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FXUFIRST TRUST UTILITIES ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST UTILITIES ALPHADEX FUND

$47.83+2.16% vs prior close
445152-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.

FXU price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateFXU close
Oct 22, 2025$46.90
Oct 23, 2025$46.71
Oct 24, 2025$47.11
Oct 27, 2025$47.10
Oct 28, 2025$46.52
Oct 29, 2025$46.21
Oct 30, 2025$46.11
Oct 31, 2025$45.85
Nov 3, 2025$45.90
Nov 4, 2025$45.91
Nov 5, 2025$46.16
Nov 6, 2025$46.20
Nov 7, 2025$46.66
Nov 10, 2025$46.66
Nov 11, 2025$46.82
Nov 12, 2025$46.96
Nov 13, 2025$46.62
Nov 14, 2025$46.60
Nov 17, 2025$46.82
Nov 18, 2025$46.73
Nov 19, 2025$46.19
Nov 20, 2025$46.12
Nov 21, 2025$46.46
Nov 24, 2025$46.91
Nov 25, 2025$46.77
Nov 26, 2025$47.31
Nov 28, 2025$47.55
Dec 1, 2025$46.55
Dec 2, 2025$45.98
Dec 3, 2025$45.84
Dec 4, 2025$45.62
Dec 5, 2025$45.33
Dec 8, 2025$44.87
Dec 9, 2025$44.93
Dec 10, 2025$44.83
Dec 11, 2025$45.03
Dec 12, 2025$44.76
Dec 15, 2025$45.08
Dec 16, 2025$44.81
Dec 17, 2025$44.80
Dec 18, 2025$45.01
Dec 19, 2025$44.58
Dec 22, 2025$44.87
Dec 23, 2025$44.91
Dec 24, 2025$45.06
Dec 26, 2025$45.02
Dec 29, 2025$45.19
Dec 30, 2025$45.32
Dec 31, 2025$45.01
Jan 2, 2026$45.51
Jan 5, 2026$44.99
Jan 6, 2026$45.27
Jan 7, 2026$44.46
Jan 8, 2026$44.81
Jan 9, 2026$45.03
Jan 12, 2026$45.08
Jan 13, 2026$45.39
Jan 14, 2026$45.85
Jan 15, 2026$46.32
Jan 16, 2026$46.50
Jan 20, 2026$46.13
Jan 21, 2026$46.41
Jan 22, 2026$46.17
Jan 23, 2026$45.85
Jan 26, 2026$46.38
Jan 27, 2026$46.83
Jan 28, 2026$46.63
Jan 29, 2026$46.58
Jan 30, 2026$46.61
Feb 2, 2026$46.07
Feb 3, 2026$46.76
Feb 4, 2026$46.87
Feb 5, 2026$46.84
Feb 6, 2026$46.97
Feb 9, 2026$47.02
Feb 10, 2026$47.69
Feb 11, 2026$48.17
Feb 12, 2026$48.94
Feb 13, 2026$50.09
Feb 17, 2026$49.89
Feb 18, 2026$49.18
Feb 19, 2026$49.62
Feb 20, 2026$49.90
Feb 23, 2026$50.18
Feb 24, 2026$50.37
Feb 25, 2026$50.45
Feb 26, 2026$50.48
Feb 27, 2026$51.00
Mar 2, 2026$50.70
Mar 3, 2026$50.39
Mar 4, 2026$50.62
Mar 5, 2026$50.01
Mar 6, 2026$50.11
Mar 9, 2026$50.10
Mar 10, 2026$49.73
Mar 11, 2026$49.62
Mar 12, 2026$49.98
Mar 13, 2026$50.51
Mar 16, 2026$50.68
Mar 17, 2026$50.51
Mar 18, 2026$50.05
Mar 19, 2026$49.77
Mar 20, 2026$48.11
Mar 23, 2026$48.55
Mar 24, 2026$48.88
Mar 25, 2026$48.93
Mar 26, 2026$48.91
Mar 27, 2026$49.01
Mar 30, 2026$49.45
Mar 31, 2026$49.59
Apr 1, 2026$49.85
Apr 2, 2026$50.33
Apr 6, 2026$50.12
Apr 7, 2026$50.29
Apr 8, 2026$50.80
Apr 9, 2026$51.33
Apr 10, 2026$51.01
Apr 13, 2026$50.18
Apr 14, 2026$50.25
Apr 15, 2026$49.78
Apr 16, 2026$50.01
Apr 17, 2026$49.77
Apr 20, 2026$49.41
Apr 21, 2026$48.64
Apr 22, 2026$48.48
Apr 23, 2026$49.68
Apr 24, 2026$49.40
Apr 27, 2026$49.42
Apr 28, 2026$49.52
Apr 29, 2026$49.11
Apr 30, 2026$49.76
May 1, 2026$49.48
May 4, 2026$49.11
May 5, 2026$48.98
May 6, 2026$48.34
May 7, 2026$47.85
May 8, 2026$47.54
May 11, 2026$47.93
May 12, 2026$48.23
May 13, 2026$47.86
May 14, 2026$48.15
May 15, 2026$47.17
May 18, 2026$47.72
May 19, 2026$48.17
May 20, 2026$48.19
May 21, 2026$48.49
May 22, 2026$48.88
May 26, 2026$48.84
May 27, 2026$48.74
May 28, 2026$48.13
May 29, 2026$47.89
Jun 1, 2026$46.90
Jun 2, 2026$47.58
Jun 3, 2026$47.56
Jun 4, 2026$47.84
Jun 5, 2026$48.46
Jun 8, 2026$47.53
Jun 9, 2026$48.05
Jun 10, 2026$48.15
Jun 11, 2026$48.05
Jun 12, 2026$48.47
Jun 15, 2026$48.57
Jun 16, 2026$48.77
