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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
1.16% -5.17% 386.77M 26797.80
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
1.82% 26.00% -18.30M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues an integrated investment strategy in which it invests substantially all of its Managed Assets in a diversified portfolio of common stock of U.S. corporations and U.S. dollar-denominated equity securities of foreign issuers.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
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
Douglas Kugler 16.56 yrs
Peter Schofield 2.03 yrs
Jeffrey Bilsky 0.26 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 24, 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
28.93%
-13.86%
43.42%
10.94%
28.70%
-20.21%
24.74%
2.12%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
26.29%
6.78%
9.52%
-12.72%
32.42%
0.51%
23.68%
-16.58%
7.50%
4.60%
27.91%
-13.36%
25.32%
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28.99%
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0.82%
3.41%
33.77%
-8.55%
16.98%
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24.72%
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-2.14%
1.88%
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18.62%
9.75%
-28.35%
30.97%
4.73%
As of April 24, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of December 31, 2023.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 1.15% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 98.85% 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 Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues an integrated investment strategy in which it invests substantially all of its Managed Assets in a diversified portfolio of common stock of U.S. corporations and U.S. dollar-denominated equity securities of foreign issuers.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Blend
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Category Name Derivative Income
Category Index CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite BXM PR USD
Global Category Name Equity Miscellaneous
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Equity-Income
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
Douglas Kugler 16.56 yrs
Peter Schofield 2.03 yrs
Jeffrey Bilsky 0.26 yrs

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