First Trust Exchange-traded Fund Viii

Series	Ticker	%Monthly Return ?			$Assets	#Holdings	As of
EquityCompass Risk Manager ETF	ERM	0.37	0.22	-1.12	16.11 mm	151	May 2023
EquityCompass Tactical Risk Manager ETF	TERM	0.15	0.18	1.55	12.28 mm	151	Aug 2021
First Trust Active Factor Large Cap ETF	AFLG	1.85	2.28	3.13	18.33 mm	253	Aug 2024
First Trust Active Factor Mid Cap ETF	AFMC	-2.51	8.05	0.22	14.24 mm	247	Aug 2024
First Trust Active Factor Small Cap ETF	AFSM	-2.25	9.54	-1.42	15.29 mm	307	Aug 2024
First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF	AGQI	2.34	-1.58	4.67	70.79 mm	32	May 2024
First Trust Expanded Technology ETF	XPND	7.14	-2.35	2.52	21.08 mm	51	Aug 2024
First Trust Flexible Municipal High Income ETF	MFLX	2.21	1.08	1.15	15.65 mm	71	Aug 2024
First Trust Income Opportunities ETF	FCEF	1.71	3.33	2.04	38.62 mm	54	Aug 2024
First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF	ILDR	8.26	-2.30	3.10	40.17 mm	63	Aug 2024
First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF	LDSF	0.56	1.58	1.03	153.18 mm	8	Aug 2024
First Trust Multi-Manager Large Growth ETF	MMLG	6.40	-4.32	2.88	69.60 mm	77	Aug 2024
First Trust Multi-Manager Small Cap Opportunities ETF	MMSC	0.16	2.22	2.07	21.19 mm	199	Aug 2024
First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF	LALT	1.15	0.92	0.00	10.42 mm	8	Aug 2024
First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF	CRPT	5.92	4.38	-16.94	59.52 mm	31	Aug 2024
First Trust TCW Emerging Markets Debt ETF	EFIX	0.49	1.76	2.30	42.00 mm	189	Aug 2024
First Trust TCW ESG Premier Equity ETF	EPRE	-7.04	12.44	-3.65	845.09 k	21	Aug 2022
First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF	FIXD	1.16	2.63	1.69	7.33 bn	904	Aug 2024
First Trust TCW Securitized Plus ETF	DEED	1.47	2.91	2.09	97.42 mm	271	Aug 2024
First Trust TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond ETF	UCON	0.82	1.74	1.23	3.36 bn	1,057	Aug 2024
FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF	EIPI				1.00 bn	114	May 2024
FT Raymond James Multicap Growth Equity ETF	RJMG	1.30	-4.30	1.77	8.53 mm	40	May 2024
FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF	BUFT	0.60	0.50	0.64	113.57 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF	BUFG	1.67	0.78	1.88	238.02 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest International Equity Buffer ETF - September	YSEP	-1.23	1.94	3.30	34.34 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December	YDEC	-0.80	1.10	3.05	71.11 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - June	YJUN	-1.70	0.95	1.80	180.45 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March	YMAR	-0.56	0.99	2.17	101.71 mm	12	Aug 2024
FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF	BUFR	1.65	0.73	1.61	5.09 bn	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF	BUFD	1.46	0.66	1.39	978.41 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF	BUFZ	1.29	0.70	1.22	229.26 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF	BUFQ	2.35	-0.44	1.29	710.42 mm	5	Aug 2024
FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF	BUFS	-0.40	4.96	0.10	10.48 mm	5	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December	QDEC	2.64	-0.42	1.35	374.73 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - June	QJUN	1.30	-0.49	0.72	505.24 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - March	QMAR	3.28	-0.71	1.26	431.73 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - September	QSPT	1.84	0.12	1.42	313.91 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - April	QCAP	1.78	0.28	0.75	33.64 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - July	QCJL				50.58 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - August	QMAG				76.05 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - May	QMMY	2.60	-0.39	1.08	58.48 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December	XIDE	0.52	0.49	0.46	24.98 mm	12	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - June	XIJN	0.52	0.72	0.61	5.15 mm	19	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March	XIMR	0.78	0.56	0.53	24.08 mm	15	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September	XISE	0.44	0.47	0.44	99.56 mm	10	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - April	FAPR	2.33	1.23	1.27	724.12 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - August	FAUG	1.19	0.68	1.62	763.93 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December	FDEC	1.91	0.61	1.26	770.20 mm	12	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February	FFEB	2.69	0.81	1.50	958.89 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January	FJAN	2.11	0.62	1.35	785.31 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - July	FJUL	1.93	0.89	1.89	858.72 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - June	FJUN	1.53	1.03	1.30	843.93 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March	FMAR	2.85	0.96	1.36	887.31 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May	FMAY	2.82	0.51	1.82	851.75 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - November	FNOV	1.41	0.56	1.01	761.77 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October	FOCT	1.00	0.53	0.72	684.31 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September	FSEP	1.39	0.69	1.00	647.44 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - April	DAPR	2.40	0.82	1.15	252.51 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - August	DAUG	0.85	0.55	1.37	286.60 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - December	DDEC	1.63	0.57	1.00	348.27 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - February	DFEB	2.43	0.79	1.40	273.34 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - January	DJAN	1.89	0.59	1.15	261.49 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - July	DJUL	1.22	1.16	1.34	363.09 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - June	DJUN	1.06	0.95	1.30	253.94 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - March	DMAR	2.24	1.28	1.32	311.53 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - May	DMAY	2.80	0.88	1.44	322.54 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - November	DNOV	1.20	0.63	0.86	272.16 mm	8	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - October	DOCT	0.76	0.52	0.60	224.75 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - September	DSEP	1.06	0.64	0.76	198.41 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - April	XAPR	1.43	0.58	0.89	17.68 mm	10	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - August	XAUG	0.55	0.49	1.12	32.07 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December	XDEC	1.03	0.53	0.69	428.60 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - February	XFEB	1.49	0.45	1.08	31.00 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - January	XJAN	1.18	0.52	0.76	71.27 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - July	XJUL	0.56	0.71	1.58	58.52 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - June	XJUN	0.52	1.30	0.99	210.12 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March	XMAR	1.70	0.66	0.97	216.99 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - May	XMAY	2.09	0.73	1.12	24.88 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - November	XNOV	0.79	0.51	0.60	49.64 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - October	XOCT	0.60	0.48	0.51	87.49 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - September	XSEP	0.64	0.50	0.55	207.24 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - March	MARM	0.21	-0.96	1.77	205.00 mm	7	May 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - April	GAPR	2.20	0.78	1.08	232.36 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August	GAUG	0.84	0.56	1.33	184.47 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December	GDEC	1.44	0.65	0.86	138.29 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - February	GFEB	2.13	0.51	1.48	413.52 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - January	GJAN	1.68	0.57	1.02	272.61 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - July	GJUL	1.13	0.75	1.71	381.22 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - June	GJUN	0.65	0.88	1.69	559.66 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March	GMAR	2.33	0.87	1.14	376.75 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - May	GMAY	2.45	0.88	1.24	285.08 mm	13	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - November	GNOV	1.20	0.50	0.82	176.51 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - October	GOCT	0.80	0.50	0.61	111.89 mm	11	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September	GSEP	0.99	0.62	0.74	142.63 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - August	SAUG	-0.32	6.36	0.04	65.19 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - February	SFEB	-0.25	4.85	-0.14	68.88 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May	SMAY	0.00	4.66	-0.16	80.50 mm	9	Aug 2024
FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - November	SNOV	0.14	3.14	0.44	25.79 mm	9	Aug 2024

