First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
FTQI NASDAQ
The First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of US stocks, with an options overlay of short calls on the Nasdaq 100.
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- Dividend yield
- 11.16% Trailing 12 months
- Volatility · 1Y
- 11.1% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.85 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 18.1622.44
How FTQI 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, FTQI returned +36.4% with dividends reinvested — −17.3 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 ±11% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −6.2% on Mar 30, 2026 — 61 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 1% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, FTQI delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.85 means FTQI 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 average22.29 +0.5%
- 26-day average22.14 +1.1%
- 50-day average21.93 +2.1%
- 200-day average20.62 +8.6%
The price is above 4 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.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 112 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 2.50
- Last paid
- Sep 24, 2026
Last 12 months
2.50 USD / shareWhere FTQI shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold FTQI. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
The First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of US stocks, with an options overlay of short calls on the Nasdaq 100.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- Ticker
- FTQI
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US33738R4074
- CUSIP
- 33738R407
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- Covered Calls
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Oct 13, 2026
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.