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First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC)

Commodities Broad Basket | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
28.30 USD +0.28 (0.999%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.30

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:13 a.m. EDT

The most compelling signal here is the massive 16.32% dividend yield, which acts as a powerful floor for the price despite the asset's nature as a tactical commodity fund. This yield is likely a result of the fund distributing significant capital gains or rebalancing profits, creating an attractive income profile for defensive investors. However, the long-term investment case remains neutral; while the nine-year price trajectory shows a net gain (+18%), the annual performance has been volatile with no recent streak of declines, indicating the fund tracks cyclical markets rather than exhibiting a structural up-trend. The short-term outlook leans slightly positive (3.5 stars) driven by the statistical forecast predicting a 2.72% move over the next 45 days and options flow showing speculative buyers targeting higher prices in September. The divergence between the high yield and the neutral long-term growth trajectory suggests this is primarily a yield play rather than a capital appreciation vehicle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_126 ✓0.023914
AutoARIMA0.030917
AutoETS0.030917
AutoTheta0.030921
MSTL0.031032

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_126

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 0.67
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.439
Excess Kurtosis -0.81

As of July 11, 2026, 6:13 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy implied volatility on near-term calls (July expiration) while virtually no put volume exists for the immediate future. For the September horizon, traders are buying out-of-the-money calls at strikes significantly above the current price, suggesting a bullish bias toward a commodity-driven rally, though the lack of put interest indicates limited hedging against a crash.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.63% 18.85% 8.27% 8.83%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-25 0.169 0.625231
2026-03-26 0.409 1.464375
2025-12-16 3.665 16.131162
2025-09-25 0.164 0.630284
2025-06-26 0.151 0.609362
2025-03-27 0.142 0.560600
2024-12-17 0.185 0.783898
2024-09-26 0.187 0.790363
2024-06-27 0.196 0.818372
2024-03-21 0.164 0.695210
2023-12-15 0.212 0.939300
2023-09-22 0.188 0.772074
2023-06-27 0.189 0.832599
2023-03-24 0.160 0.702062
2022-12-15 2.528 10.528946
2022-06-24 0.007 0.025482
2021-12-23 1.662 7.238676
2019-12-13 0.154 0.828402
2018-12-18 0.134 0.735859
2018-03-22 0.010 0.048326
2017-12-21 0.250 1.238237
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 16.32

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 37.33
All Time Low 13.05
Ask 28.3
Ask Size 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 565,270
Average Daily Volume3 Month 897,918
Average Volume 897,918
Average Volume10Days 565,270
Beta3 Year 0.92
Bid 28.25
Bid Size 7
Category Commodities Broad Basket
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 28.325
Day Low 28.0303
Dividend Yield 16.32
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 28.63272
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3327217
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.011620332
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 10.926366
Fifty Two Week High 30.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.3500004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.076672114
Fifty Two Week Low 22.7
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.5999985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.24669597
Fifty Two Week Range 22.7 - 30.65
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,382,535,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.1292885
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,382,400,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to achieve attractive risk adjusted returns by investing in commodity futures contracts, exchange-traded commodity linked instruments, and commodity linked total return swaps (collectively, "Commodities Instruments") through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). The advisor expects to gain exposure to these investments exclusively by investing in the Subsidiary.
Long Name First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
Market us_market
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_244843957
Nav Price 28.12
Net Assets 2,701,679,870.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.98
Open 28.15
Phone 630.765.8000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 28.3
Post Market Time 1,783,974,283
Previous Close 28.02
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.279999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.999282
Regular Market Day High 28.325
Regular Market Day Low 28.0303
Regular Market Day Range 28.0303 - 28.325
Regular Market Open 28.15
Regular Market Previous Close 28.02
Regular Market Price 28.3
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 477,006
Short Name First Trust Global Tactical Com
Source Interval 15
Symbol FTGC
Three Year Average Return 0.1575121
Total Assets 2,701,679,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -5.20333
Trailing Three Month Returns -5.20333
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.864985
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4350147
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0534158
Type Disp ETF
Volume 477,006
Yield 0.16319999
Ytd Return 18.71425