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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000080497). Net assets $298.1M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000080497
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 5493000JARVXW5SZJW64
- Net assets: $298.1M
- Total assets: $322.6M
- 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 (16 reported)

_Showing 15 of 16 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.45 | $222.4M | 7460.54% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.45 | $68.4M | 2294.39% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.45 | $26.9M | 901.19% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.4M | 46.53% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.46 | $983K | 32.97% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.46 | $192K | 6.43% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.45 | $75K | 2.51% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.46 | $61K | 2.04% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P546.94 | $-101 | -0.00% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C719.97 | $-5K | -0.17% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P546.94 | $-39K | -1.32% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P546.94 | $-104K | -3.50% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P546.94 | $-285K | -9.57% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C719.97 | $-605K | -20.29% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C719.97 | $-3.8M | -127.19% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $298.1M |
| 2026-02-28 | $301.8M |
| 2025-11-30 | $306.6M |
| 2025-08-31 | $303.3M |
| 2025-05-31 | $246.0M |
| 2025-02-28 | $191.0M |
| 2024-11-30 | $214.2M |
| 2024-08-31 | $175.0M |

## 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/S000080497.md)
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