GSEP — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September
Data updated: 2026-07-23
GSEP — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GSEP Fund Overview
GSEP — FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September 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: $330.08M
- 1-year return: 14.8%
- Ticker: GSEP
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000080507
- Share class ID: C000242937
GSEP Holdings
Top 8 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 60.32% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 34.15% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 10.02% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.61% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.56% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.14% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.08% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.00% |
GSEP Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
GSEP Performance
Total returns for GSEP (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.4% |
| 1 year | 14.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.7% |
GSEP Risk Information
Risk metrics for GSEP, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 6.3%
GSEP Costs and Fees
GSEP 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: 2.22 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GSEP Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September had net inflows of $63.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$128.35M |
| 2026-04 | −$29.05M |
| 2026-03 | −$5.67M |
| 2026-02 | −$939.30K |
| 2026-01 | −$4.88M |
| 2025-12 | −$81.64M |
GSEP Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
GSEP Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September 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 2025-09-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-23
- 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.