UXJL - First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF - July
UXJL starts with a 2% negative return, plus the expense ratio, each year in July. The investment objective is to potentially accelerate the returns in alignment with the price movement of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), should the ETF rise above the 2% threshold. If the fund appreciates below the target upside level, it does not participate in the returns and will experience all losses on a one-to-one basis.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $5.7M
- Beta
- 1.16
- 52-Week Range
- 30.02-37.89
- IPO Date
- Jul 21, 2025
- Exchange
- CBOE
UXJL Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for UXJL is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The UXJL overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
UXJL fund facts: expense ratio 0.85%, assets under management $5.7M, NAV $37.88 as of the data source's update on Oct 8, 2026, 4 holdings in its latest file, launched Jul 18, 2025, issued by First Trust. See the UXJL holdings.
Frequently asked UXJL overview questions
- What is UXJL?
- UXJL is the ticker symbol for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF - July, an listed exchange-traded fund. UXJL starts with a 2% negative return, plus the expense ratio, each year in July. The investment objective is to potentially accelerate the returns in alignment with the price movement of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), should the ETF rise above the 2% threshold. Listed on CBOE. UXJL is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are UXJL's key statistics?
- First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF - July (UXJL) carries a market capitalization of $5.7M, 52-week range of 30.02-37.89. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does UXJL belong to?
- First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF - July operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare UXJL's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the UXJL data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for UXJL, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.