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DALIFirst Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF

Grow my money8y track recordRanked #2,167 of 2,992 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI Equity Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.91%

#4,745 of 5,854 · expensive

Fund Size

$106M

#2,939 of 5,854 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+5.2%

Track Record

8 years

#1,707 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,526+5.3%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Momentum

Index tracked

Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI Equity TM Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 8 holdings = 100.0% of funddiversified through underlying funds

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
18.1%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
18.0%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
13.8%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
12.7%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
12.6%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
12.5%
First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II
12.0%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.1%

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.9%
Cash
0.8%
Other
0.3%

By sector

Industrials
28.6%
Technology
17.8%
Consumer Cyclical
9.3%
Financial Services
9.0%
Basic Materials
7.6%
Energy
7.1%
Utilities
4.9%
Real Estate
4.9%
Other
11.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
19.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-36.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.01Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.01Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI Equity Index.
Strategy
Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI Equity Index using an indexing investment approach. The Index consists exclusively of U.S.-listed ETFs and is designed to capture long-term trends in bullish environments.
Inception date
May 14, 2018
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-08-04