FTLSFIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF
FIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF
$77.34+0.57% vs prior close
687752-WK
Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 3. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 3.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN
The desk’s read
Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +8.9% 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
162Kavg daily volume, 30 days
246holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed December 1, 2023 · beta 0.52
Sector weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
| 1 week | +0.4% |
| 1 month | +0.4% |
| 3 months | +4.7% |
| 6 months | +9.5% |
| YTD | +8.9% |
| 1 year | +10.5% |
| 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
at peaklatest 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
202Kshares 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.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.18% | $7776.18T | +$16K | 5183652× the assets · +$16K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| REW ProShares UltraShort Technology | 0.95% | $4164.64T | +$930 | 2776176× the assets · +$930 in over the month | Head-to-head |
| EMDV ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF | 0.60% | $9881.28T | — | 6586927× the assets | Head-to-head |
| TYLG Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF | 0.60% | $9343.71T | — | 6228581× the assets | Head-to-head |
| ANEW ProShares MSCI Transformational Changes ETF | 0.45% | $8748.00T | — | 5831475× the assets | Head-to-head |