BUFQ — FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
BUFQ — FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.47B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BUFQ Fund Overview
BUFQ — FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.47B
- 1-year return: 22.8%
- Ticker: BUFQ
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000076430
- Share class ID: C000236305
BUFQ Holdings
Top 5 holdings of FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.44% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.35% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.97% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.18% |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 0.07% |
BUFQ Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
BUFQ Performance
Total returns for BUFQ (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.5% |
| 1 year | 22.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.4% |
BUFQ Risk Information
Risk metrics for BUFQ, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.8%
BUFQ Costs and Fees
BUFQ costs about $100 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 1%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.05 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BUFQ Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF had net inflows of $286.65M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $34.94M |
| 2026-04 | $81.39M |
| 2026-03 | $39.10M |
| 2026-02 | $7.09M |
| 2026-01 | $45.02M |
| 2025-12 | $25.01M |
BUFQ Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BUFQ Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-12
- Annual census, amended (N-CEN/A) — filed 2025-07-24
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.