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) |
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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.007143 |
| AutoTheta | 0.010891 |
| AutoETS | 0.014428 |
| MSTL | 0.014476 |
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 |
| 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 |