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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
0.76% 0.00% 1.216B 516340.0
Weighted Average Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio (Generic) 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
1.64% 44.00% 678.34M Upgrade

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Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks to provide current income. The Fund invests in large cap equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by using an "option strategy" consisting of writing U.S. exchange-traded covered call options on the S&P 500 Index. The market value of the option strategy may be up to 20% of the Fund's overall NAV.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Global Peer Group Alternative Other
Peer Group Options Arbitrage/Opt Strategies Funds
Global Macro Liquid Alternatives
US Macro Equity Income Funds
YCharts Categorization --
YCharts Benchmark --
Prospectus Objective Options Arbitrage/Opt Strategies Funds
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%

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Performance Versus Peer Group

 
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Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
YTD
-9.70%
18.13%
-7.13%
13.93%
-4.36%
20.71%
18.99%
-4.71%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
26.29%
25.02%
-5.07%
-11.70%
28.77%
16.02%
25.33%
-27.38%
21.63%
25.61%
-9.94%
-4.29%
21.24%
13.17%
18.41%
-19.69%
9.96%
27.66%
-7.48%
-6.09%
21.09%
-6.71%
19.59%
-12.07%
11.09%
19.48%
-5.13%
-12.05%
28.71%
10.32%
31.53%
-22.18%
11.46%
16.03%
1.99%
As of April 30, 2025.

Asset Allocation

As of February 28, 2025.
Type % Net
Cash 0.18%
Stock 100.3%
Bond 0.03%
Convertible 0.00%
Preferred 0.00%
Other -0.47%
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Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks to provide current income. The Fund invests in large cap equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by using an "option strategy" consisting of writing U.S. exchange-traded covered call options on the S&P 500 Index. The market value of the option strategy may be up to 20% of the Fund's overall NAV.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Broad Asset Class Nontraditional Equity
Broad Category Equity
Global Peer Group Alternative Other
Peer Group Options Arbitrage/Opt Strategies Funds
Global Macro Liquid Alternatives
US Macro Equity Income Funds
YCharts Categorization --
YCharts Benchmark --
Prospectus Objective Options Arbitrage/Opt Strategies Funds
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%

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