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TDVIFT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF

Get income2y track recordRanked #770 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

By First Trust · Launched 2023

Annual Cost

0.75%

#3,765 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$511M

#1,552 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

6.57%

Track Record

2 years

#3,106 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,522+35.2%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 52.0% of fundmoderately concentrated

Texas Instruments Inc
8.7%
IBM
7.8%
Microsoft Corp
6.9%
Broadcom Inc
6.5%
Oracle Corp
5.8%
TSMC
4.5%
QUALCOMM Inc
3.5%
Analog Devices Inc
3.2%
Lam Research Corp
2.6%
Applied Materials Inc
2.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
19.1%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-22.1%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable

Needs 3+ years of history

Sortino (3Y)
Not yet

Needs 3+ years of history

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. equity securities from the Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index and employs an option strategy by writing call options on the Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 indices. Aims for distributions from dividends and option premiums at an annual rate of approximately 8% above the Nasdaq-100 Index's current yield.
Inception date
August 9, 2023
Fund family
First Trust

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Covered call
Warning

Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return

The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.

Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-20