FIRST TRUST LONG/SHORT EQUITY ETF
Symbol: FTLS
Exchange: NYSE ARCA
Sector: Technology
Category: Long-Short Equity
Inception Date: 08/09/2014
Latest Date: 17/04/2026
Current Price: $72.41
Expense Ratio: 1.38%
Assets Under Management
$2.2B
0.18% daily change
Period Performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance normalized to the first available adjusted price of the selected period.
Adjusted Return
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Performance Metrics
Return
4.27%
Volatility
9.83%
Sharpe Ratio
-1.242
VaR 95%
-0.84%
CVaR 95%:
-0.97%
Max Drawdown:
-2.46%
Sortino Ratio:
-2.325
Calmar Ratio:
-3.49
Return
3.16%
Volatility
9.03%
Sharpe Ratio
-0.697
VaR 95%
-0.84%
CVaR 95%:
-1.15%
Max Drawdown:
-3.87%
Sortino Ratio:
-1.086
Calmar Ratio:
-0.69
Return
4.15%
Volatility
9.28%
Sharpe Ratio
-0.261
VaR 95%
-0.86%
CVaR 95%:
-1.27%
Max Drawdown:
-3.87%
Sortino Ratio:
-0.393
Calmar Ratio:
0.31
Return
17.87%
Volatility
10.47%
Sharpe Ratio
0.726
VaR 95%
-0.88%
CVaR 95%:
-1.47%
Max Drawdown:
-4.55%
Sortino Ratio:
1.011
Calmar Ratio:
2.47
Return
24.40%
Volatility
10.30%
Sharpe Ratio
0.496
VaR 95%
-1.01%
CVaR 95%:
-1.54%
Max Drawdown:
-11.69%
Sortino Ratio:
0.659
Calmar Ratio:
0.75
Return
45.75%
Volatility
9.90%
Sharpe Ratio
0.956
VaR 95%
-0.95%
CVaR 95%:
-1.42%
Max Drawdown:
-11.69%
Sortino Ratio:
1.330
Calmar Ratio:
1.12
Daily Returns for Period 12M
Daily simple returns calculated over the official metric window from the same adjusted price series used in the chart: 17/04/2025 - 17/04/2026.
Average Daily Return
0.068%
Best Day
2.538%
10/04/2026
Worst Day
-1.778%
10/10/2025
Days with Data
246
Recent Price History (Last 90 Days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/04/2026 | $72.28 | $72.68 | $72.09 | $72.41 | 86,800 |
| 16/04/2026 | $72.10 | $72.36 | $71.97 | $72.17 | 89,700 |
| 15/04/2026 | $72.48 | $72.48 | $72.08 | $72.28 | 92,900 |
| 14/04/2026 | $72.44 | $72.67 | $72.15 | $72.53 | 127,200 |
| 13/04/2026 | $72.12 | $72.58 | $71.95 | $72.53 | 53,800 |
| 10/04/2026 | $72.42 | $72.53 | $72.10 | $72.33 | 96,200 |
| 02/04/2026 | $70.22 | $70.64 | $70.22 | $70.54 | 103,700 |
| 01/04/2026 | $70.47 | $70.75 | $70.41 | $70.61 | 88,800 |
| 31/03/2026 | $69.91 | $70.47 | $69.84 | $70.36 | 118,300 |
| 30/03/2026 | $69.88 | $69.91 | $69.32 | $69.44 | 177,500 |