DDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December
Data updated: 2026-07-22
DDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $426.26M AUM · 0.85% expense ratio · 16.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
DDEC Fund Overview
DDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Large 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 Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $426.26M
- 1-year return: 16.9%
- Ticker: DDEC
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000070189
- Share class ID: C000223226
DDEC Holdings
Top 9 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 91.62% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 6.64% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 4.03% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.48% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.30% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.76% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.09% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.06% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.02% |
DDEC Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.8% |
DDEC Performance
Total returns for DDEC (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.1% |
| 1 year | 16.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 13.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.3% |
DDEC Risk Information
Risk metrics for DDEC, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 6.2%
DDEC Costs and Fees
DDEC costs about $85 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.85%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.85%
- Portfolio turnover: 0%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.73 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
DDEC Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December had net inflows of $43.14M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$1.13M |
| 2026-01 | $12.45M |
| 2025-12 | $55.10M |
| 2025-11 | −$2.22M |
| 2025-10 | −$12.04M |
| 2025-09 | $20.59K |
DDEC Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
DDEC Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.