Summary
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 27. The ten largest make up 125% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.98%
- Fund size
- $249.3M
- Positions
- 27
- Dividend yield
- 9.27%
- Running since
- 2016
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 2016.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 125% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 100% of the fund is in one sector (Financials).
- Costs of 0.98% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.74%).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.1%
- 3 months
- +4.5%
- This year
- +20%
- 1 year
- +6.6%
- 3 years
- +17%
- 5 years
- +3.4%
- 10 years
- +12%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 US Dollar 54%
- 2 BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 10%
- 3 GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 10%
- 4 SOYBEAN MEAL FUTR Dec26 10%
- 5 SOYBEAN FUTURE Jan27 9.7%
- 6 LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 8.6%
- 7 SILVER FUTURE Dec26 6.8%
- 8 NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 6.4%
- 9 SUGAR #11 (WORLD) Mar27 4.7%
- 10 NY Harb ULSD Fut Dec26 4.6%
Positions in the fund: 27. The ten largest make up 125% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Financials 100%
Largest sector: Financials (100%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $98.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,537
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $98.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $4,537.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +1.1%
- Deepest drop
- -28%
- Yearly volatility
- 16%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 1.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 28% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.27%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.14
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.04 per share, which is 9.27% of today's price. The last payment was $0.14 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $1.69M
- Shares a day
- 52K
On an average day about $1.69M of the fund changes hands.