# FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - December — new fund registration

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII registered 4 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2026-03-20. Featured series: FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - December.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII
- CIK: 0001667919
- Form: 485APOS
- Filed: 2026-03-20
- Accession: 0001445546-26-002205

## Series & classes (4)

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - December](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000105392) | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - December | DQDE | Yes |
| [FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - June](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000105393) | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - June | DQJN | Yes |
| [FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - March](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000105394) | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - March | DQMR | Yes |
| [FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - September](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000105395) | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF - September | DQSE | Yes |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
- Management fee: 0.90%
- Other expenses: 0.00%

## Investment objective

The investment objective of the FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Dual Directional Buffer ETF December (the Fund ) is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees and expenses) that either match the positive price return of the Invesco QQQ Trust SM , Series 1 ( "QQQ" or the Underlying ETF ) up to a predetermined upside cap (the Cap ) or match the absolute value of the negative price return of the Underlying ETF up to a specified threshold (the Inverse Performance Threshold ) (as further described below), while also seeking to provide a 10% buffer (the Buffer ) against losses that exceed the Inverse…

## Other filings by this registrant (15)

- [485APOS — 2026-07-01 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-004798)
- [485APOS — 2026-04-06 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-002459)
- [485APOS — 2026-04-02 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-002442)
- [485APOS — 2026-04-02 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-002440)
- [485APOS — 2026-03-12](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-001996)
- [485APOS — 2026-01-09 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-000217)
- [485APOS — 2026-01-09 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-000215)
- [485APOS — 2025-12-29 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-25-008546)
- [485APOS — 2025-12-29 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-25-008548)
- [485APOS — 2025-06-27 (3 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-25-004392)
- [485APOS — 2025-06-27 (4 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-25-004390)
- [485APOS — 2025-04-25 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-25-002989)

## More

- [Registrant profile: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1667919)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-002205.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

---

Source: public SEC filing data via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com).
Agents: this data is also queryable via MCP tools and read-only SQL — see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.