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

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
27.31 USD -0.30 (-1.087%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 9:46 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:13 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains neutral because the fund is trading near its 50-day average, showing no immediate momentum catalyst despite a slight dip below the 200-day line. While the long-term fundamentals are technically sound with a solid 23.5% gain over the last two years and no recent annual declines, the investment case is severely compromised by the complete absence of dividend history. As a buffer ETF designed for volatility protection rather than income, it offers no yield to offset the drag of small-cap underperformance, making it a pure capital appreciation play with limited defensive characteristics.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.010605
AutoETS0.010613
MSTL0.010759
AutoTheta0.011485

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 72%
H-stat 0.74
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.201
Excess Kurtosis -1.08
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 16.10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 28.865
All Time Low 19.42
Ask 27.33
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,990
Average Daily Volume3 Month 6,600
Average Volume 6,600
Average Volume10Days 6,990
Beta3 Year 0.58
Bid 27.26
Bid Size 300
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 27.425
Day Low 27.425
Display Name U.S. SmCp Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.6964064
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.22724
Fifty Day Average Change -0.91724014
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.032494858
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.9865456
Fifty Two Week High 28.865
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.5550003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.053871483
Fifty Two Week Low 24.886
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.4239998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.09740415
Fifty Two Week Range 24.886 - 28.865
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,684,762,200,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.07999992
Fullday Change Percent -0.2891215
Fullday Price 27.31
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 REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1821495465
Nav Price 27.71
Net Assets 110,844,664.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 27.17
Previous Close 27.61
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.30000114
Regular Market Change Percent -1.0865669
Regular Market Day High 27.425
Regular Market Day Low 27.425
Regular Market Day Range 27.425 - 27.425
Regular Market Open 27.17
Regular Market Previous Close 27.61
Regular Market Price 27.31
Regular Market Time 1,791,985,566
Regular Market Volume 8,251
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMAY
Three Year Average Return 0.1128134
Total Assets 110,844,664
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 16.098736
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -2.60105
Trailing Three Month Returns -2.60105
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.345945
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.035945892
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0013144871
Type Disp ETF
Volume 8,251
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 6.41321