Performance analysis of FICS (FIRST TRUST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED CAPITAL STRENGTH ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FICS has had an average annual return of +10.75%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FICS has had an average annual return of +5.36%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Since Dec 16, 2020, FICS has had an average annual return of +7.68%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.84% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.23% | +20.42% | +2.59% | +18.06% | -19.49% | +19.77% | +2.20% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.88% | +4.98% | -7.63% | +3.84% | +1.27% | +2.86% | -0.55% | +5.23% | |||||
| 2025 | +4.34% | +2.59% | +1.21% | +5.49% | +3.09% | -0.04% | -3.31% | +1.57% | -1.06% | +0.40% | +2.12% | +2.65% | +20.42% |
| 2024 | -0.20% | +2.72% | +1.28% | -4.82% | +5.29% | -1.50% | +2.81% | +4.53% | +2.26% | -5.58% | +0.51% | -4.03% | +2.59% |
| 2023 | +7.61% | -4.21% | +5.86% | +2.90% | -3.33% | +4.18% | +0.46% | -2.81% | -4.94% | -1.87% | +7.97% | +6.18% | +18.06% |
| 2022 | -8.05% | -3.53% | +2.27% | -0.68% | -6.08% | -7.10% | +6.53% | -7.04% | -7.31% | +4.65% | +10.08% | -3.14% | -19.49% |
| 2021 | -1.36% | -0.02% | +3.47% | +4.48% | +4.11% | +1.46% | +2.68% | +2.05% | -5.65% | +4.34% | -2.16% | +5.36% | +19.77% |
| 2020 | +2.20% | +2.20% |
Drawdown analysis of FICS (FIRST TRUST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED CAPITAL STRENGTH ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the FICS was -29.18%, occurring on Sep 27, 2022. Recovery took 425 trading sessions.
The current FICS drawdown is -1.86%.
Since Dec 16, 2020 FICS has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 4 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -29.18% | Dec 28, 2021 | 188 | Sep 27, 2022 | 425 | Jun 6, 2024 | 613 |
| -11.15% | Mar 7, 2025 | 21 | Apr 7, 2025 | 10 | Apr 22, 2025 | 31 |
| -10.89% | Sep 26, 2024 | 73 | Jan 13, 2025 | 35 | Mar 5, 2025 | 108 |
| -10.31% | Feb 27, 2026 | 20 | Mar 27, 2026 | 66 | Jul 2, 2026 | 86 |
| -7.83% | Sep 3, 2021 | 22 | Oct 6, 2021 | 57 | Dec 28, 2021 | 79 |
| -7.13% | Feb 16, 2021 | 14 | Mar 8, 2021 | 19 | Apr 5, 2021 | 33 |
| -6.27% | Jul 23, 2025 | 45 | Sep 25, 2025 | 61 | Dec 22, 2025 | 106 |
| -4.80% | Jul 12, 2024 | 16 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 26 |
| -3.90% | Jun 12, 2025 | 5 | Jun 20, 2025 | 22 | Jul 23, 2025 | 27 |
| -3.78% | Jan 25, 2021 | 4 | Jan 29, 2021 | 10 | Feb 12, 2021 | 14 |
| -3.16% | Jun 6, 2024 | 15 | Jun 28, 2024 | 9 | Jul 12, 2024 | 24 |
| -2.57% | Apr 23, 2021 | 13 | May 12, 2021 | 6 | May 20, 2021 | 19 |
| -2.43% | Aug 29, 2024 | 5 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 11 |
| -2.29% | Jul 14, 2021 | 3 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 7 |
| -2.07% | May 5, 2025 | 7 | May 14, 2025 | 3 | May 19, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.86% | Jul 6, 2026 | 10 | Jul 20, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -1.73% | Jun 14, 2021 | 4 | Jun 18, 2021 | 10 | Jul 2, 2021 | 14 |
| -1.68% | Aug 13, 2021 | 4 | Aug 19, 2021 | 9 | Sep 1, 2021 | 13 |
| -1.45% | Apr 16, 2021 | 2 | Apr 20, 2021 | 3 | Apr 23, 2021 | 5 |
| -1.28% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 |
| -1.23% | Jan 27, 2026 | 3 | Jan 30, 2026 | 3 | Feb 4, 2026 | 6 |
| -1.20% | Jul 7, 2021 | 1 | Jul 8, 2021 | 3 | Jul 13, 2021 | 4 |
| -1.19% | Apr 5, 2021 | 2 | Apr 7, 2021 | 2 | Apr 9, 2021 | 4 |
| -1.04% | Jan 14, 2021 | 1 | Jan 15, 2021 | 3 | Jan 21, 2021 | 4 |
| -1.00% | Dec 17, 2020 | 2 | Dec 21, 2020 | 5 | Dec 29, 2020 | 7 |