Institutional ownership, Q3 2024

First Trust Exchange-traded Fund Viii institutional ownership history Ownership history

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	692	719	-3.8%
Opened positions	73	403	-81.9%
Closed positions	100	24	+316.7%
Increased positions	267	270	-1.1%
Reduced positions	310	38	+715.8%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	12.30 tn	12.17 tn	+1.0%
Total shares	407.05 mm	426.96 mm	-4.7%
Total puts	0.00	0.00
Total calls	0.00	0.00
Total put/call ratio	–	–	–

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
LPL Financial	55.38 mm	$1.75 tn	+9.7%
MS Morgan Stanley	22.25 mm	$794.46 bn	+6.9%
Envestnet Asset Management	14.23 mm	$490.43 bn	-0.7%
Cetera Investment Advisers	12.94 mm	$428.90 bn	-16.6%
UBS UBS	12.76 mm	$394.23 bn	+1.7%
Commonwealth Equity Services	12.57 mm	$413.82 mm	-15.7%
Advisor	12.35 mm	$418.97 bn	-5.2%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company	10.43 mm	$403.25 bn	+28.1%
RY Royal Bank of Canada	9.74 mm	$289.52 bn	+15.7%
Signature Estate & Investment Advisors	7.84 mm	$354.54 bn	+2.7%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
First Trust Portfolios	186.54 k	-6.54 mm	-97.2%
LPL Financial	55.38 mm	+4.90 mm	+9.7%
Cetera Investment Advisers	12.94 mm	-2.58 mm	-16.6%
IFP Advisors	0.00	-2.50 mm	EXIT
Commonwealth Equity Services	12.57 mm	-2.34 mm	-15.7%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company	10.43 mm	+2.29 mm	+28.1%
SF Stifel Financial	1.45 mm	-2.23 mm	-60.6%
AMP Ameriprise Financial	4.03 mm	+1.93 mm	+91.8%
AE Wealth Management	3.23 mm	+1.92 mm	+145.6%
Kestra Advisory Services	3.85 mm	-1.70 mm	-30.6%

Data from 13F filings, for the last complete 13F reporting period. For most recent data, click the ownership history button. Values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.