First Trust Variance

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Reference data associated with the Variance technical indicator for First Trust North. Indicator values reflect available price and volume data where applicable.
First Trust North has current Variance of 0.3716. Variance is another measure of security risk that shows the amount of dispersion of equity returns around their mean value. Variance is calculated as the average squared deviations from the mean. Evaluating a set of investment alternatives one can use variance to help determine the volatility when purchasing a specific security. Similar to Standard Deviation, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out around its mean.

Variance

 = 

SUM(RET DEV)2

N

 = 
0.3716
SUM = Summation notation
RET DEV = Actual returns deviation over selected period
N = Number of points for the period

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Variance Relative To Other Indicators

First Trust North is rated below average for variance among related ETFs. It is currently under evaluation for maximum drawdown among related ETFs with Maximum Drawdown measuring nearly 8.09 against Variance. Maximum Drawdown runs about 8.09 times Variance for First Trust North
Variance is also a measure of stock volatility and can help determine the risk an investor might take on when purchasing a specific security. A relatively big variance indicates that the daily prices or returns are far from the mean and a small variance indicates that they are located around the mean. Compare First Trust to Peers

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