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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August GAUG

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Derivatives-based
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Last price 42.29 USD Change: Up +0.04 Percent change: Up +0.09%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.85%
Prospectus 2 Jan 2026
Net assets
$298.1M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
16
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
Unavailable
None in 12 months
Asset class
Derivatives-based
From holdings

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August (GAUG) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Derivatives-based. Its last price was US$42.29 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.85% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$298.12 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 16 holdings as of 31 May 2026. No distributions are recorded for it over the last 12 months.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.85%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.85%
Prospectus date
2 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
29 Dec 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$298,122,424
Total assets
$322,563,975
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
22 Jul 2026 (52 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 16 of 16 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

GAUG top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 74.61% $222.4M Equity derivatives United States USD
2 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 22.94% $68.4M Equity derivatives United States USD
3 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 9.01% $26.9M Equity derivatives United States USD
4 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -5.76% -$17.2M Equity derivatives United States USD
5 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -1.27% -$3.8M Equity derivatives United States USD
6 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 0.47% $1.4M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
7 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 0.33% $983K Equity derivatives United States USD
8 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.20% -$605K Equity derivatives United States USD
9 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.10% -$285K Equity derivatives United States USD
10 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 0.06% $192K Equity derivatives United States USD
11 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.03% -$104K Equity derivatives United States USD
12 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 0.03% $75K Equity derivatives United States USD
13 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 0.02% $61K Equity derivatives United States USD
14 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.01% -$39K Equity derivatives United States USD
15 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported −<0.01% -$5K Equity derivatives United States USD
16 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported −<0.01% -$101 Equity derivatives United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 16 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity derivatives 99.62%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.47%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.08%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.08%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets, the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

No distributions in the last five years

Yahoo Finance lists no distributions for GAUG since October 2021. Funds that reinvest income, and new funds, may have none.

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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