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FTGCFirst TrustACTIVE

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII

$30.68-0.49% vs prior close
233252-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks total return and a relatively stable risk profile while providing investors with commodity exposure.

FTGC price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateFTGC close
Jul 22, 2026$29.50
Jul 23, 2026$29.61
Jul 24, 2026$29.42
Jul 27, 2026$28.85
Jul 28, 2026$28.70
Jul 29, 2026$28.97
Jul 30, 2026$28.93
Jul 31, 2026$28.94
Aug 3, 2026$28.70
Aug 4, 2026$28.43
Aug 5, 2026$28.63
Aug 6, 2026$28.77
Aug 7, 2026$28.91
Aug 10, 2026$29.57
Aug 11, 2026$29.57
Aug 12, 2026$29.70
Aug 13, 2026$29.38
Aug 14, 2026$29.61
Aug 17, 2026$30.03
Aug 18, 2026$29.94
Aug 19, 2026$30.18
Aug 20, 2026$30.40
Aug 21, 2026$30.55
Aug 24, 2026$30.40
Aug 25, 2026$30.22
Aug 26, 2026$30.36
Aug 27, 2026$30.61
Aug 28, 2026$30.68
Aug 31, 2026$30.97
Sep 1, 2026$31.23
Sep 2, 2026$31.15
Sep 3, 2026$31.05
Sep 4, 2026$30.98
Sep 8, 2026$31.19
Sep 9, 2026$31.37
Sep 10, 2026$31.60
Sep 11, 2026$31.30
Sep 14, 2026$31.24
Sep 15, 2026$31.57
Sep 16, 2026$31.39
Sep 17, 2026$31.27
Sep 18, 2026$31.25
Sep 21, 2026$31.06
Sep 22, 2026$31.16
Sep 23, 2026$31.34
Sep 24, 2026$31.37
Sep 25, 2026$31.00
Sep 28, 2026$30.70
Sep 29, 2026$30.47
Sep 30, 2026$30.59
Oct 1, 2026$30.76
Oct 2, 2026$30.65
Oct 5, 2026$30.66
Oct 6, 2026$31.02
Oct 7, 2026$30.87
Oct 8, 2026$30.97
Oct 9, 2026$31.02
Oct 12, 2026$31.17
Oct 13, 2026$31.37
Oct 14, 2026$31.17
Oct 15, 2026$31.04
Oct 16, 2026$31.20
Oct 19, 2026$31.11
Oct 20, 2026$30.98
Oct 21, 2026$30.83
Oct 22, 2026$30.68

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +32.1% so far this year. At 0.95% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHF has a reported fee of 0.06%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$2.2Bassets under management
0.95%expense ratio · $95 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
555Kavg daily volume, 30 days
33holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 10, 2023 · beta -0.08

Sector weights

  • Other100%
  • Cash & Others100%
  • Government55.93%
  • Mutual fund32.56%
  • Agency11.51%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Government55.93%
Mutual fund32.56%
Agency11.51%
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month-1.5%
3 months+4.0%
6 months+7.7%
YTD+32.1%
1 year+16.8%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.9%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
100calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
486Kshares traded
The case against FTGC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FTGC on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.2B+$609M-92bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-91bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$191B+$817M-88bp on fee · 88× the assets · +$817M in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$12.5B+$415M-88bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$415M in over the monthHead-to-head
SCHF Schwab International Equity ETF0.06%$41.6B—-89bp on fee · 19× the assetsHead-to-head
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