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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - September is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000069332). Net assets $350.5M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000069332
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300GKLU3NO7FR1S45
- Net assets: $350.5M
- Total assets: $370.7M
- 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 9 C6.63 | $321.9M | 9184.01% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C6.63 | $38.6M | 1101.40% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C6.63 | $6.3M | 181.08% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.9M | 54.18% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P630.52 | $1.8M | 50.49% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P630.52 | $173K | 4.94% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P630.52 | $20K | 0.58% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P464.59 | $-6K | -0.16% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P464.59 | $-46K | -1.32% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.56 | $-338K | -9.65% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P464.59 | $-361K | -10.30% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.56 | $-1.6M | -45.31% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.56 | $-17.6M | -502.98% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $350.5M |
| 2026-02-28 | $339.9M |
| 2025-11-30 | $330.4M |
| 2025-08-31 | $263.4M |
| 2025-05-31 | $260.8M |
| 2025-02-28 | $253.2M |
| 2024-11-30 | $255.9M |
| 2024-08-31 | $179.5M |

## 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/S000069332.md)
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