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FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December XIDE

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Derivatives-based
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Last price 30.30 USD Change: Down −0.02 Percent change: Down −0.07%

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
$24.4M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
15
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
6.26%
Monthly
Asset class
Derivatives-based
From holdings

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December (XIDE) 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$30.30 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$24.36 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 15 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$1.90 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 6.26%, paid monthly.

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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
$24,355,093
Total assets
$28,200,655
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 15 of 15 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

XIDE 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 105.44% $25.7M Equity derivatives United States USD
2 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -14.16% -$3.4M Equity derivatives United States USD
3 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 3.39% $826K Equity derivatives United States USD
4 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 2.05% $498K Equity derivatives United States USD
5 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 1.30% $315K Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
6 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -1.07% -$261K Equity derivatives United States USD
7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 11/27/26 US912797SU23 1.01% $245K Debt United States USD
8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 06/18/26 US912797TD98 0.51% $125K Debt United States USD
9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 07/09/26 US912797RF64 0.51% $124K Debt United States USD
10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 08/06/26 US912797RG48 0.51% $124K Debt United States USD
11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 10/01/26 US912797SA68 0.51% $123K Debt United States USD
12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT B 0 10/29/26 US912797SK41 0.50% $123K Debt United States USD
13 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.46% -$111K Equity derivatives United States USD
14 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported 0.07% $16K Equity derivatives United States USD
15 CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. STATE STREET SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST No identifier reported -0.03% -$8K Equity derivatives United States USD

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

All 15 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 95.22%
Debt 3.55%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.30%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.07%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.07%

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

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.8960
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
6.26%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Monthly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
1 Oct 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($1.8960) ÷ latest price ($30.30) × 100 = 6.26%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (33 payments)
XIDE distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
1 Oct 2026$0.1560
1 Sep 2026$0.1560
3 Aug 2026$0.1560
1 Jul 2026$0.1560
1 Jun 2026$0.1560
1 May 2026$0.1560
1 Apr 2026$0.1560
2 Mar 2026$0.1560
2 Feb 2026$0.1560
19 Dec 2025$0.1640
1 Dec 2025$0.1640
3 Nov 2025$0.1640
1 Oct 2025$0.1640
2 Sep 2025$0.1640
1 Aug 2025$0.1640
1 Jul 2025$0.1640
2 Jun 2025$0.1640
1 May 2025$0.1640
1 Apr 2025$0.1640
3 Mar 2025$0.1640
3 Feb 2025$0.1640
20 Dec 2024$0.1680
2 Dec 2024$0.1680
1 Nov 2024$0.1680
1 Oct 2024$0.1680
3 Sep 2024$0.1680
1 Aug 2024$0.1680
1 Jul 2024$0.1680
3 Jun 2024$0.1680
1 May 2024$0.1680
1 Apr 2024$0.1680
1 Mar 2024$0.1680
1 Feb 2024$0.1680

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

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