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About First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
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Inception date
Jan 6, 2014
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
First Trust Portfolios LP
Distributor
First Trust Portfolios LP
FTQI is an actively-managed fund that targets US stocks, overlaid by a call options strategy. The fund manager selects constituents based on several factors including trading liquidity, market-cap, price level, sector classification, and contribution to risk and return. To generate additional cash flow, the fund writes calls on the Nasdaq-100 seeking a notional value of 50-100% of the funds assets. The fund appears to be primarily model-driven in its portfolio selection, but the active management wrapper allows the fund manager to take advantage of market anomalies during periods of high volatility. Prior to May 11, 2022, the fund traded under the ticker FTLB, and was known as the First Trust Hedged BuyWrite Income ETF that imposes an option strategy consisting of both buying put and writing call options on the S&P 500.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Technology Services
Electronic Technology
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Neutral
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
FTQI trades at 19.31 USD today, its price has risen 0.26% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on FTQI price chart.
FTQI net asset value is 19.25 today — it's risen 2.22% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
FTQI assets under management is 608.84 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
FTQI price has risen by 2.55% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −4.41% decrease. See more dynamics on FTQI price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −2.64% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 1.99% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −2.64% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 1.99% in a year.
FTQI fund flows account for 323.19 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
FTQI invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
FTQI expense ratio is 0.76%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, FTQI isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, FTQI technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating FTQI shows the sell signal. See more of FTQI technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, FTQI technical analysis shows the buy rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating FTQI shows the sell signal. See more of FTQI technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, FTQI pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 12.57%.
FTQI trades at a premium (0.08%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
FTQI shares are issued by AJM Ventures LLC
FTQI follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jan 6, 2014.
The fund's management style is active, aiming to outperform its benchmark index by actively selecting and adjusting assets. The goal is to achieve returns that exceed those of the index the fund tracks.