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

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
27.07 USD -0.10 (-0.368%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 12:44 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:22 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains neutral due to a lack of distinct momentum; the price is hovering just below its 50-day average while trading at a discount to its 200-day line, suggesting no immediate directional bias despite a modest statistical forecast leaning slightly up. For the long term, the investment case is mixed: while the underlying business quality appears robust with a strong two-year cumulative gain of +26.52% and consistent year-over-year growth, the specific 'August' buffer structure of this ETF limits its utility as a permanent core holding, making it better suited for tactical, seasonal positioning rather than indefinite accumulation. Finally, there is no dividend component to consider, as the instrument distributes no income.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.008843
AutoETS0.008843
MSTL0.008873
AutoTheta0.011439

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 61%
H-stat 32.32
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.058
Excess Kurtosis -0.97
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 17.54

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 28.15
All Time Low 18.703
Ask 27.12
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 24,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,101
Average Volume 18,101
Average Volume10Days 24,330
Beta3 Year 0.61
Bid 27.07
Bid Size 600
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 27.18
Day Low 27.06
Display Name U.S. SmCp Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.543116
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 27.679
Fifty Day Average Change -0.60900116
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.022002282
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.6338053
Fifty Two Week High 28.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.0799999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.038365893
Fifty Two Week Low 24.38
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.6900005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11033636
Fifty Two Week Range 24.38 - 28.15
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,692,624,600,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.10000038
Fullday Change Percent -0.3680544
Fullday Price 27.07
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 POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1841469133
Nav Price 27.25
Net Assets 123,646,568.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 27.11
Previous Close 27.17
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1
Regular Market Change Percent -0.368054
Regular Market Day High 27.18
Regular Market Day Low 27.06
Regular Market Day Range 27.06 - 27.18
Regular Market Open 27.11
Regular Market Previous Close 27.17
Regular Market Price 27.07
Regular Market Time 1,791,909,851
Regular Market Volume 1,676
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SAUG
Three Year Average Return 0.1173234
Total Assets 123,646,568
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 17.542427
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -2.19503
Trailing Three Month Returns -2.19503
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.98448
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.08551979
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0031692213
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,676
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 6.00624