The Ultimate Guide to FTLS

This page is a guide to FTLS, the First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF offered by First Trust.

FTLS Classification

FTLS Key Metrics

• All ETFs
• Alternatives Asset Class
• All Alternatives Category
• Long Short Sub Category

FTLS Rank vs. Peer Groups

Metric	FTLS	Alternatives Asset Class	All Alternatives Category	Long Short Sub-category
Assets (Millions)	$25	11th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	11th highest of 43 funds in category.	5th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Expense Ratio	1.17%	35th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	35th highest of 43 funds in category.	7th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
YTD Return	0.58%	8th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	8th highest of 43 funds in category.	6th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
1 Month Return	-0.06%	11th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	11th highest of 43 funds in category.	6th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
3 Month Return	-2.49%	19th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	19th highest of 43 funds in category.	10th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
6 Month Return	-2.89%	17th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	17th highest of 43 funds in category.	10th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
1 Year Return	6.39%	3rd highest of 43 funds in asset class.	3rd highest of 43 funds in category.	3rd highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
3 Year Return	N/A	33rd highest of 43 funds in asset class.	33rd highest of 43 funds in category.	14th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
5-Year Return	N/A	27th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	27th highest of 43 funds in category.	8th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
10 Year Return	N/A	26th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	26th highest of 43 funds in category.	7th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Trailing 12 Month Yield	0.71%	11th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	11th highest of 43 funds in category.	5th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
30 Day SEC Yield	N/A	30th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	30th highest of 43 funds in category.	9th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Turnover Ratio	1.00%	24th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	24th highest of 43 funds in category.	10th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Net Holdings	235	8th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	8th highest of 43 funds in category.	7th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Long Holdings	118	7th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	7th highest of 43 funds in category.	6th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Short Holdings	117	6th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	6th highest of 43 funds in category.	6th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.
Weighting Top 10 Holdings	26.66%	15th highest of 43 funds in asset class.	15th highest of 43 funds in category.	11th highest of 21 funds in sub-category.

FTLS Peer Group Leaders

• All ETFs
• Alternatives Asset Class
• All Alternatives Category
• Long Short Sub-Category

FTLS Portfolio

Other FTLS Metrics