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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
0.75% 0.36% 281.44M 129098.7
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
11.85% 99.00% 219.03M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to provide current income. The fund will pursue its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by utilizing an “option strategy” consisting of writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Nasdaq-100 Index ®. The call options written by the fund will have expirations of less than one year, and will be typically written at-the-money to out-of-the-money.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
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 Options Trading
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
CBOE Nasdaq 100 Buywrite PR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
John Gambla 10.24 yrs
Rob Guttschow 10.24 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 25, 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
12.46%
-9.77%
13.98%
-6.56%
10.43%
-8.78%
23.61%
3.83%
21.83%
-4.38%
31.49%
18.40%
28.71%
-18.11%
26.29%
6.30%
9.52%
-12.72%
32.42%
0.51%
23.68%
-16.58%
7.50%
3.18%
27.91%
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25.32%
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28.99%
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0.82%
2.87%
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18.62%
9.75%
-28.35%
30.97%
4.64%
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18.28%
-26.28%
38.71%
3.86%
As of April 25, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of April 15, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 6.75% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 93.25% 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 current income. The fund will pursue its investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and by utilizing an “option strategy” consisting of writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Nasdaq-100 Index ®. The call options written by the fund will have expirations of less than one year, and will be typically written at-the-money to out-of-the-money.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Large Cap/Growth
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 Options Trading
YCharts Categorization Other
YCharts Benchmark S&P 500 Total Return (^SPXTR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name First Trust Advisors L.P.
Prospectus Benchmark Index
CBOE Nasdaq 100 Buywrite PR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^SPXTR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
John Gambla 10.24 yrs
Rob Guttschow 10.24 yrs

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