Fund · FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF · measured from SEC filings
BUFD holdings
BUFD reports 13 holdings and behaves like 12 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 22 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31The largest line in BUFD's filing is not a stock but FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF - May, a equity position at 8.36% of net assets. Ten companies are 83.3% of the fund; the other 3 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, BUFD behaves like 12 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 3.6 times more concentrated than the median. Across 22 quarterly filings BUFD has become less concentrated: it behaved like 4 at 2021-02-26 and 12 at 2026-05-31.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2021
22Between 2021-02-26 and 2026-05-31, BUFD went from behaving like 4 equally weighted positions to 12 — 200% more, while its top ten went from 100% to 83.3% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.3% | 8.36% |
| 2026-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.36% |
| 2025-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.32% | 8.34% |
| 2025-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.33% | 8.35% |
| 2025-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.35% |
| 2025-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.28% | 8.35% |
| 2024-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.4% | 8.36% |
| 2024-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.33% | 8.34% |
Earlier filings (14 more, back to 2021-02-26)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.37% | 8.36% |
| 2024-02-29 | 13 | 12 | 83.36% | 8.41% |
| 2023-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.35% |
| 2023-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.35% | 8.37% |
| 2023-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.36% | 8.37% |
| 2023-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.38% | 8.39% |
| 2022-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.39% | 8.36% |
| 2022-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.41% | 8.41% |
| 2022-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.36% | 8.36% |
| 2022-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.35% | 8.39% |
| 2021-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.38% | 8.39% |
| 2021-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.36% |
| 2021-05-28 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.29% |
| 2021-02-26 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 25.04% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 13 largest of 13 positions in BUFD's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: BUFD.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.36% | 8.4% |
| 2 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 16.7% |
| 3 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 25.0% |
| 4 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 33.4% |
| 5 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 41.7% |
| 6 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 50.0% |
| 7 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 58.3% |
| 8 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 66.7% |
| 9 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 75.0% |
| 10 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.31% | 83.3% |
| 11 | LISTED FUNDS TRUST | 8.31% | 91.6% |
| 12 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.28% | 99.9% |
| 13 | MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS | 0.11% | 100.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2021-01 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of BUFD's own filings, 65 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: BUFD.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3113 positions became 13: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 0.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of BUFD compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS | 0.03% | 0.11% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.28% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 8.36% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.36% | 8.32% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.33% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.35% | 8.31% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.33% | LISTED FUNDS TRUST | 8.33% | 8.31% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.33% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.32% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.33% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.33% |
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-3199.89% equity, 0.11% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of BUFD (12). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWP iShares MSCI Spain ETF | 25 | 11.8 | 73.78% | 2026-05-31 |
| IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF | 49 | 11.9 | 74.66% | 2026-06-30 |
| FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF | 103 | 11.9 | 65.1% | 2026-07-31 |
| QAI NYLIM Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF | 60 | 11.9 | 69.96% | 2026-07-31 |
| BUFZ FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF | 13 | 12 | 83.31% | 2026-05-31 |
| SOXL Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares | 38 | 12.1 * | 63.99% | 2026-07-31 |
| EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | 31 | 12.1 | 66.65% | 2026-05-31 |
| EPHE iShares MSCI Philippines ETF | 38 | 12.1 | 61.95% | 2026-05-31 |
| VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund | 106 | 12.3 | 63.95% | 2026-05-31 |
| LIT Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF | 41 | 12.3 | 66.07% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine BUFD
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