First Trust Correlations

FTXR Etf  USD 36.05  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Nasdaq and Direxion Daily Retail is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of First Trust is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Nasdaq and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Nasdaq and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Nasdaq. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in banks.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.77XLI Industrial Select SectorPairCorr
  0.74ITA iShares Aerospace DefensePairCorr
  0.82VIS Vanguard IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.71PPA Invesco Aerospace DefensePairCorr
  0.77IYJ iShares Industrials ETFPairCorr
  0.77IYT iShares TransportationPairCorr
  0.8FIDU Fidelity MSCI IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.87JANT AIM ETF ProductsPairCorr
  0.79ARB AltShares TrustPairCorr
  0.84GLBL Pacer Funds TrustPairCorr
  0.63PWRD TCW Transform Systems Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.72HHH Howard Hughes HoldingsPairCorr
  0.82FLOW Global X FundsPairCorr
  0.76VGT Vanguard InformationPairCorr
  0.87IJR iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.73RVNU Xtrackers MunicipalPairCorr
  0.84SECT Main Sector RotationPairCorr
  0.8IGRO iShares InternationalPairCorr
  0.73AIBU Direxion Shares ETFPairCorr
  0.78HMOP Hartford MunicipalPairCorr
  0.79IVW iShares SP 500PairCorr
  0.77XCEM Columbia EM CorePairCorr
  0.81FTSL First Trust SeniorPairCorr
  0.77QGRD Horizon Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.86YFYA Listed Funds TrustPairCorr
  0.62SGDJ Sprott Junior GoldPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.41DRVN Driven Brands HoldingsPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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First Trust Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Etf performing well and First Trust ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Trust's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
RETL  3.00 (0.53) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 7.24 
 18.57 
FTXG  0.65 (0.14) 0.00 (0.33) 0.00 
 1.12 
 4.24 
FSGS  0.74 (0.12)(0.10) 0.00  0.89 
 1.82 
 4.92 
KVLE  0.45 (0.04)(0.10) 0.04  0.48 
 0.90 
 4.07 
WBIF  0.60 (0.02)(0.02) 0.07  0.66 
 1.60 
 5.01 
SAA  1.78 (0.12) 0.04  0.06  1.90 
 4.49 
 14.21 
PXJ  1.20  0.17  0.12  0.24  1.26 
 2.57 
 8.94 
DIVY  0.53 (0.06)(0.10) 0.02  0.64 
 1.05 
 4.31 
QDIV  0.56 (0.07)(0.11) 0.02  0.68 
 1.03 
 4.39 
ORR  0.57 (0.01)(0.10) 0.05  0.75 
 1.04 
 3.67