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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000080507). Net assets $330.1M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000080507
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 5493000K2QV9KEIGCB15
- Net assets: $330.1M
- Total assets: $349.5M
- 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 (15 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C6.66 | $199.1M | 6032.38% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C6.66 | $112.7M | 3415.41% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C6.66 | $33.1M | 1002.00% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P663.72 | $2.0M | 61.42% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $1.9M | 56.33% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P663.72 | $467K | 14.14% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P663.72 | $259K | 7.83% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P663.72 | $596 | 0.02% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.91 | $-4K | -0.12% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P564.17 | $-32K | -0.98% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P564.17 | $-357K | -10.82% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 P564.17 | $-523K | -15.84% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.91 | $-664K | -20.13% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.91 | $-3.1M | -93.82% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 9 C739.91 | $-14.5M | -439.48% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $330.1M |
| 2026-02-28 | $473.2M |
| 2025-11-30 | $554.4M |
| 2025-08-31 | $202.6M |
| 2025-05-31 | $219.0M |
| 2025-02-28 | $206.7M |
| 2024-11-30 | $250.2M |
| 2024-08-31 | $128.4M |

## 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/S000080507.md)
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