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First Trust·6 of 333 funds·1% of First Trust’s moneyIn the market’s Commodities bucket: 121 ETFs · $388B · −2.8% YTD

Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice

1Y record: 3–1
Made money: 75%
Assets: $4.0B
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

02 / 04

First Trust’s Total Commodity Funds

YTD

6 funds · 60% up this year new: launched this year

Up this year$4.0B

FTGC+28.1%$3.3B FCG+24.4%$681M FTAG+12.9%$14.1M

Down this year$55.5M

BGLD−5.3%$53.6M ESBG−2.8%$2.0M

Too new for YTD$2.0M · launched this year

PMTLnew$2.0M

First Trust commodity ETFs · year-to-date returns · as of Nov 5, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first

First Trust in Commodities

Today

First Trust $4.0BEveryone else $384B

First Trust holds 1% of Commodities AUM

First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity Funds vs AUM

Today

5%of the funds1%of the AUM

Commodity ETFsFundsAUM

First Trust6 · 5%$4.0B · 1%

Everyone else115 · 95%$384B · 99%

Commodities ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · 121 funds

Top 6 First Trust Commodity ETFs

Today

$4.0B of $4.0B

#FundAUM ▼1YFee

1FTGCGlobal Tactical Commodity Strategy$3.3B+28.8%$0.98

2FCGNatural Gas$681M+29.6%$0.59

3BGLDFT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer$53.6M−4.4%$0.91

4FTAGIndxx Global Agriculture$14.1M+17.4%$0.70

5PMTLINDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINERS$2.0M[…]$0.65

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

First Trust commodity ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100 a year

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FTGC vs GLD

YTD

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+28.1%

GLD

State Street · $131B

−6.0%

+28.8%Past year+1.0%

$3.3BAssets$131B

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FCG vs FTGC

FCG

First Trust · $680.8M

+29.6%

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+28.8%

+24.4%Year to date+28.1%

0.59%Fee0.98%

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

FTGC vs BGLD

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+28.8%

BGLD

First Trust · $53.6M

−4.4%

+28.1%Year to date−5.3%

$3.3BAssets$53.6M

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026

RDVY vs FTGC

RDVY

First Trust · $25.7B

+21.6%

FTGC

First Trust · $3.3B

+28.8%

+17.5%Year to date+28.1%

0.8%Yield15.1%

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 78%

Each bar is one fund · 1Y return

Typical +23.1%FCG +29.6%BGLD −4.4%

1 lost3 made money

First Trust commodity ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 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 5, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Yields

Today

FundYield ▼On $10K1Y

BGLDFT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer46.8%$4,681/yr−4.4%

FTGCGlobal Tactical Commodity Strategy15.1%$1,508/yr+28.8%

FCGNatural Gas2.3%$230/yr+29.6%

ESBGEnhanced Stocks, Bonds & Gold1.5%$154/yr[…]

FTAGIndxx Global Agriculture1.1%$115/yr+17.4%

First Trust commodity ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 5, 2026

Inside Commodities

Largest ETFs in Each Commodity

YTD

CommodityFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD

Gold47GLD · IAU · GLDM$266B−4.5%

Miners23GDX · GDXJ · COPX$52.4B−2.8%

Silver & metals10SLV · SIVR · GLTR$35.2B−25.8%

Broad basket33PDBC · HGER · BCI$31.6B+33.2%

Oil & gas8BNO · FCG · UNG$2.3B+45.8%

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

Commodities ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 5, 2026

First Trust’s Commodity ETF Launches

2026

1commodity launch in 2026

Jul 22PMTLINDXX QUALITY PRECIOUS METALS MINERS$2.0M$0.65

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

First Trust commodity ETFs · launched in the past year · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100

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