Summary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - December is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 5. The ten largest make up 100% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $35.2M
- Positions
- 5
- Running since
- 2024
What speaks for it
Nothing stands out in its favour.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 100% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- Costs of 0.85% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.75%).
- A young fund: it has been running only since 2024.
- A small fund with $35.2M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $249.2K changes hands a day.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.2%
- 3 months
- +1.6%
- This year
- +4.6%
- 1 year
- +5.9%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 6.79 106%
- 2 2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.57 0.6%
- 3 US Dollar 0.5%
- 4 2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 336.21 0.02%
- 5 2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 728.23 6.6%
Positions in the fund: 5. The ten largest make up 100% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $85.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,981
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $85.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,981.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- Over the last year
- +5.9%
- Deepest drop
- -3.0%
- Yearly volatility
- 2.3%
Growth over the last year: 5.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 3.0% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
We have no record of payments from this fund.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $249.2K
- Shares a day
- 7.3K
On an average day about $249.2K of the fund changes hands.