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FTQIFIRST TRUST NASDAQ BUYWRITE INCOME ETFACTIVE

FIRST TRUST NASDAQ BUYWRITE INCOME ETF

$21.74-1.54% vs prior close
19.332252-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.

FTQI price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateFTQI close
Oct 22, 2025$20.64
Oct 23, 2025$20.77
Oct 24, 2025$20.90
Oct 27, 2025$21.05
Oct 28, 2025$21.01
Oct 29, 2025$21.07
Oct 30, 2025$20.93
Oct 31, 2025$20.97
Nov 3, 2025$21.04
Nov 4, 2025$20.86
Nov 5, 2025$20.97
Nov 6, 2025$20.74
Nov 7, 2025$20.75
Nov 10, 2025$21.00
Nov 11, 2025$20.98
Nov 12, 2025$21.02
Nov 13, 2025$20.74
Nov 14, 2025$20.77
Nov 17, 2025$20.62
Nov 18, 2025$20.47
Nov 19, 2025$20.50
Nov 20, 2025$20.23
Nov 21, 2025$20.15
Nov 24, 2025$20.47
Nov 25, 2025$20.59
Nov 26, 2025$20.73
Nov 28, 2025$20.84
Dec 1, 2025$20.77
Dec 2, 2025$20.82
Dec 3, 2025$20.86
Dec 4, 2025$20.93
Dec 5, 2025$20.96
Dec 8, 2025$20.98
Dec 9, 2025$20.99
Dec 10, 2025$21.02
Dec 11, 2025$21.09
Dec 12, 2025$20.69
Dec 15, 2025$20.64
Dec 16, 2025$20.65
Dec 17, 2025$20.42
Dec 18, 2025$20.62
Dec 19, 2025$20.84
Dec 22, 2025$20.90
Dec 23, 2025$20.98
Dec 24, 2025$20.96
Dec 26, 2025$21.01
Dec 29, 2025$20.95
Dec 30, 2025$20.92
Dec 31, 2025$20.82
Jan 2, 2026$20.82
Jan 5, 2026$20.93
Jan 6, 2026$20.97
Jan 7, 2026$20.95
Jan 8, 2026$20.88
Jan 9, 2026$20.93
Jan 12, 2026$21.01
Jan 13, 2026$21.06
Jan 14, 2026$20.97
Jan 15, 2026$21.02
Jan 16, 2026$20.99
Jan 20, 2026$20.71
Jan 21, 2026$20.74
Jan 22, 2026$20.87
Jan 23, 2026$20.88
Jan 26, 2026$20.92
Jan 27, 2026$20.99
Jan 28, 2026$21.04
Jan 29, 2026$20.98
Jan 30, 2026$20.85
Feb 2, 2026$20.99
Feb 3, 2026$20.88
Feb 4, 2026$20.55
Feb 5, 2026$20.33
Feb 6, 2026$20.78
Feb 9, 2026$20.97
Feb 10, 2026$20.86
Feb 11, 2026$20.84
Feb 12, 2026$20.44
Feb 13, 2026$20.48
Feb 17, 2026$20.50
Feb 18, 2026$20.58
Feb 19, 2026$20.54
Feb 20, 2026$20.43
Feb 23, 2026$20.23
Feb 24, 2026$20.43
Feb 25, 2026$20.58
Feb 26, 2026$20.50
Feb 27, 2026$20.41
Mar 2, 2026$20.47
Mar 3, 2026$20.32
Mar 4, 2026$20.48
Mar 5, 2026$20.45
Mar 6, 2026$20.22
Mar 9, 2026$20.42
Mar 10, 2026$20.42
Mar 11, 2026$20.45
Mar 12, 2026$20.21
Mar 13, 2026$20.14
Mar 16, 2026$20.31
Mar 17, 2026$20.43
Mar 18, 2026$20.22
Mar 19, 2026$20.28
Mar 20, 2026$19.98
Mar 23, 2026$20.20
Mar 24, 2026$20.20
Mar 25, 2026$20.37
Mar 26, 2026$19.77
Mar 27, 2026$19.50
Mar 30, 2026$19.33
Mar 31, 2026$19.92
Apr 1, 2026$20.12
Apr 2, 2026$20.19
Apr 6, 2026$20.31
Apr 7, 2026$20.26
Apr 8, 2026$20.68
Apr 9, 2026$20.78
Apr 10, 2026$20.80
Apr 13, 2026$20.89
Apr 14, 2026$21.00
Apr 15, 2026$21.04
Apr 16, 2026$21.12
Apr 17, 2026$21.28
Apr 20, 2026$21.21
Apr 21, 2026$20.91
Apr 22, 2026$21.06
Apr 23, 2026$20.96
Apr 24, 2026$21.15
Apr 27, 2026$21.11
Apr 28, 2026$21.01
Apr 29, 2026$21.04
Apr 30, 2026$21.23
May 1, 2026$21.29
May 4, 2026$21.29
May 5, 2026$21.35
May 6, 2026$21.48
May 7, 2026$21.48
May 8, 2026$21.50
May 11, 2026$21.55
May 12, 2026$21.56
May 13, 2026$21.61
May 14, 2026$21.73
May 15, 2026$21.60
May 18, 2026$21.59
May 19, 2026$21.52
May 20, 2026$21.71
May 21, 2026$21.60
May 22, 2026$21.62
May 26, 2026$21.79
May 27, 2026$21.85
May 28, 2026$21.93
May 29, 2026$21.92
Jun 1, 2026$21.85
Jun 2, 2026$21.94
Jun 3, 2026$21.96
Jun 4, 2026$22.01
Jun 5, 2026$21.66
Jun 8, 2026$21.71
Jun 9, 2026$21.64
Jun 10, 2026$21.42
Jun 11, 2026$21.79
Jun 12, 2026$21.93
Jun 15, 2026$22.08
Jun 16, 2026$22.07
Jun 17, 2026$21.96
Jun 18, 2026$22.08
Jun 22, 2026$22.15
Jun 23, 2026$21.95
Jun 24, 2026$21.95
Jun 25, 2026$21.71
Jun 26, 2026$21.63
Jun 29, 2026$21.93
Jun 30, 2026$22.09
Jul 1, 2026$22.07
Jul 2, 2026$21.95
Jul 6, 2026$22.18
Jul 7, 2026$22.01
Jul 8, 2026$22.07
Jul 9, 2026$22.26
Jul 10, 2026$22.34
Jul 13, 2026$22.19
Jul 14, 2026$22.29
Jul 15, 2026$22.31
Jul 16, 2026$22.15
Jul 17, 2026$22.07
Jul 20, 2026$22.03
Jul 21, 2026$22.08
Jul 22, 2026$22.03
Jul 23, 2026$21.80
Jul 24, 2026$21.75
Jul 27, 2026$21.71
Jul 28, 2026$21.55
Jul 29, 2026$21.23
Jul 30, 2026$21.57
Jul 31, 2026$21.67
Aug 3, 2026$21.84
Aug 4, 2026$22.21
Aug 5, 2026$22.17
Aug 6, 2026$22.09
Aug 7, 2026$22.22
Aug 10, 2026$22.18
Aug 11, 2026$22.17
Aug 12, 2026$22.31
Aug 13, 2026$22.34
Aug 14, 2026$22.40
Aug 17, 2026$22.45
Aug 18, 2026$22.22
Aug 19, 2026$22.16
Aug 20, 2026$22.01
Aug 21, 2026$21.93
Aug 24, 2026$21.84
Aug 25, 2026$21.95
Aug 26, 2026$22.00
Aug 27, 2026$22.08
Aug 28, 2026$21.96
Aug 31, 2026$21.95
Sep 1, 2026$21.86
Sep 2, 2026$21.92
Sep 3, 2026$22.12
Sep 4, 2026$22.12
Sep 8, 2026$22.10
Sep 9, 2026$22.03
Sep 10, 2026$21.87
Sep 11, 2026$22.10
Sep 14, 2026$22.00
Sep 15, 2026$21.97
Sep 16, 2026$21.93
Sep 17, 2026$22.23
Sep 18, 2026$22.30
Sep 21, 2026$22.47
Sep 22, 2026$22.48
Sep 23, 2026$22.45
Sep 24, 2026$22.27
Sep 25, 2026$22.23
Sep 28, 2026$22.17
Sep 29, 2026$22.14
Sep 30, 2026$22.16
Oct 1, 2026$22.20
Oct 2, 2026$22.29
Oct 5, 2026$22.38
Oct 6, 2026$22.35
Oct 7, 2026$22.30
Oct 8, 2026$22.31
Oct 9, 2026$22.44
Oct 12, 2026$22.39
Oct 13, 2026$22.43
Oct 14, 2026$22.28
Oct 15, 2026$22.31
Oct 16, 2026$21.95
Oct 19, 2026$22.10
Oct 20, 2026$22.15
Oct 21, 2026$22.08
Oct 22, 2026$21.74

