# FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - February

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - February is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000079668). Net assets $383.9M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000079668
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 549300R1HZJA4BVPEN49
- Net assets: $383.9M
- Total assets: $412.0M
- 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 (17 reported)

_Showing 15 of 17 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C6.91 | $342.5M | 8920.00% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C6.91 | $29.8M | 776.16% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C6.91 | $21.2M | 553.01% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P689.45 | $9.0M | 235.27% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C6.91 | $4.5M | 118.36% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $3.5M | 90.56% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P689.45 | $845K | 22.01% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P689.45 | $501K | 13.05% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P689.45 | $120K | 3.12% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P586.04 | $-50K | -1.29% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P586.04 | $-232K | -6.04% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C772.53 | $-268K | -6.98% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 P586.04 | $-326K | -8.48% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C772.53 | $-1.3M | -32.61% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 2 C772.53 | $-1.9M | -49.20% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $383.9M |
| 2026-02-28 | $331.7M |
| 2025-11-30 | $302.8M |
| 2025-08-31 | $353.8M |
| 2025-05-31 | $342.1M |
| 2025-02-28 | $298.9M |
| 2024-11-30 | $278.3M |
| 2024-08-31 | $394.0M |

## 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/S000079668.md)
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