SQMX — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF
Data updated: 2026-08-11
SQMX — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $45.14M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
SQMX Fund Overview
SQMX — FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF 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: $45.14M
- 1-year return: 8.8%
- Ticker: SQMX
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000089322
- Share class ID: C000255841
SQMX Holdings
Top 7 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 78.38% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 31.82% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 2.15% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.97% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.03% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.01% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.00% |
SQMX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 99.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.0% |
SQMX Performance
Total returns for SQMX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.2% |
| 1 year | 8.8% |
SQMX Risk Information
Risk metrics for SQMX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.6%
SQMX Costs and Fees
SQMX 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: 5.42 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
SQMX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF had net inflows of $39.07M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $849.97K |
| 2026-04 | $11.82M |
| 2026-03 | $14.12M |
| 2026-02 | $0 |
| 2026-01 | −$17.61M |
| 2025-12 | $2.21M |
SQMX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
SQMX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Max Buffer ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-12-22
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-09-22
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-03-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-08-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-08-08
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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.