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

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
27.09 USD +0.10 (0.371%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 27.09 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 6:37 p.m. EDT

SMAY shows solid medium-term accumulation trends despite recent price convergence near annual anchors; short-term directional edge is negligible with a near-zero predicted price change (-0.016%), resulting in a neutral 3-star short-term rating; long-term rating is 4 stars due to its safety buffer and solid price growth over the past year, but its 'Moderate Buffer' nature and lack of dividends preclude a top-tier hold rating compared to standard equity funds.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.004992
AutoETS0.005606
AutoTheta0.005961
AutoARIMA0.010870

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 7.66
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.050
Excess Kurtosis 1.72
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 18.49

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 27.11
All Time Low 19.42
Ask 40.53
Ask Size 200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 11,603
Average Volume 11,603
Average Volume10Days 9,100
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 13.51
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 27.1
Day Low 27.02
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4654976
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 26.4404
Fifty Day Average Change 0.649601
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.024568502
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 18.763697
Fifty Two Week High 27.11
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.020000458
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.000737752
Fifty Two Week Low 22.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.380001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.19286664
Fifty Two Week Range 22.71 - 27.11
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 PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1821495465
Nav Price 27.06
Net Assets 84,236,472.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 27.11
Post Market Change -0.010000229
Post Market Change Percent -0.036901213
Post Market Price 27.09
Post Market Time 1,776,456,271
Previous Close 26.99
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.1
Regular Market Change Percent 0.370509
Regular Market Day High 27.1
Regular Market Day Low 27.02
Regular Market Day Range 27.02 - 27.1
Regular Market Open 27.11
Regular Market Previous Close 26.99
Regular Market Price 27.09
Regular Market Time 1,776,455,970
Regular Market Volume 10,393
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate
Source Interval 15
Symbol SMAY
Total Assets 84,236,472
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 18.48519
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.07527
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.07527
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.607044
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4829559
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.05791203
Type Disp ETF
Volume 10,393
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 1.07527