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FVFirst Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF

Grow my money12y track recordRanked #1,034 of 2,999 in this goal

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index.

By First Trust · Launched 2014

Annual Cost

0.89%

#4,672 of 5,861 · expensive

Fund Size

$3.9B

#510 of 5,861 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+15.2%

Track Record

12 years

#1,152 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,561+15.6%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Momentum

Index tracked

Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 6 holdings = 100.0% of funddiversified through underlying funds

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
21.0%
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED ALPHADEX FUND
20.1%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
20.0%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
19.6%
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
19.3%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%

By sector

Technology
54.8%
Healthcare
20.5%
Industrials
14.5%
Consumer Cyclical
7.3%
Communication
2.6%
Energy
0.1%
Financial Services
0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-34.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.56Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.79Moderate 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 Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index.
Strategy
Invests at least 90% in exchange-traded funds that comprise the Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index using an indexing investment approach to replicate its performance. The Index targets five sector- and industry-based ETFs demonstrating strong relative strength characteristics, including non-U.S. securities across various market capitalizations.
Inception date
March 5, 2014
Fund family
First Trust

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Data updated on 2026-08-04