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FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September (YSEP)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
28.34 USD +0.22 (0.764%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:01 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains neutral as the fund trades near its 52-week highs but lags its 50-day moving average, suggesting a lack of immediate explosive momentum despite a modest statistical edge. While the long-term fundamentals are sound—backed by four consecutive years of positive annual returns and a cumulative gain of nearly 29% over the trailing period—the absence of any dividend history renders this purely a capital appreciation vehicle with no income floor. Investors seeking yield will find nothing here, while those betting on continued equity growth face a neutral setup where the buffer mechanism likely caps upside potential relative to the underlying international equities.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.011661
AutoTheta0.015896
AutoETS0.021605
MSTL0.021615

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 64%
H-stat 0.99
Ljung-Box p 0.002
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 2.99
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 19.45

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 28.78
All Time Low 15.52
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 16,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 15,826
Average Volume 15,826
Average Volume10Days 16,170
Beta3 Year 0.39
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 28.34
Day Low 28.1801
Display Name Intl Eq Moderate Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4570826
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.34328
Fifty Day Average Change -0.0032806396
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.00011574665
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.703123
Fifty Two Week High 28.78
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.44000053
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.015288413
Fifty Two Week Low 24.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.380001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.13541672
Fifty Two Week Range 24.96 - 28.78
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,632,231,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.071812004
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.15399933
Fullday Change Percent 0.5475532
Fullday Price 28.34
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,631,836,800
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 MSCI EAFE ETF (the “underlying ETF”). FLEX Options are customized equity or index option contracts that trade on an exchange, but provide investors with the ability to customize key contract terms like exercise prices, styles and expiration dates. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1673586859
Nav Price 28.04
Net Assets 125,201,872.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.9
Open 28.28
Previous Close 28.125
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.215
Regular Market Change Percent 0.764445
Regular Market Day High 28.34
Regular Market Day Low 28.1801
Regular Market Day Range 28.1801 - 28.34
Regular Market Open 28.28
Regular Market Previous Close 28.125
Regular Market Price 28.34
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,400
Regular Market Volume 6,331
Short Name FT Vest International Equity Bu
Source Interval 15
Symbol YSEP
Three Year Average Return 0.1368859
Total Assets 125,201,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 19.449823
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 2.14156
Trailing Three Month Returns 2.14156
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.303745
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.0362549
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.037952848
Type Disp ETF
Volume 6,331
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 8.10603