FIRST TRUST NASDAQ BUYWRITE INCOME ETF
Symbol: FTQI
Exchange: NASDAQ
Sector: Technology
Category: Derivative Income
Inception date: 06/01/2014
Latest date: 15/10/2026
Current price: $22.31
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
2.56%
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
3.07%
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
12.36%
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
20.36%
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
36.66%
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
65.40%
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: 15/10/2025 - 15/10/2026.
Average daily return
0.076%
Best day
3.052%
Worst day
-1.949%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10/2026 | $22.16 | $22.31 | $22.08 | $22.31 | 405,000 |
| 14/10/2026 | $22.41 | $22.43 | $22.21 | $22.28 | 291,500 |
| 13/10/2026 | $22.37 | $22.43 | $22.31 | $22.43 | 277,700 |
| 12/10/2026 | $22.47 | $22.47 | $22.38 | $22.39 | 250,600 |
| 09/10/2026 | $22.35 | $22.44 | $22.31 | $22.44 | 458,500 |
| 08/10/2026 | $22.29 | $22.32 | $22.23 | $22.31 | 1,178,600 |
| 07/10/2026 | $22.26 | $22.31 | $22.24 | $22.30 | 1,669,700 |
| 06/10/2026 | $22.50 | $22.53 | $22.33 | $22.35 | 368,700 |
| 05/10/2026 | $22.32 | $22.39 | $22.27 | $22.38 | 310,500 |
| 02/10/2026 | $22.25 | $22.29 | $22.23 | $22.29 | 270,800 |