FBTFIRST TRUST NYSE ARCA BIOTECHNOLOGY INDEX FUNDINDEX
FIRST TRUST NYSE ARCA BIOTECHNOLOGY INDEX FUND
$266.44+0.24% vs prior close
18227452-WK
Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN
The desk’s read
Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +29.0% so far this year.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
$1.2Bassets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
78Kavg daily volume, 30 days
31holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed November 8, 2023 · beta 0.78
Sector weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
| 1 week | -2.4% |
| 1 month | -2.6% |
| 3 months | +4.3% |
| 6 months | +32.7% |
| YTD | +29.0% |
| 1 year | +42.5% |
| 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
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.7%latest close versus that peak
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Options tape
3calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
0.67put/call ratio
94Kshares traded
The case against FBT
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FBT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.18% | $7776.18T | +$16K | 6512002× the assets · +$16K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IBRN iShares Neuroscience and Healthcare ETF | 0.47% | $7133.04T | +$136K | 5973418× the assets · +$136K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| EFRA iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF | 0.47% | $5553.16T | +$2K | 4650383× the assets · +$2K in over the month | Head-to-head |
| REW ProShares UltraShort Technology | 0.95% | $4164.64T | +$930 | 3487592× the assets · +$930 in over the month | Head-to-head |
| ETEC iShares Trust - iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF | 0.47% | $3999.92T | +$2K | 3349651× the assets · +$2K in over the month | Head-to-head |