# FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - August

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - August is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000065188). Net assets $362.7M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000065188
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300ON77PKOU100N05
- Net assets: $362.7M
- Total assets: $390.4M
- As of: 2026-05-31
- Type: ETF

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)
- [VEST FINANCIAL LLC (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/165976)

## Top holdings (13 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.42 | $352.4M | 9715.17% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.42 | $25.1M | 693.20% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.42 | $8.9M | 245.51% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.7M | 46.21% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P611.27 | $911K | 25.13% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P611.27 | $84K | 2.31% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P611.27 | $7K | 0.18% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P450.41 | $-4K | -0.10% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P450.41 | $-19K | -0.52% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P450.41 | $-143K | -3.93% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C720.52 | $-171K | -4.72% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C720.52 | $-2.2M | -59.69% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C720.52 | $-23.7M | -652.38% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $362.7M |
| 2026-02-28 | $347.2M |
| 2025-11-30 | $353.7M |
| 2025-08-31 | $332.0M |
| 2025-05-31 | $287.9M |
| 2025-02-28 | $315.1M |
| 2024-11-30 | $327.4M |
| 2024-08-31 | $274.0M |

## More

- [Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1667919)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000065188.md)
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