FIRST TRUST SMALL CAP BUYWRITE INCOME ETF
Symbol: FTKI
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Technology
Category: Derivative Income
Inception date: 25/02/2025
Latest date: 15/10/2026
Current price: $19.62
Expense ratio: 0.86%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
0.88%
Ann. 2.55% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
7.77%
Sharpe ratio
-0.138
VaR 95%
-0.51%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
0.29%
Ann. -6.37% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
11.69%
Sharpe ratio
-0.856
VaR 95%
-1.39%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
5.54%
Ann. 16.85% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
10.50%
Sharpe ratio
1.259
VaR 95%
-0.97%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
20.65%
Ann. 18.19% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
9.67%
Sharpe ratio
1.506
VaR 95%
-0.89%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
16.47%
Ann. 9.12% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
13.37%
Sharpe ratio
0.392
VaR 95%
-1.16%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Daily returns for period 12M
Daily simple returns from the same adjusted closes used by the performance chart: 15/10/2025 - 15/10/2026.
Average daily return
0.077%
Best day
2.059%
Worst day
-2.282%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10/2026 | $19.62 | $19.62 | $19.62 | $19.62 | 100 |
| 14/10/2026 | $19.30 | $19.32 | $19.27 | $19.32 | 3,200 |
| 13/10/2026 | $19.57 | $19.64 | $19.57 | $19.62 | 900 |
| 12/10/2026 | $19.65 | $19.68 | $19.64 | $19.64 | 2,900 |
| 09/10/2026 | $19.61 | $19.70 | $19.61 | $19.67 | 2,400 |
| 08/10/2026 | $19.43 | $19.52 | $19.40 | $19.49 | 2,000 |
| 07/10/2026 | $19.33 | $19.41 | $19.33 | $19.37 | 5,900 |
| 06/10/2026 | $19.47 | $19.49 | $19.19 | $19.48 | 54,600 |
| 05/10/2026 | $19.48 | $19.54 | $19.48 | $19.51 | 6,000 |
| 02/10/2026 | $19.44 | $19.45 | $19.39 | $19.39 | 1,700 |