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First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF (CRPT)

Equity Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
14.43 USD -0.73 (-4.815%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 14.43

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is aggressively bullish, driven by a massive 14% surge in the last trading session and a technical rebound off the 200-day moving average. While the statistical forecasting model offers a weak, noisy signal, the actual price action and options flow tell a clearer story: traders are betting on a continuation of the crypto sector's recovery. The heavy call open interest at lower strikes acts as a magnet, suggesting a high probability of a short-term rally. However, investors should remain cautious about the long-term thesis; despite a spectacular 233% gain over the past three years, the asset remains volatile and lacks the stable cash flows of traditional equities. The dividend yield is nominal, reflecting its nature as a thematic ETF rather than a income generator. This is a high-conviction momentum play for the near term, but not a core holding for a defensive portfolio.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.056255
AutoETS0.060524
AutoTheta0.061080
AutoARIMA0.061310

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 27%
H-stat 14.03
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.21
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 12.93

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upward move in the near term. Call open interest is heavily concentrated at strikes below the current price (8.0 and 11.0 for October expiry), creating a 'pin risk' zone that suggests a potential bounce toward these levels. Conversely, put activity is negligible and entirely out-of-the-money, indicating a lack of hedging demand and a speculative bias toward upside momentum.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.66% 0.66% 0.72%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-12 0.113 0.663535
2024-12-13 0.308 1.499513
2022-12-23 0.001 0.030303
2021-12-23 0.200 1.071237
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 1.01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 27.56
All Time Low 3.08
Ask 16.0
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 86,650
Average Daily Volume3 Month 88,406
Average Volume 88,406
Average Volume10Days 86,650
Beta3 Year 3.53
Bid 12.05
Bid Size 100
Category Equity Digital Assets
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 15.0
Day Low 14.2001
Dividend Yield 1.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.1157589
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 12.14166
Fifty Day Average Change 2.2883406
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.18847016
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -26.763285
Fifty Two Week High 24.839
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.409
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.41905874
Fifty Two Week Low 10.745
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.6850004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.34295025
Fifty Two Week Range 10.745 - 24.839
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,632,231,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.73
Fullday Change Percent -4.8153
Fullday Price 14.43
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,632,096,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any investment borrowings) in the common stocks and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) of Crypto Industry Companies and Digital Economy Companies. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 50% of its net assets in Crypto Industry Companies. The remainder of the fund’s net assets used to satisfy the 80% test set forth above will be invested in Digital Economy Companies. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1672340207
Nav Price 14.41
Net Assets 82,661,080.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.85
Open 14.6901
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 14.43
Post Market Time 1,787,961,356
Previous Close 15.16
Price Hint 2
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.73
Regular Market Change Percent -4.8153
Regular Market Day High 15.0
Regular Market Day Low 14.2001
Regular Market Day Range 14.2001 - 15.0
Regular Market Open 14.6901
Regular Market Previous Close 15.16
Regular Market Price 14.43
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 40,542
Short Name First Trust SkyBridge Crypto In
Source Interval 15
Symbol CRPT
Three Year Average Return 0.41068518
Total Assets 82,661,080
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 12.932902
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -22.41379
Trailing Three Month Returns -22.41379
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.07507
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.35492992
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.02521692
Type Disp ETF
Volume 40,542
Yield 0.0101
Ytd Return -25.69353