FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer
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- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton IL United States of America 60187
- IPO Date
- Sep 23, 2024
- CIK
- 0001667919
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- FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - September is an actively managed exchange-traded fund series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII that seeks to provide exposure to the price return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust while targeting a capped upside and the maximum available buffer against underlying losses over an approximate one-year outcome period. The fund, which lists and principally trades on Cboe BZX, uses a target-outcome structure tied to SPY and is designed for investors seeking equity market participation with defined downside protection parameters and a preset upside cap. The fund’s core service offering is a buffered options-based equity strategy rather than traditional stock selection, with the September series specifically referencing SPY as the underlying ETF and seeking to buffer against losses while limiting gains to a predetermined cap; its prospectus shows a starting cap of 7.00% for the applicable outcome period, with net-of-fee parameters described in the fund documents. First Trust Advisors L.P. serves as the fund sponsor and manager, and the product is part of First Trust’s Vest-branded Target Outcome ETF lineup. The fund was listed on September 23, 2024, and its latest major change was the roll into the current outcome period beginning September 22, 2025 and ending September 18, 2026, with updated cap and buffer levels published for that period. In 2024, First Trust expanded its target-outcome platform by launching the Max Buffer ETF series, including this September fund, as a new product line focused on maximizing buffer protection within a defined cap structure.