FHDG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-11
FHDG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FHDG Fund Overview
FHDG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF 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: $65.22M
- 1-year return: 16.7%
- Ticker: FHDG
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000088334
- Share class ID: C000254587
FHDG Holdings
Top 6 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 90.69% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 9.17% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.58% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 1.12% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.11% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.05% |
FHDG Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 98.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.1% |
FHDG Performance
Total returns for FHDG (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 6.8% |
| 1 year | 16.7% |
FHDG Risk Information
Risk metrics for FHDG, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.6%
FHDG Costs and Fees
FHDG 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: 4.81 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FHDG Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF had net inflows of $35.05M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $23.08M |
| 2026-04 | $848.24K |
| 2026-03 | −$35.06M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.60M |
| 2026-01 | $5.96M |
| 2025-12 | $2.54M |
FHDG Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FHDG Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Dynamic Buffer ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-11-24
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-08-18
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-05-19
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-08-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-08-08
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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.