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FXZFIRST TRUST MATERIALS ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST MATERIALS ALPHADEX FUND

$78.22+1.01% vs prior close
588852-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.

Price & daily flows
84.682.079.378.22DAILY NET FLOWSep 2Sep 14Sep 23Oct 2

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +20.7% so far this year.

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

$355Massets under management
—expense ratio
—net flow, trailing month
53Kavg daily volume, 30 days
40holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed January 8, 2024 · beta 1.10
Sector weights
Materials84.28%
Basic Materials83.87%
Process Industries53.26%
Non-Energy Minerals31.97%
Industrials8.97%
Consumer Cyclical7.16%
Consumer Discretionary6.83%
Consumer Non-Durables4.5%
Producer Manufacturing4.39%
Distribution Services2.95%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
United Kingdom1.58%
Other0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.1%
1 month-9.5%
3 months-0.7%
6 months+2.6%
YTD+20.7%
1 year+25.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
20%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.7%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
259Kshares traded
The case against FXZ

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GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund0.45%$9897.51T—27910333× the assetsHead-to-head
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