FundNASDAQCorporate

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF

LDSF NASDAQ

Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that principally invest in income-generating securities that provide the Fun...

18.49USD
+0.29 (+1.60%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
4.78%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
2.3%
Below Average
Beta
0.09
vs the market
52-week range
18.2018.78
01 Performance

How LDSF has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Above Average performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs benchmark

Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
−47.2 pts
0%20%40% LDSF +6.5% Index +53.7%

Over 1 year, LDSF returned +6.5% with dividends reinvested — −47.2 pts behind its benchmark.

02 Risk

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 · 1Y
2.3%Below Average

A typical year sees the price swing about ±2% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−1.9%
0%-1%−1.9%

Deepest fall −1.9% on Sep 30, 2026 — 34 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.

Risk vs reward

1Y
Volatility →Return →More return, less riskIndex+53.7% · σ 14%LDSF+6.5% · σ 2%

Over 1 year, LDSF delivered less return, with less risk than its benchmark.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
LDSF tends to move+0.9%

A beta of 0.09 means LDSF has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio -0.39 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
18.49
  • 12-day average18.48 +0.1%
  • 26-day average18.53 −0.2%
  • 50-day average18.58 −0.5%
  • 200-day average18.52 −0.2%

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)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought35.2

RSI 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.

04 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield4.78%

About 48 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
0.88
Last paid
Sep 24, 2026

Last 12 months

0.88 USD / share
0.07Oct 210.07Nov 210.07Dec 120.07Jan 210.07Feb 200.07Mar 260.07Apr 210.07May 210.07Jun 250.07Jul 210.08Aug 210.08Sep 24
05 Themes

Where LDSF shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold LDSF. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF

Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that principally invest in income-generating securities that provide the Fund with an effective portfolio duration of three years or less.

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
LDSF
Exchange
NASDAQ
ISIN
US33740F8703
CUSIP
33740F870
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Corporate
Industry
Short Duration
Benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics

Details

NameFirst Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF
TickerLDSF
ISINUS33740F8703
CUSIP33740F870
ExchangeNASDAQ
CategoryCorporate
Sub CategoryShort Duration
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateJan 4, 2019
Benchmark-

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD18.49
52W Low / High 18.20 / 18.78
1Y Total Return6.46%
Above Average
1Y Volatility2.84%
Below Average
Beta0.09
12M Dividends0.8846
Last Dividend DateSep 24, 2026
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield4.78%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

AUM-
Discount/Premium-
NAV-
Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
Options available-
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