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FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May (SMAY)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
28.48 USD -0.19 (-0.656%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 2:55 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.48 +0.03 (0.106%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:54 a.m. EDT

The instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed to cap losses while participating in upside, evidenced by its tight trading range near the 52-week high and a positive 1.27% short-term forecast signal with high model confidence. However, the lack of any dividend history renders it useless for income investors, and the 'moderate' buffer designation implies capped upside potential compared to uncapped small-cap peers. While the recent price action shows resilience and a slight upward lean against moving averages, the absence of a multi-year growth trajectory or yield makes it a speculative tactical play rather than a core holding.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.007143
AutoTheta0.010891
AutoETS0.014428
MSTL0.014476

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 71%
H-stat 0.67
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.116
Excess Kurtosis 0.28
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.34

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 28.865
All Time Low 19.42
Ask 28.54
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,920
Average Daily Volume3 Month 11,495
Average Volume 11,495
Average Volume10Days 3,920
Beta3 Year 0.58
Bid 28.45
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 28.6
Day Low 28.4501
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.553328
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.35036
Fifty Day Average Change 0.12994003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0045833644
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 15.225077
Fifty Two Week High 28.865
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.38469887
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.01332752
Fifty Two Week Low 24.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.6803017
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14839926
Fifty Two Week Range 24.8 - 28.865
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,684,762,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.188
Fullday Change Percent -0.655776
Fullday Price 28.4803
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,684,454,400
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”). The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1821495465
Nav Price 28.69
Net Assets 108,601,088.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 28.6
Post Market Change 0.030200958
Post Market Change Percent 0.10615414
Post Market Price 28.4803
Post Market Time 1,787,947,805
Previous Close 28.6683
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.188
Regular Market Change Percent -0.655776
Regular Market Day High 28.6
Regular Market Day Low 28.4501
Regular Market Day Range 28.4501 - 28.6
Regular Market Open 28.6
Regular Market Previous Close 28.6683
Regular Market Price 28.4803
Regular Market Time 1,787,943,324
Regular Market Volume 5,971
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMAY
Three Year Average Return 0.1146637
Total Assets 108,601,088
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.33502
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 3.98083
Trailing Three Month Returns 3.98083
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.969336
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5109653
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.056025308
Type Disp ETF
Volume 5,971
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 8.33333