First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) holdings & weights
Per-holding contribution · concentration · sector skew — a deep read
Fund overview
This is a US-listed ETF from First Trust. Key facts — expense ratio 0.77%; net assets about $158M; inception Jan 3, 2019. Its 1-year return is +0.92%.
Fund details
Fund overview
This is a US-listed ETF from First Trust. Key facts — expense ratio 0.77%; net assets about $158M; inception Jan 3, 2019. Its 1-year return is +0.92%.
8 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 99.88%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.
Weight and calculation basis
8 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 99.88%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.
We have this ETF's holdings, but the prices for those particular listings are outside our quote coverage (currently Korea- and US-listed securities). So today's contribution and return are not computed — showing 0% would claim it did not move, which is a different statement. The holdings and weights below follow the calculation basis above.
Today's summary
Its top 10 holdings make up about 100.0% of the fund. The concentration index (HHI) is 2242 — Moderate, and the largest sector is Unclassified (100%). The higher the concentration, the more one stock or sector drives the whole ETF's return.
Structural health
A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.
Concentration sits in the 1,500–2,500 band (2,242) — moderate.
Unclassified alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.
0.77% a year is on the high side — about 7.7% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.
Net assets of $158M — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.
A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.
Concentration and diversification
Structural health
A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.
Concentration sits in the 1,500–2,500 band (2,242) — moderate.
Unclassified alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.
0.77% a year is on the high side — about 7.7% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.
Net assets of $158M — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.
A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.
Top 8 holdings
1 derivative positions are excluded. Stock contributions do not explain the entire ETF return.
Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.
Normalized to 100% of analysed positions
Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETFLMBS | 33.00% |
| 2 | First Trust Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETFFSIG | 29.05% |
| 3 | First Trust Tactical High Yield ETFHYLS | 11.99% |
| 4 | First Trust Senior Loan FundFTSL | 9.45% |
| 5 | First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETFFTSM | 5.97% |
| 6 | First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETFSCIO | 5.00% |
| 7 | First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETFFEMB | 3.04% |
| 8 | First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities & Income ETFFPEI | 2.50% |
Holdings below 0.5% or outside the top list are folded into “Others” and omitted above.
Where the weight sits — sector mix
Listed equity weights summed by sector and normalized to 100%. Each band is one sector's share.
HHI sums the squared weights. The more it leans on a few names, the higher it goes — and the more the whole ETF moves with them.
How concentrated is it
First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF leans heavily on a handful of names. Its concentration index (HHI) is 2242, and the top 10 holdings make up 100.0% of equity weight — closer to owning a few stocks than a diversified basket.
If you bought it for diversification, note that when one or two of those names move sharply, most of the fund's day comes from them.
HHI squares each weight and sums them: 10,000 means one stock is everything, and the more evenly spread the holdings, the closer it falls to zero.
Where the sector weight sits
By sector, Unclassified alone is 100% — whatever the fund is called, this is a bet on that industry.
Bad news for the sector moves the whole fund. Worth checking against anything else you hold in the same space.
Weights above sum the individually listed equities and normalize that equity total to 100%.
How much it overlaps others
It shares 42% of its holdings with HISF (6 names in common) — close to half the same companies.
Own both and the diversification is thinner than it looks.
What it is made of
The fund holds 9 positions in total; this page lists the largest 8 and folds the rest into "Others".
The expense ratio is 0.77% a year, which is not cheap. Fees come out of returns every year you hold, so it is worth checking whether the same index is available for less.
This page is not investment advice. Investment decisions and responsibility are your own.
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