333 fundsWebsite ↗Are you First Trust?Claim This Page

First Trust

1Y record
259–37
Made money
88%
Money made
$31.9B
Typical return
+9.2%

First Trust’s Total Funds

1Y
333 funds · 88% made money
First Trust ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026 · one tile per fund, grouped by category, largest first
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust’s Total Holdings

Today
$289Bin 333 funds · 11 categories
CategoryFundsAssets ▼Share
Income47$82.8B29%
Buffered105$49.0B17%
Thematic15$38.5B13%
Bonds & cash25$34.8B12%
Sectors25$32.0B11%
Unsorted26$18.9B7%
US stocks34$16.7B6%
International37$7.6B3%
Thematic income8$5.0B2%
Commodities6$4.1B1%
Crypto5$99.3M0%
First Trust ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 4, 2026
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust’s Share of the ETF Market

Today
2%of all US ETF AUM is in First Trust funds
$289B of $16.40T · 333 of 5,803
First Trust’s AUMEveryone elseNo First Trust funds · 1 bucketTile size = the bucket’s total AUM
First Trust ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 4, 2026 · tile size = the bucket’s total AUM
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

Top 10 First Trust ETFs

Today
$116B · 40% of $289B
1RDVYRising Dividend Achievers$25.7B
2CIBRNasdaq Cybersecurity$16.8B
3SDVYSMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers$11.3B
4GRIDNASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure$11.1B
5BUFRFT Vest Laddered Buffer$10.9B
6FDLMorningstar Dividend Leaders$8.5B
7AIRRRBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM$8.5B
8FVDValue Line Dividend$8.2B
9FTCSCapital Strength$8.1B
10FTSMEnhanced Short Maturity$6.8B
First Trust ETFs · 10 of 333 by assets · as of Nov 4, 2026
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust’s Best ETFs

1Y
+65.9%FTXL, the Nasdaq Semiconductor fund, led all 296
1FTXLNasdaq Semiconductor+65.9%
2FXNEnergy AlphaDEX+54.5%
3FTXNNasdaq Oil & Gas+53.1%
4FTXHNasdaq Pharmaceuticals+46.6%
5FBTNYSE Arca Biotechnology+43.0%
6FTHFEmerging Markets Human Flourishing+41.5%
7FCGNatural Gas+39.2%
8FTIFBloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity+35.2%
9NXTGIndxx NextG+33.2%
10EIPXFT Energy Income Partners Strategy+32.7%
First Trust ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust’s 1-Year Record

1Y
259–37made money · lost
of 296 with a full year
88% made moneyAll ETFs 74%
Typical returnMiddle fund
First Trust+9.2%
All ETFs+6.9%
Best fundFTXL +65.9%
Worst fundCRPT −39.6%
Money made for investors$31.9B · 7th of 413 issuers

37 funds are under a year old and don’t count yet.

First Trust ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 4, 2026
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust vs iShares

1Y
First Trust333 funds · 7th by money made
vs
iSharesBlackRock · 482 funds
$31.9BMoney made$381B
$289BAssets$4.63T
$1.7BFees earned$7.5B
88%Win %80%
+9.2%Typical return+8.8%
$0.60Fee per $100$0.16
333Funds482
32Launches 202621
2–2level
First Trust and iShares ETFs · past-year results · as of Nov 4, 2026 · each pair scaled to its larger value
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com

First Trust’s ETF Launches

2026
32in 202635in 12 months
2J3FM6A1M2J4J5A8S1ON
Aug 251 fund

Exchange-Traded IV - FT Vest SPCX & Target Income

Sep 182 funds

FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer

Sep 226 funds

FT Vest & Target Income

Oct 61 fund

FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income

End-of-day Nov 4, 2026
@TheETFTracker·theetftracker.com