FIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF
Symbol: FTLS
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Technology
Category: Long-Short Equity
Inception date: 08/09/2014
Latest date: 03/06/2026
Current price: $74.71
Expense ratio: 1.38%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
2.01%
Ann. -8.58% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
9.83%
Sharpe ratio
-1.242
VaR 95%
-0.84%
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
5.71%
Ann. -2.66% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
9.03%
Sharpe ratio
-0.697
VaR 95%
-0.84%
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
5.22%
Ann. 1.21% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
9.28%
Sharpe ratio
-0.261
VaR 95%
-0.86%
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
14.27%
Ann. 11.23% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
10.47%
Sharpe ratio
0.726
VaR 95%
-0.88%
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
24.86%
Ann. 8.74% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
10.30%
Sharpe ratio
0.496
VaR 95%
-1.01%
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
49.16%
Ann. 13.10% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
9.90%
Sharpe ratio
0.956
VaR 95%
-0.95%
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: 03/06/2025 - 03/06/2026.
Average daily return
0.054%
Best day
1.544%
Worst day
-1.778%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2026 | $74.56 | $74.91 | $74.37 | $74.71 | 92,200 |
| 02/06/2026 | $74.21 | $74.78 | $74.20 | $74.62 | 123,400 |
| 01/06/2026 | $74.27 | $74.50 | $74.08 | $74.12 | 54,900 |
| 29/05/2026 | $74.40 | $74.71 | $74.31 | $74.39 | 104,200 |
| 28/05/2026 | $74.36 | $74.57 | $74.26 | $74.45 | 77,700 |
| 27/05/2026 | $74.62 | $74.82 | $74.34 | $74.49 | 188,200 |
| 26/05/2026 | $74.67 | $74.95 | $74.53 | $74.73 | 64,700 |
| 22/05/2026 | $74.47 | $74.78 | $74.34 | $74.65 | 67,100 |
| 21/05/2026 | $74.21 | $74.51 | $73.92 | $74.42 | 73,700 |
| 20/05/2026 | $74.21 | $74.54 | $74.04 | $74.32 | 164,200 |