FMAR — FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March
Data updated: 2026-07-22
FMAR — FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $1.17B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FMAR Fund Overview
FMAR — FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March 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: $1.17B
- 1-year return: 20.0%
- Ticker: FMAR
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000071218
- Share class ID: C000226050
FMAR Holdings
Top 9 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 96.28% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 7.22% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 2.06% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.66% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.95% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.89% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.10% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.03% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.02% |
FMAR Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.9% |
FMAR Performance
Total returns for FMAR (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.1% |
| 1 year | 20.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.8% |
FMAR Risk Information
Risk metrics for FMAR, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.1%
FMAR Costs and Fees
FMAR 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: 2.07 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FMAR Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March had net inflows of $126.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$14.34M |
| 2026-04 | $13.76M |
| 2026-03 | $119.61M |
| 2026-02 | −$4.80M |
| 2026-01 | $1.19M |
| 2025-12 | $14.18M |
FMAR Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FMAR Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-03-23
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-03-24
- 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
Related Funds
Other United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:
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.