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FXZFIRST TRUST MATERIALS ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST MATERIALS ALPHADEX FUND

$87.31+2.24% today
588752-WK
Price & daily flows
81.072.664.287.31DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +31.5% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$355Massets under management
expense ratio
net flow, trailing month
37Kavg daily volume, 30 days
40holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed January 7, 2024 · beta 1.10
Sector weights
Materials84.28%
Basic Materials83.87%
Process Industries53.26%
Non-Energy Minerals31.97%
Industrials8.97%
Consumer Cyclical7.16%
Consumer Discretionary6.83%
Consumer Non-Durables4.5%
Producer Manufacturing4.39%
Distribution Services2.95%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
United Kingdom1.58%
Other0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+4.2%
1 month+12.2%
3 months+9.3%
6 months+12.9%
YTD+31.5%
1 year+42.5%
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
25%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
41Kshares traded
InstrumentsHarvest substitutesTrade cost at $1MClient tearsheetStress this fund
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