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

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
26.87 USD -0.10 (-0.389%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 2:57 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:12 p.m. EDT

SAUG (August buffer) shows strong recent bullish momentum, trading near its 52-week high with price action exceeding technical averages, making it a viable momentum play for the next month, but it offers zero dividend yield and its 'long-term' appeal is illusory for fixed income purposes.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.008836
MSTL0.009080
AutoTheta0.011345
AutoARIMA0.018404

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 6.61
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.201
Excess Kurtosis -0.45
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.66

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 26.995
All Time Low 18.703
Ask 41.93
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,430
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,524
Average Volume 6,524
Average Volume10Days 5,430
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 13.49
Bid Size 100
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 26.94
Day Low 26.87
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4398848
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 26.11146
Fifty Day Average Change 0.7585411
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.029050123
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.19746
Fifty Two Week High 26.995
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.125
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.004630487
Fifty Two Week Low 21.87
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22862367
Fifty Two Week Range 21.87 - 26.995
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 PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1841469133
Nav Price 27.04
Net Assets 95,700,504.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 26.995
Previous Close 26.9749
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.104898
Regular Market Change Percent -0.388874
Regular Market Day High 26.94
Regular Market Day Low 26.87
Regular Market Day Range 26.87 - 26.94
Regular Market Open 26.995
Regular Market Previous Close 26.9749
Regular Market Price 26.87
Regular Market Time 1,776,797,838
Regular Market Volume 2,848
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SAUG
Total Assets 95,700,504
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.661217
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.85803
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.85803
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.28721
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5827904
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06259253
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,848
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 0.85803