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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.46% 0.29% 1.312B 131213.3
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
1.35% 280.0% 461.56M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to provide investors with long-term total return. Under normal conditions, the fund will expose at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities and/or U.S. exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that provide exposure to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities. It pursues its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in its portfolio of U.S. exchange-listed equity securities and ETFs. The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in U.S. exchange-listed equity index futures contracts.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Long-Short Equity
Category Index MSCI ACWI NR USD
Global Category Name Long/Short Equity
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Growth
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P 500 TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
John Gambla 9.74 yrs
Rob Guttschow 9.74 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of June 12, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
14.41%
-4.81%
16.16%
2.56%
19.65%
-5.57%
16.93%
10.79%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
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17.53%
26.12%
17.41%
-7.93%
25.70%
4.92%
26.67%
-12.12%
19.73%
8.50%
15.89%
-2.44%
8.56%
19.01%
15.67%
-14.09%
8.18%
9.26%
16.50%
-6.09%
21.40%
-0.50%
19.59%
-12.07%
11.09%
6.79%
As of June 12, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of June 06, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 37.58% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 62.42% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to provide investors with long-term total return. Under normal conditions, the fund will expose at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities and/or U.S. exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that provide exposure to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities. It pursues its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in its portfolio of U.S. exchange-listed equity securities and ETFs. The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in U.S. exchange-listed equity index futures contracts.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Long-Short Equity
Category Index MSCI ACWI NR USD
Global Category Name Long/Short Equity
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Growth
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P 500 TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
John Gambla 9.74 yrs
Rob Guttschow 9.74 yrs

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