QDEC — FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December
Data updated: 2026-07-22
QDEC — FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December. United States Large Cap Growth Equity · $696.89M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
QDEC Fund Overview
QDEC — FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Large Cap Growth 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 Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $696.89M
- 1-year return: 26.9%
- Ticker: QDEC
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000070225
- Share class ID: C000223312
QDEC Holdings
Top 9 holdings of FT Vest Nasdaq-100 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. | 92.24% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 7.78% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 5.18% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 2.79% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.77% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.74% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.14% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.10% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.05% |
QDEC Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.7% |
QDEC Performance
Total returns for QDEC (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.7% |
| 1 year | 26.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.0% |
QDEC Risk Information
Risk metrics for QDEC, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.7%
QDEC Costs and Fees
QDEC costs about $90 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.90%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
- Portfolio turnover: 0%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.22 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
QDEC Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December had net inflows of $36.45M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$8.77M |
| 2026-04 | $21.08M |
| 2026-03 | $12.71M |
| 2026-02 | $17.77M |
| 2026-01 | $40.99M |
| 2025-12 | $24.41M |
QDEC Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
QDEC Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest Nasdaq-100 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.