
Average Daily Volume3 Month 587,222
Average Volume 587,222
Average Volume10Days 567,840
Beta3 Year 0.97
Bid 27.57
Bid Size 1,000
Category Derivative Income
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 27.74
Day Low 27.28
Dividend Yield 8.46
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4237609
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 26.5359
Fifty Day Average Change 1.0741005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.040477257
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 27.176416
Fifty Two Week High 27.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.12999916
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0046863435
Fifty Two Week Low 21.48
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.130001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2853818
Fifty Two Week Range 21.48 - 27.74
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,666,272,600,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,666,137,600
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 at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in dividend-paying securities and/or investments that provide exposure to dividend-paying securities. In furtherance of its objectives, the adviser seeks to make distributions from stock dividends and option premiums at an annual rate that is approximately 8.0% over the current annual dividend yield of the S&P 500 ® Index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1792261897
Nav Price 27.57
Net Assets 2,824,981,250.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.75
Open 27.42
Post Market Change -1.6000004
Post Market Change Percent -5.795003
Post Market Price 26.01
Post Market Time 1,776,464,881
Previous Close 27.16
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.450001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.65685
Regular Market Day High 27.74
Regular Market Day Low 27.28
Regular Market Day Range 27.28 - 27.74
Regular Market Open 27.42
Regular Market Previous Close 27.16
Regular Market Price 27.61
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 389,044
Short Name FT Vest Rising Dividend Achieve
Source Interval 15
Symbol RDVI
Three Year Average Return 0.1794855
Total Assets 2,824,981,248
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 19.392302
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.53325
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.53325
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.987326
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.622675
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.062441014
Type Disp ETF
Volume 389,044
Yield 0.0846
Ytd Return -0.53325