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

FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - August is a ETF series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (series S000086490). Net assets $32.3M as of 2026-05-31.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000086490
- Registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- LEI: 254900H015XB3BJ0M682
- Net assets: $32.3M
- Total assets: $36.1M
- 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 (12 reported)

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.41 | $15.6M | 4816.71% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.41 | $14.4M | 4469.35% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C6.41 | $5.8M | 1783.11% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.42 | $86K | 26.59% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.42 | $38K | 11.64% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P643.42 | $15K | 4.57% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P257.38 | $-760 | -0.24% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P257.38 | $-2K | -0.55% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 P257.38 | $-2K | -0.67% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C688.48 | $-400K | -123.62% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C688.48 | $-1.0M | -315.10% |
| CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | SPY 8 C688.48 | $-2.3M | -719.89% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-05-31 | $32.3M |
| 2026-02-28 | $34.2M |
| 2025-11-30 | $36.4M |
| 2025-08-31 | $26.7M |
| 2025-05-31 | $17.8M |
| 2025-02-28 | $20.1M |
| 2024-11-30 | $32.7M |
| 2024-08-31 | $15.7M |

## 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/S000086490.md)
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