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FTLSFIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF

FIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF

$76.90+0.27% vs prior close
687752-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

Price & daily flows
75.172.569.976.90DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +8.3% so far this year.

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

$1.5Bassets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
158Kavg daily volume, 30 days
246holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed November 30, 2023 · beta 0.51
Sector weights
Technology27.75%
Technology Services21.71%
Cash21.59%
Consumer Discretionary21.37%
Information Technology20.06%
Financial Services17.16%
Electronic Technology16.99%
Other13.53%
Industrials11.01%
Financials10.85%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.99%
Other27.16%
China2.08%
Luxembourg1.64%
Australia0.98%
Canada0.9%
South Africa0.76%
United Kingdom0.57%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+0.7%
3 months+4.4%
6 months+10.7%
YTD+8.3%
1 year+9.6%
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
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-3.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.2%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
175Kshares traded
The case against FTLS

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF0.18%$7776.18T+$16K5183652× the assets · +$16K in over the monthHead-to-head
REW ProShares UltraShort Technology0.95%$4164.64T+$9302776176× the assets · +$930 in over the monthHead-to-head
EMDV ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF0.60%$9881.28T—6586927× the assetsHead-to-head
TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF0.60%$9343.71T—6228581× the assetsHead-to-head
ANEW ProShares MSCI Transformational Changes ETF0.45%$8748.00T—5831475× the assetsHead-to-head
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