First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF
FCVT NASDAQ
First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF is an actively managed fund of convertible securities from within and outside the US, invested in issuers of any credit quality, maturity, and size, subject only to liquidity requirements
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- Fund size
- 233M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.95% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.14% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 20.2% High Risk
- Beta
- 0.67 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 40.8654.26
How FCVT has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, FCVT returned +12.2% with dividends reinvested — −41.6 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±20% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −13.5% on Jul 29, 2026 — 57 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 33% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, FCVT delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.67 means FCVT has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average49.06 −1.8%
- 26-day average49.25 −2.2%
- 50-day average49.53 −2.7%
- 200-day average48.01 +0.4%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Global Markets · Developed Markets — tracking the Not Applicable.
- Assets under management233MUSD
- Expense ratio0.95%per year
- Holdings136
- Risk score4.3Medium
Launched November 2015. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 11 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.55
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
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About First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF
First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF is an actively managed fund of convertible securities from within and outside the US, invested in issuers of any credit quality, maturity, and size, subject only to liquidity requirements
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 136 holdings
- Ticker
- FCVT
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33739Q5071
- CUSIP
- 33739Q507
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Global Markets
- Industry
- Developed Markets
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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