GDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December
Data updated: 2026-07-22
GDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GDEC Fund Overview
GDEC — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate 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: $436.72M
- 1-year return: 16.6%
- Ticker: GDEC
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000080504
- Share class ID: C000242934
GDEC Holdings
Top 10 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate 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. | 64.97% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 19.04% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 16.22% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 3.34% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.56% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.76% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.32% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.08% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.07% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.00% |
GDEC Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate 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% |
GDEC Performance
Total returns for GDEC (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.4% |
| 1 year | 16.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.9% |
GDEC Risk Information
Risk metrics for GDEC, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 6.3%
GDEC Costs and Fees
GDEC 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: 2.92 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GDEC Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December had net outflows of $53.15M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $977.82K |
| 2026-04 | −$17.36M |
| 2026-03 | −$64.09M |
| 2026-02 | $3.80M |
| 2026-01 | $56.72M |
| 2025-12 | $161.76M |
GDEC Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
GDEC Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-12-22
- 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.