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FTKIFirst Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF

Get income1y track recordRanked #1,451 of 1,706 in this goal

Provides current income and seeks capital appreciation.

By First Trust · Launched 2025

Annual Cost

0.86%

#4,776 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$26M

#4,368 of 6,040 · small

Return (1Y)

+18.4%

Track Record

1 year

#4,122 of 6,040 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,837+18.4%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 19.8% of funddiversified

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
4.3%
Argan Inc
2.5%
Mastec, Inc.
1.8%
AstraZeneca PLC
1.8%
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
1.6%
Veeva Systems Inc
1.6%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
1.6%
Southern Copper Corporation
1.6%
FUTU HOLDINGS LTD
1.5%
CREDICORP LTD
1.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.0%
Cash
2.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
10.4%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-15.2%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable

Needs 3+ years of history

Sortino (3Y)
Not yet

Needs 3+ years of history

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Provides current income and seeks capital appreciation.
Strategy
Invests primarily in small cap equity securities listed on U.S. exchanges and employs a buy-write option strategy by writing U.S. exchange-traded call options on the Russell 2000 Index or small cap equity ETFs. Aims to provide current income from options premiums while seeking capital appreciation.
Inception date
February 25, 2025
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-09-18