FTGCFirst Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
Seeks total return by providing investors with commodity exposure while maintaining a relatively stable risk profile.
By First Trust · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.98%
#5,069 of 5,861 · expensive
Fund Size
$2.7B
#634 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+37.7%
Track Record
12 years
#1,119 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$14,357+43.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
CommodityWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 101.3% of fundconcentrated
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds
28.7%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
28.7%
United States Treasury Bills
7.9%
United States Treasury Bills
7.9%
United States Treasury Bills
7.9%
United States Treasury Bills
6.1%
United States Treasury Notes
5.9%
United States Treasury Bills
5.9%
NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC.RBK6
1.5%
BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, INC.ZLK6
0.8%
Asset allocation
Cash
80.7%
Other
19.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.9%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-35.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.78Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.11Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks total return by providing investors with commodity exposure while maintaining a relatively stable risk profile.
- Strategy
- Actively manages an ETF to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in commodity futures contracts and linked instruments through a wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands. Aims for notional exposure to commodities close to 100% of net asset value, adjusting for risk mitigation as needed.
- Inception date
- October 22, 2013
- Fund family
- First Trust
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Data updated on 2026-08-04