Summary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - February 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
- $46.1M
- Positions
- 5
- 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 $46.1M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $70.6K 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
- +0.3%
- 3 months
- +1.6%
- This year
- +4.8%
- 1 year
- +6.3%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 2027-02-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 6.87 105%
- 2 2027-02-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 689.41 1.3%
- 3 US Dollar 0.6%
- 4 2027-02-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 363.47 0.08%
- 5 2027-02-19 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 737.69 7.2%
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
- +6.3%
- Deepest drop
- -2.6%
- Yearly volatility
- 2.1%
Growth over the last year: 6.3%. Deepest drop in these years: 2.6% 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
- $70.6K
- Shares a day
- 2.2K
On an average day about $70.6K of the fund changes hands.