YSEP — FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September
Data updated: 2026-07-22
YSEP — FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September. United States Blend / Core Equity · $124.48M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
YSEP Fund Overview
YSEP — FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States 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 Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $124.48M
- 1-year return: 14.4%
- Ticker: YSEP
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000073410
- Share class ID: C000230296
YSEP Holdings
Top 8 holdings of FT Vest International Equity 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. | 84.15% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 13.54% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 3.38% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.12% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 1.10% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.59% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.05% |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 0.03% |
YSEP Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest International Equity 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% |
YSEP Performance
Total returns for YSEP (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.1% |
| 1 year | 14.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.4% |
YSEP Risk Information
Risk metrics for YSEP, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.5%
YSEP Costs and Fees
YSEP 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: 12.78 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
YSEP Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September had net inflows of $4.21M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$2.70M |
| 2026-04 | $2.68M |
| 2026-03 | −$3.93M |
| 2026-02 | $2.67M |
| 2026-01 | −$14.48M |
| 2025-12 | $1.30M |
YSEP Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
YSEP Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest International Equity 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 2026-07-22
- 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.