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DALIFirst Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF

Grow my money8y track recordRanked #2,158 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an index.

By First Trust · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.91%

#4,563 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$115M

#2,800 of 5,562 · mid-size

Return (1Y)Goal

+21.5%

Track Record

8 years

#1,738 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,978+19.8%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

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 = 100.3% of funddiversified through underlying funds

First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
17.6%
First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund
17.3%
First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF
13.6%
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund
13.1%
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
13.0%
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
12.8%
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
12.6%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management
0.3%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.3%

By sector

Industrials
29.3%
Technology
12.9%
Financial Services
10.2%
Consumer Cyclical
9.6%
Basic Materials
9.4%
Energy
8.8%
Utilities
5.2%
Real Estate
5.1%
Other
9.5%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
18.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-36.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.24Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.34Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an index.
Strategy
Invests at least 90% of net assets in securities that comprise the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI Equity Index. Uses an indexing approach to replicate the performance of the Index before fees and expenses.
Inception date
May 14, 2018
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-06-19