FIRST TRUST NYSE ARCA BIOTECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND

Symbol: FBT

Exchange: NYSE ARCA

Sector: Healthcare

Category: Health

Inception Date: 19/06/2006

Latest Date: 02/04/2026

Current Price: $202.00

Expense Ratio: 0.54%

Assets Under Management
$2.4B
1.36% 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

-1.65%

Volatility

29.66%

Sharpe Ratio

-0.684

VaR 95%

-2.85%

CVaR 95%: -3.21%
Max Drawdown: -7.05%
Sortino Ratio: -1.196
Calmar Ratio: -2.37
Return

-2.76%

Volatility

24.29%

Sharpe Ratio

-0.592

VaR 95%

-2.42%

CVaR 95%: -2.85%
Max Drawdown: -14.26%
Sortino Ratio: -0.975
Calmar Ratio: -0.75
Return

8.00%

Volatility

21.53%

Sharpe Ratio

0.611

VaR 95%

-2.28%

CVaR 95%: -2.64%
Max Drawdown: -14.26%
Sortino Ratio: 1.015
Calmar Ratio: 1.18
Return

21.69%

Volatility

24.56%

Sharpe Ratio

0.739

VaR 95%

-2.36%

CVaR 95%: -3.38%
Max Drawdown: -14.26%
Sortino Ratio: 1.059
Calmar Ratio: 1.53
Return

34.00%

Volatility

21.48%

Sharpe Ratio

0.568

VaR 95%

-2.11%

CVaR 95%: -3.08%
Max Drawdown: -20.05%
Sortino Ratio: 0.791
Calmar Ratio: 0.79
Return

31.19%

Volatility

20.19%

Sharpe Ratio

0.291

VaR 95%

-2.05%

CVaR 95%: -2.91%
Max Drawdown: -20.05%
Sortino Ratio: 0.415
Calmar Ratio: 0.47

Daily Returns for Period 12M

Daily simple returns calculated over the official metric window from the same adjusted price series used in the chart: 02/04/2025 - 02/04/2026.

Methodology: adjusted prices + daily simple return
Average Daily Return

0.09%

Best Day

6.508%

09/04/2025
Worst Day

-5.716%

04/04/2025
Days with Data

251

Recent Price History (Last 90 Days)

Date Open High Low Close Volume
02/04/2026 $199.29 $203.55 $199.29 $202.00 32,700
01/04/2026 $202.16 $204.58 $202.16 $202.50 47,100
31/03/2026 $194.79 $201.08 $194.79 $200.82 47,200
30/03/2026 $192.04 $193.65 $192.04 $193.00 50,900
27/03/2026 $194.32 $194.49 $190.22 $190.23 64,900
26/03/2026 $196.45 $198.92 $196.45 $197.05 45,400
25/03/2026 $194.37 $200.41 $194.37 $198.57 126,300
24/03/2026 $190.01 $192.58 $189.47 $191.75 57,500
23/03/2026 $193.43 $194.03 $191.51 $191.69 24,700
20/03/2026 $192.54 $193.34 $190.33 $190.69 44,800