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LDSFFIRST TRUST LOW DURATION STRATEGIC FOCUS ETF

FIRST TRUST LOW DURATION STRATEGIC FOCUS ETF

$18.45+0.14% vs prior close
18.4219.2352-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

Price & daily flows
19.0618.8318.6018.45DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 4Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -3.7% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$153Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
37Kavg daily volume, 30 days
6holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed June 15, 2024 · beta 0.10
Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Other100%
Cash & Others99.99%
ETF99.97%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.88%
Other0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month-1.9%
3 months-2.5%
6 months-2.6%
YTD-3.7%
1 year-3.6%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.1%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against LDSF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat LDSF on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$190.8B+$1.7B1246× the assets · +$1.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
XLK Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund0.09%$131.1B+$249M856× the assets · +$249M in over the monthHead-to-head
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF0.19%$79.3B+$2.3B518× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF0.35%$77.1B+$312M503× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF0.35%$45.4B+$73M297× the assets · +$73M in over the monthHead-to-head
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