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FIRST TRUST LOW DURATION OPPORTUNITIES ETF

$49.53-0.36% today
495052-WK

The First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The Fund's primary objective is to generate current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Price & daily flows
49.749.649.549.53DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -0.8% so far this year. At 0.66% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IJH runs the same ground at 0.05%.

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

$4.4Bassets under management
0.66%expense ratio · $66 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
429Kavg daily volume, 30 days
8holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 2, 2023 · beta 0.06
Sector weights
Securitized123.48%
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Government18.03%
Mutual fund3.05%
Corporate0.62%
ETF0.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+0.3%
3 months-0.3%
6 months-1.7%
YTD-0.8%
1 year+0.2%
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
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.8%where 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
383Kshares traded
InstrumentsHarvest substitutesTrade cost at $1MClient tearsheetStress this fund
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