First Trust Longshort Etf Profile
| FTLS Etf | USD 71.15 0.15 0.21% |
PerformanceFair
| Odds Of DistressLow
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First Trust is selling for under 71.15 as of the 15th of January 2026; that is 0.21 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's lowest day price was 71.12. First Trust has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years but had a somewhat fair performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 26th of January 2024 and ending today, the 15th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
Under normal conditions, the fund will expose at least 80 percent of its net assets to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities andor U.S. exchange-traded funds that provide exposure to U.S. exchange-listed equity securities. LongShort Equity is traded on NYSEARCA Exchange in the United States.. More on First Trust LongShort
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| Business Concentration | Long/short ETFs, Strategy ETFs, Long-Short Equity, First Trust (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | First Trust |
| Inception Date | 2014-09-08 |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 2.17 Billion |
| Average Trading Volume | 100,388.7 |
| Asset Type | Equity |
| Category | Strategy |
| Focus | Long/Short |
| Market Concentration | Blended Development |
| Region | Global |
| Administrator | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
| Advisor | First Trust Advisors L.P. |
| Custodian | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
| Distributor | First Trust Portfolios L.P. |
| Portfolio Manager | John Gambla, Rob Guttschow |
| Transfer Agent | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
| Fiscal Year End | 31-Oct |
| Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
| Number of Constituents | 404 |
| Market Maker | Jane Street |
| Total Expense | 1.38 |
| Management Fee | 0.95 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | 0.01 |
| Name | First Trust LongShort Equity ETF |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG00735B1S4 |
| In Threey Volatility | 7.0 |
| 1y Volatility | 6.85 |
| 200 Day M A | 67.5823 |
| 50 Day M A | 71.1297 |
| Code | FTLS |
| Updated At | 15th of January 2026 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
| In Threey Sharp Ratio | 1.33 |
First Trust LongShort [FTLS] is traded in USA and was established 2014-09-08. The fund is listed under Long-Short Equity category and is part of First Trust family. The entity is thematically classified as Long/short ETFs. First Trust LongShort currently have 483.17 M in assets under management (AUM). , while the total return for the last 3 years was 14.1%.
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First Trust LongShort Currency Exposure
First Trust LongShort holds assets that are exposed to currency risk. As an investor, you have to ensure that the increase in value or dividend from foreign constituents of First Trust will not be offset by an unfavorable exchange rate and will not cancel out the return on assets from different countries. In other words, assess how much of your investment depends on the development of foreign currencies before you invest in First Trust LongShort.
Top First Trust LongShort Etf Constituents
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase Co | Stock | Financials | |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines | Stock | Industrials | |
| GIS | General Mills | Stock | Consumer Staples | |
| TTC | Toro Co | Stock | Industrials | |
| MO | Altria Group | Stock | Consumer Staples | |
| VOO | Vanguard SP 500 | Etf | Large Blend | |
| SNA | Snap On | Stock | Industrials | |
| PHM | PulteGroup | Stock | Consumer Discretionary |
First Trust Top Holders
| QALTX | Quantified Alternative Investment | Mutual Fund | Macro Trading | |
| QALAX | Quantified Alternative Investment | Mutual Fund | Macro Trading |
First Trust LongShort Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in First Trust. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Mean Deviation | 0.3911 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.4207 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.5047 | |||
| Variance | 0.2548 |
First Trust LongShort Technical Analysis
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. First Trust Price Ceiling Movement function is a real number to the largest previous price integer.
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Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust LongShort. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in industry. You can also try the Bollinger Bands module to use Bollinger Bands indicator to analyze target price for a given investing horizon.
The market value of First Trust LongShort is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Trust's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Trust's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because First Trust's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Trust's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between First Trust's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Trust is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Trust's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.