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 |
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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_126 ✓ | 0.023914 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.030917 |
| AutoETS | 0.030917 |
| AutoTheta | 0.030921 |
| MSTL | 0.031032 |
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.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.63% | 18.85% | 8.27% | 8.83% |
| 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 |
| 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 |