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QABAFIRST TRUST NASDAQ ABA COMMUNITY BANK INDEX FUNDINDEX

FIRST TRUST NASDAQ ABA COMMUNITY BANK INDEX FUND

$66.80+2.66% vs prior close
537052-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.

QABA price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateQABA close
Sep 22, 2026$66.04
Sep 23, 2026$65.29
Sep 24, 2026$65.52
Sep 25, 2026$66.04
Sep 28, 2026$65.26
Sep 29, 2026$64.62
Sep 30, 2026$64.21
Oct 1, 2026$64.76
Oct 2, 2026$65.59
Oct 5, 2026$65.22
Oct 6, 2026$64.85
Oct 7, 2026$63.88
Oct 8, 2026$64.45
Oct 9, 2026$63.84
Oct 12, 2026$64.27
Oct 13, 2026$64.00
Oct 14, 2026$63.62
Oct 15, 2026$64.61
Oct 16, 2026$64.74
Oct 19, 2026$64.07
Oct 20, 2026$65.32
Oct 21, 2026$65.07
Oct 22, 2026$66.80

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +17.9% so far this year.

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

$112Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
3Kavg daily volume, 30 days
122holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed September 15, 2024 · beta 0.48

Sector weights

  • Financials99.68%
  • Financial Services99.68%
  • Finance99.42%
  • Commercial Services0.41%
  • Other0.38%
  • Industrials0.32%
  • Cash0.17%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Financials99.68%
Financial Services99.68%
Finance99.42%
Commercial Services0.41%
Other0.38%
Industrials0.32%
Cash0.17%

Country weights

  • United States100%
  • Other0.35%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States100%
Other0.35%
Performance
1 week+3.2%
1 month+1.2%
3 months-1.5%
6 months+6.6%
YTD+17.9%
1 year+23.2%
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
18%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.0%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
1Kshares traded
The case against QABA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QABA 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+$817M1710× the assets · +$817M in over the monthHead-to-head
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund0.09%$124.2B+$1.6B1112× the assets · +$1.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF0.35%$77.3B+$327M692× the assets · +$327M in over the monthHead-to-head
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF0.19%$75.1B+$2.2B673× the assets · +$2.2B in over the monthHead-to-head
IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF0.19%$56.3B+$583M504× the assets · +$583M in over the monthHead-to-head
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