BUFR - FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF
The investment objective of the FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF is to seek to provide investors with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing investors with US large cap equity market exposure while limiting downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve FT Vest U. S.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Market Cap
- $9.29B
- Beta
- 0.60
- 52-Week Range
- 30.54-36.41
- IPO Date
- Aug 11, 2020
- Exchange
- CBOE
BUFR Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for BUFR is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The BUFR overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked BUFR overview questions
- What is BUFR?
- BUFR is the ticker symbol for FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF is to seek to provide investors with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by providing investors with US large cap equity market exposure while limiting downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve FT Vest U. Listed on CBOE. BUFR is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are BUFR's key statistics?
- FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF (BUFR) carries a market capitalization of $9.29B, 52-week range of 30.54-36.41. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does BUFR belong to?
- FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Bonds industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BUFR's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BUFR data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for BUFR, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.