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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - July is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000068853). Net assets $402.9M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000068853
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300NJ12QEGZ21Q626
- Net assets: $402.9M
- Total assets: $437.8M
- 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 (7 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.27 | $429.1M | 10651.48% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.27 | $6.7M | 167.24% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.6M | 39.00% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P596.2 | $348K | 8.63% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P439.31 | $-930 | -0.02% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P439.31 | $-59K | -1.47% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C702.7 | $-34.6M | -857.80% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $402.9M |
| 2026-02-28 | $395.3M |
| 2025-11-30 | $404.1M |
| 2025-08-31 | $401.3M |
| 2025-05-31 | $341.5M |
| 2025-02-28 | $342.2M |
| 2024-11-30 | $355.7M |
| 2024-08-31 | $353.8M |

## 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/S000068853.md)
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