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FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December (XDEC)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
44.00 USD

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized equity buffer ETF designed to moderate volatility, yet it offers zero income and lacks a multi-year price history to confirm its structural resilience. The recent price action shows the fund trading near its 52-week highs, suggesting the buffer mechanism may be holding value well in the current market environment, but the absence of any dividend payments eliminates its utility as a yield vehicle. Without a track record of performance beyond the current year or a payout to cushion drawdowns, it remains a speculative bet on continued equity appreciation rather than a stable investment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.004064
AutoTheta0.007052
MSTL0.011272
AutoETS0.011539

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 71%
H-stat 0.78
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.016
Excess Kurtosis 0.38
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 24.29

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 44.104
All Time Low 27.13
Ask 44.12
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 5,490
Average Daily Volume3 Month 8,617
Average Volume 8,617
Average Volume10Days 5,490
Beta3 Year 0.32
Bid 44.0
Bid Size 100
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 44.11
Day Low 44.11
Display Name U.S. Eq Enhance & Moderate
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.8111055
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 43.65674
Fifty Day Average Change 0.34326172
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.007862743
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.848952
Fifty Two Week High 44.11
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.11000061
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0024937794
Fifty Two Week Low 39.57
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.4300003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11195351
Fifty Two Week Range 39.57 - 44.11
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,640,010,600,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.0
Fullday Change Percent 0.0
Fullday Price 44.0
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,639,699,200
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 SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (the “Underlying ETF”). The underlying ETF is an exchange-traded unit investment trust that uses a full replication strategy, meaning it invests in all of the stocks in the S&P 500® Index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December
Market us_market
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1674702648
Nav Price 44.03
Net Assets 208,071,552.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 44.11
Previous Close 44.0
Price Hint 2
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 44.11
Regular Market Day Low 44.11
Regular Market Day Range 44.11 - 44.11
Regular Market Open 44.11
Regular Market Previous Close 44.0
Regular Market Price 44.0
Regular Market Time 1,791,900,903
Regular Market Volume 189
Short Name FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & M
Source Interval 15
Symbol XDEC
Three Year Average Return 0.0989798
Total Assets 208,071,552
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 24.294554
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.2409
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.2409
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 42.22547
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.7745285
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.042025074
Type Disp ETF
Volume 189
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 6.98583