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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
Oct 22, 2025$26.28
Oct 23, 2025$26.60
Oct 24, 2025$26.53
Oct 27, 2025$26.37
Oct 28, 2025$26.20
Oct 29, 2025$26.35
Oct 30, 2025$26.42
Oct 31, 2025$26.52
Nov 3, 2025$26.77
Nov 4, 2025$26.54
Nov 5, 2025$26.62
Nov 6, 2025$26.57
Nov 7, 2025$26.66
Nov 10, 2025$27.08
Nov 11, 2025$27.34
Nov 12, 2025$27.07
Nov 13, 2025$26.95
Nov 14, 2025$26.93
Nov 17, 2025$26.89
Nov 18, 2025$27.16
Nov 19, 2025$26.93
Nov 20, 2025$26.62
Nov 21, 2025$26.51
Nov 24, 2025$26.63
Nov 25, 2025$26.49
Nov 26, 2025$26.77
Nov 28, 2025$27.14
Dec 1, 2025$27.19
Dec 2, 2025$27.07
Dec 3, 2025$27.17
Dec 4, 2025$27.22
Dec 5, 2025$27.40
Dec 8, 2025$27.03
Dec 9, 2025$26.90
Dec 10, 2025$27.09
Dec 11, 2025$27.12
Dec 12, 2025$26.81
Dec 15, 2025$26.63
Dec 16, 2025$22.72
Dec 17, 2025$22.96
Dec 18, 2025$22.81
Dec 19, 2025$22.93
Dec 22, 2025$23.19
Dec 23, 2025$23.49
Dec 24, 2025$23.44
Dec 26, 2025$23.58
Dec 29, 2025$23.32
Dec 30, 2025$23.52
Dec 31, 2025$23.23
Jan 2, 2026$23.23
Jan 5, 2026$23.62
Jan 6, 2026$23.75
Jan 7, 2026$23.57
Jan 8, 2026$23.70
Jan 9, 2026$23.63
Jan 12, 2026$23.90
Jan 13, 2026$24.11
Jan 14, 2026$24.16
Jan 15, 2026$24.07
Jan 16, 2026$24.01
Jan 20, 2026$24.28
Jan 21, 2026$24.63
Jan 22, 2026$24.62
Jan 23, 2026$25.06
Jan 26, 2026$25.29
Jan 27, 2026$25.64
Jan 28, 2026$25.84
Jan 29, 2026$26.18
Jan 30, 2026$25.38
Feb 2, 2026$24.29
Feb 3, 2026$24.80
Feb 4, 2026$24.81
Feb 5, 2026$24.43
Feb 6, 2026$24.61
Feb 9, 2026$24.84
Feb 10, 2026$24.65
Feb 11, 2026$24.93
Feb 12, 2026$24.42
Feb 13, 2026$24.44
Feb 17, 2026$24.11
Feb 18, 2026$24.70
Feb 19, 2026$24.93
Feb 20, 2026$25.09
Feb 23, 2026$25.15
Feb 24, 2026$25.18
Feb 25, 2026$25.24
Feb 26, 2026$25.23
Feb 27, 2026$25.53
Mar 2, 2026$26.21
Mar 3, 2026$26.34
Mar 4, 2026$26.62
Mar 5, 2026$27.04
Mar 6, 2026$27.96
Mar 9, 2026$27.45
Mar 10, 2026$27.76
Mar 11, 2026$28.25
Mar 12, 2026$28.94
Mar 13, 2026$28.86
Mar 16, 2026$28.41
Mar 17, 2026$28.69
Mar 18, 2026$28.92
Mar 19, 2026$28.65
Mar 20, 2026$28.67
Mar 23, 2026$27.89
Mar 24, 2026$28.25
Mar 25, 2026$28.25
Mar 26, 2026$27.93
Mar 27, 2026$28.42
Mar 30, 2026$28.56
Mar 31, 2026$28.71
Apr 1, 2026$28.49
Apr 2, 2026$28.88
Apr 6, 2026$28.93
Apr 7, 2026$28.77
Apr 8, 2026$28.19
Apr 9, 2026$28.27
Apr 10, 2026$28.24
Apr 13, 2026$28.52
Apr 14, 2026$28.61
Apr 15, 2026$28.68
Apr 16, 2026$28.83
Apr 17, 2026$28.28
Apr 20, 2026$28.50
Apr 21, 2026$28.74
Apr 22, 2026$28.95
Apr 23, 2026$29.12
Apr 24, 2026$29.07
Apr 27, 2026$29.17
Apr 28, 2026$29.28
Apr 29, 2026$29.57
Apr 30, 2026$29.67
May 1, 2026$29.64
May 4, 2026$29.89
May 5, 2026$29.85
May 6, 2026$29.40
May 7, 2026$29.36
May 8, 2026$29.48
May 11, 2026$30.19
May 12, 2026$30.53
May 13, 2026$30.45
May 14, 2026$30.11
May 15, 2026$29.75
May 18, 2026$30.04
May 19, 2026$30.08
May 20, 2026$29.67
May 21, 2026$29.46
May 22, 2026$29.38
May 26, 2026$29.12
May 27, 2026$28.88
May 28, 2026$29.26
May 29, 2026$29.07
Jun 1, 2026$29.18
Jun 2, 2026$29.24
Jun 3, 2026$29.11
Jun 4, 2026$28.88
Jun 5, 2026$28.28
Jun 8, 2026$28.27
Jun 9, 2026$27.99
Jun 10, 2026$27.94
Jun 11, 2026$27.93
Jun 12, 2026$27.90
Jun 15, 2026$27.82
Jun 16, 2026$27.84
Jun 17, 2026$27.68
Jun 18, 2026$27.59
Jun 22, 2026$27.52
Jun 23, 2026$27.21
Jun 24, 2026$26.76
Jun 25, 2026$27.03
Jun 26, 2026$26.91
Jun 29, 2026$26.77
Jun 30, 2026$27.05
Jul 1, 2026$27.09
Jul 2, 2026$27.11
Jul 6, 2026$27.80
Jul 7, 2026$27.77
Jul 8, 2026$28.06
Jul 9, 2026$28.05
Jul 10, 2026$28.02
Jul 13, 2026$28.30
Jul 14, 2026$28.62
Jul 15, 2026$28.79
Jul 16, 2026$28.50
Jul 17, 2026$28.83
Jul 20, 2026$28.89
Jul 21, 2026$29.21
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

Price history on file begins Oct 22, 2025, so 5Y shows all of it.

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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