FT Vest Laddered U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF

FT Vest Laddered U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund designed to provide exposure to U.S. large-cap equities through a laddered portfolio of equal-weight buffer ETFs. The fund seeks capital appreciation while using a structured options-based approach intended to cap upside participation and limit a portion of downside risk across staggered one-year outcome periods. Its portfolio is built from four underlying FT Vest U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETFs, each resetting on a different quarterly schedule, which helps spread exposure across multiple market outcome windows. The strategy is aimed at investors seeking diversified U.S. equity market exposure with defined return characteristics inside a rules-based target-outcome framework. FT Vest Laddered U.S. Equity Equal Weight Buffer ETF is part of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII and reflects First Trust’s broader suite of outcome-oriented ETF products.