Jun 17, 2026$48.05
Jun 18, 2026$48.21
Jun 22, 2026$48.46
Jun 23, 2026$49.05
Jun 24, 2026$49.60
Jun 25, 2026$49.69
Jun 26, 2026$50.24
Jun 29, 2026$49.98
Jun 30, 2026$49.34
Jul 1, 2026$48.93
Jul 2, 2026$49.96
Jul 6, 2026$49.36
Jul 7, 2026$49.95
Jul 8, 2026$49.55
Jul 9, 2026$49.33
Jul 10, 2026$49.62
Jul 13, 2026$50.02
Jul 14, 2026$50.00
Jul 15, 2026$49.48
Jul 16, 2026$50.01
Jul 17, 2026$49.64
Jul 20, 2026$49.33
Jul 21, 2026$49.17
Jul 22, 2026$50.08
Jul 23, 2026$50.15
Jul 24, 2026$50.27
Jul 27, 2026$49.71
Jul 28, 2026$49.78
Jul 29, 2026$49.17
Jul 30, 2026$48.85
Jul 31, 2026$48.48
Aug 3, 2026$48.44
Aug 4, 2026$48.45
Aug 5, 2026$47.89
Aug 6, 2026$47.85
Aug 7, 2026$48.08
Aug 10, 2026$47.51
Aug 11, 2026$48.01
Aug 12, 2026$48.22
Aug 13, 2026$48.44
Aug 14, 2026$48.69
Aug 17, 2026$48.51
Aug 18, 2026$48.64
Aug 19, 2026$48.65
Aug 20, 2026$48.44
Aug 21, 2026$47.46
Aug 24, 2026$47.94
Aug 25, 2026$47.96
Aug 26, 2026$48.19
Aug 27, 2026$47.81
Aug 28, 2026$47.34
Aug 31, 2026$46.52
Sep 1, 2026$46.84
Sep 2, 2026$46.70
Sep 3, 2026$47.13
Sep 4, 2026$47.08
Sep 8, 2026$47.57
Sep 9, 2026$47.04
Sep 10, 2026$46.66
Sep 11, 2026$46.45
Sep 14, 2026$46.03
Sep 15, 2026$45.60
Sep 16, 2026$45.68
Sep 17, 2026$46.03
Sep 18, 2026$45.49
Sep 21, 2026$45.23
Sep 22, 2026$45.10
Sep 23, 2026$44.46
Sep 24, 2026$43.81
Sep 25, 2026$43.95
Sep 28, 2026$43.62
Sep 29, 2026$44.12
Sep 30, 2026$43.92
Oct 1, 2026$44.12
Oct 2, 2026$44.36
Oct 5, 2026$44.44
Oct 6, 2026$45.23
Oct 7, 2026$45.23
Oct 8, 2026$45.35
Oct 9, 2026$45.62
Oct 12, 2026$45.93
Oct 13, 2026$46.19
Oct 14, 2026$46.21
Oct 15, 2026$46.10
Oct 16, 2026$46.86
Oct 19, 2026$46.02
Oct 20, 2026$46.73
Oct 21, 2026$46.82
Oct 22, 2026$47.83

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 +6.3% so far this year.

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

$275Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
274Kavg daily volume, 30 days
41holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed March 30, 2024 · beta 0.00

Sector weights

  • Utilities94.37%
  • Energy Minerals4.19%
  • Energy4.14%
  • Industrial Services2.85%
  • Industrials1.49%
  • Other0.47%
  • Mutual fund0.09%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
Utilities94.37%
Energy Minerals4.19%
Energy4.14%
Industrial Services2.85%
Industrials1.49%
Other0.47%
Mutual fund0.09%

Country weights

  • United States100%
  • Other0.18%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States100%
Other0.18%
Performance
1 week+2.1%
1 month+6.1%
3 months-4.5%
6 months-3.2%
YTD+6.3%
1 year+2.0%
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
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.8%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
188Kshares traded
The case against FXU

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$191B+$817M695× the assets · +$817M in over the monthHead-to-head
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund0.09%$124.2B+$1.6B452× the assets · +$1.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF0.35%$77.3B+$327M281× the assets · +$327M in over the monthHead-to-head
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF0.19%$75.1B+$2.2B274× the assets · +$2.2B in over the monthHead-to-head
IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF0.19%$56.3B+$583M205× the assets · +$583M in over the monthHead-to-head
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