First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Dual Directional Buffer ETF - August (DLAG) Stock

DLAG

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Dual Directional Buffer ETF - August DLAG · CBOE

$33.72 -0.07% (-$0.03)

Summary

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Dual Directional Buffer ETF - August is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 6. The ten largest make up 100% of the fund.

Yearly costs: 0.85%
Fund size: $20.3M
Positions: 6
Running since: 2025

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 2025.
A small fund with $20.3M under management; small funds get closed more often.
It trades little: only about $218.1K 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.

1 month: -0.3%
3 months: +1.6%
This year: +7.6%
1 year: +8.9%

What is inside?

Concentrated

1 2027-08-20 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 7.69 98%
2 2027-08-20 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 765.75 9.5%
3 2027-08-20 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 670.04 8.7%
4 US Dollar 1.2%
5 2027-08-20 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 869.12 1.7%
6 2027-08-20 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 689.18 15%

Positions in the fund: 6. The ten largest make up 100% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

What does it cost me?

Expensive

This fund 0.85%

Middle of comparable ETFs 0.75%

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: +8.9%
Deepest drop: -4.2%
Yearly volatility: 5.9%

Growth over the last year: 8.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 4.2% 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: $218.1K
Shares a day: 6.5K

On an average day about $218.1K of the fund changes hands.

About the fund

DLAG seeks to offer dual directional returns by using FLEX options to match either the positive price return or the absolute or inverse value loss of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ticker: SPY) over a one-year period, starting September. The fund matches the positive price return of SPY up to a cap. If SPY declines to the threshold of 10%, the fund will reflect this decline in value. Once this decline is realized, the fund seeks to limit further losses through a 10% buffer. In exchange for preventing further losses, the fund foregoes additional upside return of SPY, as options are written on the price (not total) return version of the shares. Shares must be held over the entire outcome period to achieve the intended results. At the end of the target outcome period, the fund will reset for a new outcome period tied to the same index and buffer. The issuer publishes effective interim levels daily on its website. The targeted cap and buffer do not include the fund's expense ratio.

Issuer: First Trust
Asset class: Multi-Asset
Domicile: United States
Launched: Sep 19, 2025
Net asset value per share: $33.77

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