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FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - August (SAUG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
27.84 USD -0.03 (-0.090%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 1:32 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 27.84 +0.01 (0.054%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:13 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook leans positive as the fund trades near its 52-week high, having recovered significantly from its yearly low, and technical indicators suggest a slight upward bias with moderate model confidence. However, the long-term investment case remains neutral because the security is a newly listed buffer ETF with insufficient price history to validate a multi-year growth trajectory or assess structural durability; without a track record of performance beyond a single year, it cannot be rated as a superior buy-and-hold vehicle despite its recent gains. The dividend profile is non-existent, offering no income component to offset the lack of historical performance data.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.013400
MSTL0.015205
AutoETS0.017239
AutoARIMA0.017327

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 60%
H-stat 8.81
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.391
Excess Kurtosis -0.81
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.59

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 27.9
All Time Low 18.703
Ask 41.79
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,670
Average Daily Volume3 Month 5,142
Average Volume 5,142
Average Volume10Days 6,670
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 27.835
Day Low 27.82
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4973252
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 27.45136
Fifty Day Average Change 0.38363838
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.013975205
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 16.325676
Fifty Two Week High 27.9
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.065000534
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0023297684
Fifty Two Week Low 23.13
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.705
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.20341548
Fifty Two Week Range 23.13 - 27.9
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,692,624,600,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,692,316,800
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 (“FLEX Options”) that reference the price performance of the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (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. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - August
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1841469133
Nav Price 27.84
Net Assets 107,007,224.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 27.82
Post Market Change 0.01499939
Post Market Change Percent 0.05391585
Post Market Price 27.835
Post Market Time 1,783,973,404
Previous Close 27.8601
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0251007
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0900955
Regular Market Day High 27.835
Regular Market Day Low 27.82
Regular Market Day Range 27.82 - 27.835
Regular Market Open 27.82
Regular Market Previous Close 27.8601
Regular Market Price 27.835
Regular Market Time 1,783,963,931
Regular Market Volume 1,542
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SAUG
Total Assets 107,007,224
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.589815
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 7.46326
Trailing Three Month Returns 7.46326
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.162766
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.6722336
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06391654
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,542
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 8.38534