First Trust Exchange Etf Profile

QDEC Etf  USD 32.46  0.07  0.22%   

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First Trust is trading at 32.46 as of the 5th of January 2026, a 0.22% down since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's open price was 32.53. 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 6th of November 2025 and ending today, the 5th of January 2026. Click here to learn more.
Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest substantially all of its assets in FLexible EXchange Options that reference the price performance of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1 . FT CBOE is traded on BATS Exchange in the United States. More on First Trust Exchange

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First Etf Highlights

Thematic Ideas
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Business ConcentrationLarge Cap ETFs, Size And Style ETFs, Defined Outcome, First Trust (View all Sectors)
IssuerFirst Trust
Inception Date2020-12-18
Entity TypeRegulated Investment Company
Asset Under Management550.88 Million
Asset TypeEquity
CategorySize and Style
FocusLarge Cap
Market ConcentrationDeveloped Markets
RegionNorth America
AdministratorThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
AdvisorFirst Trust Advisors L.P.
CustodianThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
DistributorFirst Trust Portfolios L.P.
Portfolio ManagerKaran Sood, Howard Rubin
Transfer AgentThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Fiscal Year End31-Aug
ExchangeCboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
Number of Constituents5.0
Market MakerWolverine Trading
Total Expense0.9
Management Fee0.9
Country NameUSA
Returns Y T D19.06
NameFirst Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December
Currency CodeUSD
Open FigiBBG00YGC9751
In Threey Volatility9.76
1y Volatility9.81
200 Day M A29.6059
50 Day M A31.9239
CodeQDEC
Updated At5th of January 2026
Currency NameUS Dollar
In Threey Sharp Ratio1.21
TypeETF
First Trust Exchange [QDEC] is traded in USA and was established 2020-12-17. The fund is listed under Defined Outcome category and is part of First Trust family. The entity is thematically classified as Large Cap ETFs. First Trust Exchange at this time have 64.47 M in assets. , while the total return for the last 3 years was 21.5%.
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First Trust Exchange 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.

First Trust Exchange 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 Exchange Inverse Tangent Over Price Movement function is an inverse trigonometric method to describe First Trust price patterns.

First Trust Against Markets

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The market value of First Trust Exchange 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.