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The investment objective of the FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees and expenses) that match the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (the Underlying ETF), up to a predetermined upside cap of 15.26% while providing a buffer (before fees and expenses) against the first 15% of Underlying ETF losses, over the period from August 21, 2023 through August 16, 2024. 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).
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August trades on the BATS stock market under the symbol GAUG.
As of October 5, 2026, GAUG stock price climbed to $42.38 with 6,840 million shares trading.
GAUG has a beta of 0.39, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. GAUG has a correlation of 0.85 to the broad based SPY ETF.
GAUG has a market cap of $422.79 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, GAUG traded as high as $42.47 and as low as $28.78.
GAUG has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +9.6% while the SPY ETF gained +16.9%. GAUG has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +2.4% and +0.9%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.3% and +1.7%, respectively.
GAUG support price is $42.12 and resistance is $42.48 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that GAUG shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
