GAUG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August
Data updated: 2026-08-24
GAUG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GAUG Fund Overview
GAUG — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August 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: $298.12M
- 1-year return: 14.9%
- Ticker: GAUG
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000080497
- Share class ID: C000242927
GAUG Holdings
Top 8 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 74.61% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 22.94% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 9.01% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.47% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.33% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.06% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.03% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.02% |
GAUG Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.5% |
GAUG Performance
Total returns for GAUG (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.0% |
| 1 year | 14.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.3% |
GAUG Risk Information
Risk metrics for GAUG, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.8%
GAUG Costs and Fees
GAUG 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: 2.11 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GAUG Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August had net inflows of $12.97M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$8.20M |
| 2026-04 | $2.01M |
| 2026-03 | −$9.68M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.97M |
| 2026-01 | −$985.94K |
| 2025-12 | −$4.92M |
GAUG Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
GAUG Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-08-24
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-08-18
- 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.