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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - July is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000085836). Net assets $25.0M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000085836
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 25490067G67RE5BIT651
- Net assets: $25.0M
- Total assets: $28.4M
- 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 (9 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.26 | $21.4M | 8567.33% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C6.26 | $6.8M | 2725.97% |
| [DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/262006208) | MISXX | $100K | 40.15% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P627.56 | $30K | 12.05% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P627.56 | $3K | 1.39% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P210.24 | $-325 | -0.13% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 P210.24 | $-1K | -0.41% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C671.51 | $-462K | -184.75% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 7 C671.51 | $-2.9M | -1154.70% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $25.0M |
| 2026-02-28 | $24.5M |
| 2025-11-30 | $29.3M |
| 2025-08-31 | $28.8M |
| 2025-05-31 | $17.6M |
| 2025-02-28 | $19.0M |
| 2024-11-30 | $19.7M |
| 2024-08-31 | $20.0M |

## 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/S000085836.md)
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