FIRST TRUST NASDAQ BUYWRITE INCOME ETF
Symbol: FTQI
Exchange: NASDAQ
Sector: Technology
Category: Derivative Income
Inception date: 06/01/2014
Latest date: 03/06/2026
Current price: $21.96
Expense ratio: 0.75%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
4.10%
Ann. -14.01% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
18.68%
Sharpe ratio
-0.944
VaR 95%
-1.73%
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
11.23%
Ann. -4.20% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
14.81%
Sharpe ratio
-0.529
VaR 95%
-1.59%
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
11.65%
Ann. 5.89% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
12.89%
Sharpe ratio
0.175
VaR 95%
-1.37%
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
28.18%
Ann. 18.17% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
17.09%
Sharpe ratio
0.851
VaR 95%
-1.36%
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
34.00%
Ann. 11.49% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
15.36%
Sharpe ratio
0.512
VaR 95%
-1.59%
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
56.45%
Ann. 13.93% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
13.33%
Sharpe ratio
0.773
VaR 95%
-1.33%
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
0.101%
Best day
3.052%
Worst day
-1.965%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2026 | $21.95 | $22.01 | $21.92 | $21.96 | 223,000 |
| 02/06/2026 | $21.87 | $21.95 | $21.84 | $21.94 | 140,900 |
| 01/06/2026 | $21.87 | $21.89 | $21.78 | $21.85 | 136,000 |
| 29/05/2026 | $21.95 | $21.96 | $21.84 | $21.92 | 195,200 |
| 28/05/2026 | $21.89 | $21.95 | $21.79 | $21.93 | 259,400 |
| 27/05/2026 | $21.81 | $21.94 | $21.79 | $21.85 | 129,100 |
| 26/05/2026 | $21.73 | $21.80 | $21.72 | $21.79 | 162,900 |
| 22/05/2026 | $21.70 | $21.71 | $21.61 | $21.62 | 136,600 |
| 21/05/2026 | $21.54 | $21.63 | $21.42 | $21.60 | 130,300 |
| 20/05/2026 | $21.61 | $21.72 | $21.54 | $21.71 | 224,500 |