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 +4.4% so far this year.

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

$423Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
451Kavg daily volume, 30 days
202holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed March 21, 2024 · beta 0.81

Sector weights

  • Information Technology50.18%
  • Technology46.44%
  • Technology Services34.61%
  • Electronic Technology27.15%
  • Consumer Discretionary12.93%
  • Communication Services11.82%
  • Healthcare9.56%
  • Retail Trade8.91%
  • Consumer Cyclical8.79%
  • Financial Services6.45%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Information Technology50.18%
Technology46.44%
Technology Services34.61%
Electronic Technology27.15%
Consumer Discretionary12.93%
Communication Services11.82%
Healthcare9.56%
Retail Trade8.91%
Consumer Cyclical8.79%
Financial Services6.45%

Country weights

  • United States95.47%
  • Other3.21%
  • Israel1.19%
  • China0.79%
  • United Kingdom0.62%
  • Singapore0.39%
  • Canada0.34%
  • France0.34%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
United States95.47%
Other3.21%
Israel1.19%
China0.79%
United Kingdom0.62%
Singapore0.39%
Canada0.34%
France0.34%
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month-3.3%
3 months-1.3%
6 months+2.5%
YTD+4.4%
1 year+5.3%
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
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.3%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
417Kshares traded
The case against FTQI

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$890.4B+$33.3B2106× the assets · +$33.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust0.09%$820.7B+$14.6B1941× the assets · +$14.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust0.20%$489.6B+$5.8B1158× the assets · +$5.8B in over the monthHead-to-head
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund0.09%$124.2B+$1.6B294× the assets · +$1.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF0.18%$80B+$175M189× the assets · +$175M in over the monthHead-to-head
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