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First Trust·6 of 333 funds·1% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Commodities bucket: 122 ETFs · $383B · −5.7% YTD

Data as of Nov 4, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

1Y record: 3–1
Made money: 75%
Assets: $4.1B
Share of Commodities: 1%

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Week of Nov 2, 2026

The 10 Largest Commodity ETFsTodayFirst Trust funds in gold0 of 10are First Trust’s

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First Trust’s Total Commodity Funds

6 funds · 75% made money new: under a year old

Made money$4.0B

FTGC+32.0%$3.3B FCG+39.2%$690M FTAG+14.8%$14.1M

Lost money$53.7M

BGLD−5.0%$53.7M

Too new for 1Y$4.1M · under a year old

PMTLnew$2.1M ESBGnew$2.0M

First Trust commodity ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first

First Trust in Commodities

Today

First Trust $4.1BEveryone else $379B

First Trust holds 1% of Commodities AUM

First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity Funds vs AUM

Today

5%of the funds1%of the AUM

Commodity ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust6 · 5%$4.1B · 1%

Everyone else116 · 95%$379B · 99%

Commodities ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · 122 funds

Top 6 First Trust Commodity ETFs

Today

$4.1B of $4.1B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1FTGCGlobal Tactical Commodity Strategy$3.3B+32.0%$0.98

2FCGNatural Gas$690M+39.2%$0.59

3BGLDFT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer$53.7M−5.0%$0.91

4FTAGIndxx Global Agriculture$14.1M+14.8%$0.70

5PMTLINDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINERS$2.1M[…]$0.65

6ESBGEnhanced Stocks, Bonds & Gold$2.0M[…]$0.95

First Trust commodity ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · fee per $100 a year

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FTGC vs GLD

YTD

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+30.0%

GLD

State Street · $132B

−9.3%

+32.0%Past year−2.4%

$3.3BAssets$132B

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FCG vs FTGC

FCG

First Trust · $689.8M

+39.2%

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+32.0%

+32.4%Year to date+30.0%

0.59%Fee0.98%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FTGC vs BGLD

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+32.0%

BGLD

First Trust · $53.7M

−5.0%

+30.0%Year to date−6.4%

$3.3BAssets$53.7M

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

RDVY vs FTGC

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+19.6%

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+32.0%

+15.5%Year to date+30.0%

0.9%Yield14.9%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

The Year in First Trust Commodity ETFs

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Record

3–1made money · lost
of 4 with a full year

75%all ETFs 74%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +23.4%FCG +39.2%BGLD −5.0%

1 lost3 made money

First Trust commodity ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Fees

Today

$0.91per $100 a year, typical

Funds at each fee · per $100 a year

0.59

0.65

0.70

0.91

0.95

0.98

1 fund at $0.98$3.3B · 81% of the money

First Trust commodity ETFs · current fees · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

BGLDFT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer47.4%$4,737/yr−5.0%

FTGCGlobal Tactical Commodity Strategy14.9%$1,486/yr+32.0%

FCGNatural Gas2.2%$216/yr+39.2%

ESBGEnhanced Stocks, Bonds & Gold1.6%$160/yr[…]

FTAGIndxx Global Agriculture1.2%$118/yr+14.8%

First Trust commodity ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 4, 2026

Inside Commodities

Largest ETFs in Each Commodity

YTD

CommodityFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

Gold47GLD · IAU · GLDM$265B−7.7%

Miners23GDX · GDXJ · COPX$49.2B−10.2%

Silver & metals10SLV · SIVR · GLTR$33.4B−29.3%

Broad basket34PDBC · HGER · BCI$32.9B+36.6%

Oil & gas8BNO · FCG · UNG$2.4B+60.5%

Bold First Trust fund among the commodity’s 3 biggestWhole commodityYTD asset-weighted

Commodities ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 4, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Launches

2026

1commodity launch in 2026

Jul 22PMTLINDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINERS$2.1M$0.65

Nov 18, ’25ESBGEnhanced Stocks, Bonds & Gold$2.0M$0.95

First Trust commodity ETFs · launched in the past year · as of Nov 4, 2026 · fee per $100

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