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Whether this fund clears the published standards, and the filings behind that answer. The screen runs first and nothing on the trading side can override it.
Structure, momentum, positioning and levels. Separate from the Sharia verdict above, which this side never overrides.
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - February ETF · First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
17 holdings · as of 2026-05-31 (4.4 months ago) The fund may have traded since. SEC Form N-PORT is filed quarterly and lags the period it covers, so these are the most recent holdings on file, not the fund’s holdings today.
This fund holds short positions, so exposure is counted gross — long and short both count as exposure rather than netting off, and the weights below therefore sum to 131% of net assets rather than 100%. Shares of the portfolio are shown as shares of that gross exposure.
UNVERIFIED 12% of this fund's gross exposure is short across 8 positions. Our look-through asks what a fund owns and whether owning it is permissible; a short position is not ownership but an obligation to deliver something the fund does not hold, so a verdict computed as though this were a long-only portfolio would not describe it. The holdings are listed below, with the short positions marked.
17 holdings, 16 matched (99% of weight). Portfolio as of 2026-05-31, filed 2026-07-22. Source: SEC Form N-PORT.
2.34% of this portfolio’s income is non-permissible — weighted across holdings, computed over 99% of portfolio weight (16 of 17 holdings). The common approach purifies that proportion of income received — dividends — not of the position’s value. We report the ratio; what to do with it is a question for your own scholar.
Portfolio shares are withheld: coverage is below the floor needed to state one. The holdings themselves are below, because the names are evidence you can check.
| Holding | Status | Weight | Every methodology, and the debt ratio behind it |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 82.21% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 13.77% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 13.63% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 10.20% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 2.49% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 2.13% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 1.97% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 1.75% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS | UNSCREENED | 0.95% | no in-house ratios for this holding |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.88% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.32% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.32% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.25% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.15% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.15% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.06% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
| CBOE CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. | NON_COMPLIANT | 0.03% | AAOIFI4.9% Usmani14.9% Dow Jones Islamic6.2% S&P Shariah6.8% MSCI Islamic14.9% MSCI Islamic M-Series6.8% FTSE Shariah13.6% |
All 7 published standards agree about this fund to within 0.0 points of portfolio weight.
These bars are the financial-ratio result under each standard — debt, receivables and interest income. They do not screen what the business does, so a holding can pass every ratio here and still be questionable or non-compliant on activity. The blended verdict above accounts for both.
ratios pass on 130.3% ratios fail on 0.0% 1.0% not rated under AAOIFI
ratios pass on 0.0% ratios fail on 0.0% 131.3% not rated under Usmani
ratios pass on 130.3% ratios fail on 0.0% 1.0% not rated under Dow Jones Islamic
ratios pass on 130.3% ratios fail on 0.0% 1.0% not rated under S&P Shariah
ratios pass on 0.0% ratios fail on 0.0% 131.3% not rated under MSCI Islamic
ratios pass on 130.3% ratios fail on 0.0% 1.0% not rated under MSCI Islamic M-Series
ratios pass on 0.0% ratios fail on 0.0% 131.3% not rated under FTSE Shariah
1 of 17 listed holdings carry our own per-methodology verdicts (130% of weight). The rest hold a provider verdict with no methodology breakdown, and are counted as rated by none.
Methodology breakdown computing — it will appear here on its own.
Whether the technical picture shows an edge right now. Separate from the Sharia verdict, which this side never overrides.
The factors behind the read, each shown with the figure it rests on, including the ones pointing the other way.
Computing the full ratio and business-activity breakdown for QMFE — this runs off the critical path so the page paints first. It will appear here on its own.
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Not enough completed daily bars to compute pivots.
The range is measured volatility (ATR over the horizon), not a target — a wider band means a more volatile asset, not a stronger view. The direction is the indicator tally below. Every forecast is recorded when made and scored against the real price when it comes due, including the wrong ones. Not a recommendation, and not a fatwa.
Standard indicator thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20, MACD histogram sign, price vs. average) computed on daily bars. A summary of what common indicators say — not a recommendation, and not this site's own trading verdict.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 69.60 | NEUTRAL |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 90.91 | SELL |
| CCI (20) | 100.57 | SELL |
| Williams %R (14) | -9.09 | SELL |
| MACD (12,26,9) | 0.00 | BUY |
| ROC (10) | 0.56 | BUY |
| Momentum (10) | 0.14 | BUY |
| EMA (10) | 25.04 | BUY |
| SMA (10) | 25.04 | BUY |
| EMA (20) | 24.95 | BUY |
| SMA (20) | 24.93 | BUY |
| EMA (30) | 24.86 | BUY |
| SMA (30) | 24.84 | BUY |
| EMA (50) | 24.72 | BUY |
| SMA (50) | 24.71 | BUY |
| EMA (100) | 24.36 | BUY |
| SMA (100) | 24.43 | BUY |
| EMA (200) | 23.62 | BUY |
| SMA (200) | 23.60 | BUY |
Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest substantially all of its assets in FLexible EXchange® Options that reference the price performance of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1. FLEX Options are customized equity or index option contracts that trade on an exchange, but provide investors with the ability to customize key contract terms like exercise prices, styles and expiration dates.
Background via Yahoo Finance — informational, not part of the verdict.
Weak — low conviction, small size or skip
Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.
| Timeframe | Bias | Bars |
|---|---|---|
| 📅 Daily | BULLISH | 42 |
| ⏱ 15-Min | BULLISH | 18 |
| ⏲ 5-Min | BULLISH | 54 |
Rate of change and relative volume against this symbol's own recent history. Momentum describes what price has done; it is not a claim about what it will do.
How the rest of the sector moved over the same window. Context for a price move, never a cause of one.
Peer movement computing — it will appear here on its own.
The questions worth asking about any verdict on this page, answered plainly.
No. HTR reads the fund's filed holdings and screens each one, then reports the result by weight. A fund marketed as Islamic still gets the same look-through as any other.
It is the share of the fund whose holdings HTR cannot cover far enough to rate. It is reported as unrated rather than counted as compliant, because a holding nobody screened should not look like one that passed.
It matters, and it is noted, but it does not replace the look-through. The board's judgement and the holdings screen are shown separately so you can see when they agree and when they do not.
When the fund files new holdings, and on a rolling basis besides. The date on the verdict above is the last time this fund was actually recomputed.
Open research, not a fatwa. HTR applies published screening standards to filings and publishes what they say, including when they disagree. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Verdicts can change when new filings land.
Same screen, different answers. Comparison is where the standards disagreeing becomes useful rather than confusing.
Peer screening computing — it will appear here on its own.
Insider transactions reported in the last ninety days. Insiders sell for reasons that have nothing to do with a view, so a sale on its own is not a signal.
NO DATA 0 buys · 0 sells
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the broad market it tracks, not for this symbol. Positioning context for the tape — it says nothing about this company.
NEUTRAL report date 2026-10-06 · Asset managers net 906615 (+2612)
Plain-language summary of the evidence already on this page — the Sharia screen, structure, momentum, and order flow above. It explains the read; it doesn't make the call. Generated on demand (a live AI call), never run automatically.