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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - July is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000080498). Net assets $385.2M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000080498
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 5493000JADR1Y5KA5H98
- Net assets: $385.2M
- Total assets: $418.5M
- 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 (11 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.3 | $189.0M | 4904.88% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.3 | $160.1M | 4154.76% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.3 | $67.5M | 1750.91% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.5M | 39.04% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P627.6 | $493K | 12.80% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P627.6 | $3K | 0.07% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P533.46 | $-27K | -0.69% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P533.46 | $-63K | -1.64% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P533.46 | $-75K | -1.94% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C703.16 | $-2.8M | -73.43% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C703.16 | $-30.0M | -777.65% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $385.2M |
| 2026-02-28 | $396.7M |
| 2025-11-30 | $443.2M |
| 2025-08-31 | $604.6M |
| 2025-05-31 | $311.0M |
| 2025-02-28 | $283.8M |
| 2024-11-30 | $334.8M |
| 2024-08-31 | $368.7M |

## 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/S000080498.md)
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