First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF
Snapshot*
Top 10 Holdings
What is HYLS?
The First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in high yield debt securities that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities deemed by the fund's advisor to be of comparable quality.
HYLSPerformance Measures**
for the time period Feb 27, 2013 to Jul 21, 2026
1M Trailing Return: 0.4%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.
3M Trailing Return: 1.0%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.
Max Drawdown: -23.0%
The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.
Standard Deviation: 6.5%
The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.
Sharpe Ratio: 0.70
The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.
Calmar Ratio: 0.19
The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.
ETFs related toHYLS
ETFs correlated to HYLS include HYDW, HYLB, HYG
What is ETF correlation?
Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.
Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.
Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction
ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:
- •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
- •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
- •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.
Trading Strategies
Related toHYLS
-bk-I 8/13 200d LETF MA Risk On/Off inv
Category
Trend following, Tactical allocation, Leveraged ETFs, Risk-on/risk-off, Volatility hedging, Bonds and rates, Multi-asset
OOS Cumulative Return
174.49%
TQQQ FTLT + -bk-I 8/13 200d LETF MA Risk On/Off
Category
Leveraged ETFs, trend-following, risk on/off, tech-focused, tactical rotation, interest-rate timing, volatility hedging, defensive overlays
OOS Cumulative Return
95.32%
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