FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May (SMAY)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
28.11 USD
-0.12
(-0.439%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a specialized buffer ETF designed for small-cap exposure with moderate downside protection, currently trading near its 52-week high. The short-term outlook remains neutral; while the price has recently outperformed its moving averages, the extremely low trading volume relative to the average suggests a lack of active liquidity and speculative momentum, preventing a bullish upgrade. For the long term, the asset shows modest resilience with a positive cumulative return over the last two years and no recent annual declines, yet it lacks the explosive growth or dominant competitive moat required for a top-tier buy rating. Crucially, there is no dividend history, which eliminates income appeal and reinforces its classification strictly as a capital appreciation vehicle for investors seeking volatility dampening rather than yield. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.017702 |
| MSTL | 0.018811 |
| AutoETS | 0.020028 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.020052 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 65% |
| H-stat | 255.36 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.142 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.42 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 18.34 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 28.45 |
| All Time Low | 19.42 |
| Ask | 43.86 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 13,920 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 17,940 |
| Average Volume | 17,940 |
| Average Volume10Days | 13,920 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.58 |
| Bid | 28.07 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 28.1999 |
| Day Low | 28.1 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.5328859 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 27.70284 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.40825844 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01473706 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 16.102636 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 28.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.33890152 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.011912179 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 23.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.2510986 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.17816842 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 23.86 - 28.45 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,684,762,200,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| 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 | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1821495465 |
| Nav Price | 28.31 |
| Net Assets | 105,258,128.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.9 |
| Open | 28.1 |
| Previous Close | 28.2351 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.124001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.439172 |
| Regular Market Day High | 28.1999 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 28.1 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 28.1 - 28.1999 |
| Regular Market Open | 28.1 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 28.2351 |
| Regular Market Price | 28.1111 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,962,641 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,661 |
| Short Name | FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | SMAY |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.100131705 |
| Total Assets | 105,258,128 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 18.338676 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 8.09271 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 8.09271 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 26.462585 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.6485138 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.06229602 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 1,661 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 9.25499 |