Summary
First Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 73. The ten largest make up 89% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.98%
- Fund size
- $293.4M
- Positions
- 73
- Dividend yield
- 4.79%
- Running since
- 2013
What speaks for it
- It has been running since 2013.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 89% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 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
- -0.8%
- 3 months
- +3.4%
- This year
- +10%
- 1 year
- +5.3%
- 3 years
- +7.0%
- 5 years
- +7.7%
- 10 years
- +6.0%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 US Dollar 50%
- 2 SOYBEAN FUTURE Jan27 5.6%
- 3 GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 5.6%
- 4 LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 4.6%
- 5 NY Harb ULSD Fut Dec26 4.4%
- 6 CBOE VIX FUTURE Jan27 4.3%
- 7 MEXICAN PESO FUT Dec26 4.0%
- 8 SOYBEAN MEAL FUTR Dec26 3.7%
- 9 BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 3.5%
- 10 SUGAR #11 (WORLD) Mar27 3.0%
Positions in the fund: 73. The ten largest make up 89% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
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
- +0.6%
- Deepest drop
- -17%
- Yearly volatility
- 10%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 0.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 17% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.79%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.23
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.48 per share, which is 4.79% of today's price. The last payment was $0.23 on Sep 24, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $2.51M
- Shares a day
- 48K
On an average day about $2.51M of the fund changes hands.