Fund · FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF · measured from SEC filings
BUFQ holdings
BUFQ reports 5 holdings and behaves like 4 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 16 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 BUFQ's filing is not a stock but FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December, a equity position at 25.44% of net assets. Ten companies are 100% of the fund; the other -5 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, BUFQ behaves like 4 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 11.1 times more concentrated than the median. Across 16 quarterly filings BUFQ has held roughly steady since 2022-08-31 (4 then, 4 now).
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 2022
16Between 2022-08-31 and 2026-05-31, BUFQ went from behaving like 4 equally weighted positions to 4 — 0% more, while its top ten went from 100% to 100% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.44% |
| 2026-02-28 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.33% |
| 2025-11-30 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.24% |
| 2025-08-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.08% |
| 2025-05-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.09% |
| 2025-02-28 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.25% |
| 2024-11-30 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.1% |
| 2024-08-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.14% |
Earlier filings (8 more, back to 2022-08-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.15% |
| 2024-02-29 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.19% |
| 2023-11-30 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.2% |
| 2023-08-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.25% |
| 2023-05-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.35% |
| 2023-02-28 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 25.17% |
| 2022-11-30 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.2% |
| 2022-08-31 | 5 | 4 | 100% | 25.25% |
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 5 largest of 5 positions in BUFQ's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: BUFQ.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.44% | 25.4% |
| 2 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.35% | 50.8% |
| 3 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.97% | 75.8% |
| 4 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.18% | 99.9% |
| 5 | MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS | 0.07% | 100.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2022-06 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of BUFQ's own filings, 48 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: BUFQ.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-315 positions became 5: 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: 1.2%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of BUFQ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.77% | 25.44% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.06% | 24.18% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.82% | 25.35% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.33% | 24.97% |
| MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS | 0.02% | 0.07% |
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-3199.93% equity, 0.07% 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 BUFQ (4). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares | 5 | 2 * | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| BNDW Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | 3 | 2 | 100% | 2026-05-31 |
| TNA Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares | 11 | 2.2 * | 99.16% | 2026-07-31 |
| BLUX Bluemonte Dynamic Total Market ETF | 4 | 2.8 | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| AVNM Avantis All International Markets Equity ETF | 8 | 4 | 100% | 2026-05-31 |
| AVGE Avantis All Equity Markets ETF | 15 | 4.3 | 95.34% | 2026-05-31 |
| SECT Main Sector Rotation ETF | 9 | 4.5 | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF | 6 | 5 | 100% | 2026-06-30 |
| BUYW Main Buywrite ETF | 9 | 5.1 | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| SMMD iShares Russell 2500 ETF | 518 | 5.9 | 44.16% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine BUFQ
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