Performance analysis of FTHI (FIRST TRUST BUYWRITE INCOME ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FTHI has had an average annual return of +13.81%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.63% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FTHI has had an average annual return of +11.32%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.73% annual.
Over the past 10 years, FTHI has had an average annual return of +8.47%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.04% annual.
Since Jan 7, 2014, FTHI has had an average annual return of +7.72%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.76% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.17% | +11.04% | +18.99% | +20.71% | -4.36% | +13.93% | -7.16% | +18.16% | -9.70% | +14.40% | +11.02% | +2.56% |
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| +6.69% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +1.30% | +0.40% | -2.28% | +3.98% | +1.23% | +0.90% | +0.58% | +6.17% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.91% | -1.01% | -4.74% | -0.65% | +3.69% | +3.76% | +1.59% | +1.49% | +2.90% | +1.09% | +0.47% | +0.33% | +11.04% |
| 2024 | +1.97% | +2.92% | +2.45% | -2.29% | +3.57% | +1.06% | +1.59% | +1.50% | +1.57% | +0.22% | +4.82% | -1.65% | +18.99% |
| 2023 | +5.67% | -0.81% | +1.70% | +1.74% | +0.99% | +3.74% | +2.08% | -0.23% | -2.48% | -1.61% | +5.94% | +2.63% | +20.71% |
| 2022 | +0.10% | +0.83% | +5% | -5.91% | +2.98% | -7.54% | +6.53% | -3.53% | -8.34% | +6.61% | +3.78% | -3.34% | -4.36% |
| 2021 | +0.54% | +1.32% | +3.84% | +1.55% | +3.32% | +0.17% | -2.27% | +2.09% | -0.90% | +3.18% | -1.56% | +2.04% | +13.93% |
| 2020 | -1.32% | -8.60% | -15.27% | +9.95% | +1.76% | +2.30% | +2.90% | -0.07% | -3.04% | -2.21% | +5.56% | +3.15% | -7.16% |
| 2019 | +6.01% | +2.63% | +0.14% | +2.54% | -3.48% | +5.01% | +0.53% | -0.58% | +1.81% | +0.93% | +0.71% | +0.88% | +18.16% |
| 2018 | +1.45% | -4.07% | -0.89% | -0.63% | +2.18% | +1.74% | +1.49% | +2.53% | -0.42% | -5.32% | +0.37% | -7.96% | -9.70% |
| 2017 | +0.08% | +0.88% | -0.00815% | +0.93% | +0.60% | +2.14% | +1.18% | +0.63% | +2.29% | +2.04% | +1.49% | +1.30% | +14.40% |
Drawdown analysis of FTHI (FIRST TRUST BUYWRITE INCOME ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the FTHI was -32.65%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 282 trading sessions.
Since Jan 7, 2014 FTHI has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 6 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -32.65% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 282 | May 5, 2021 | 305 |
| -17.17% | Aug 29, 2018 | 80 | Dec 24, 2018 | 132 | Jul 5, 2019 | 212 |
| -16.68% | Apr 20, 2022 | 113 | Sep 30, 2022 | 175 | Jun 13, 2023 | 288 |
| -15.91% | Feb 13, 2025 | 37 | Apr 8, 2025 | 59 | Jul 3, 2025 | 96 |
| -15.11% | Sep 16, 2015 | 86 | Jan 20, 2016 | 126 | Jul 20, 2016 | 212 |
| -11.11% | May 28, 2015 | 61 | Aug 24, 2015 | 16 | Sep 16, 2015 | 77 |
| -8.92% | Jan 23, 2018 | 47 | Apr 2, 2018 | 99 | Aug 21, 2018 | 146 |
| -7.91% | Sep 19, 2014 | 18 | Oct 15, 2014 | 18 | Nov 10, 2014 | 36 |
| -6.71% | Jun 8, 2021 | 28 | Jul 19, 2021 | 65 | Oct 19, 2021 | 93 |
| -6.08% | Nov 15, 2021 | 13 | Dec 3, 2021 | 26 | Jan 11, 2022 | 39 |
| -6.06% | Jan 14, 2022 | 8 | Jan 27, 2022 | 35 | Mar 18, 2022 | 43 |
| -5.94% | Sep 14, 2023 | 31 | Oct 27, 2023 | 12 | Nov 14, 2023 | 43 |
| -5.79% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 12 | Aug 21, 2024 | 26 |
| -5.46% | Feb 9, 2026 | 34 | Mar 30, 2026 | 14 | Apr 20, 2026 | 48 |
| -5.32% | Sep 30, 2016 | 24 | Nov 3, 2016 | 7 | Nov 14, 2016 | 31 |
| -5.28% | Jan 16, 2014 | 13 | Feb 5, 2014 | 37 | Mar 31, 2014 | 50 |
| -5.00% | Jul 20, 2016 | 11 | Aug 4, 2016 | 11 | Aug 19, 2016 | 22 |
| -4.15% | Jul 5, 2019 | 21 | Aug 5, 2019 | 26 | Sep 11, 2019 | 47 |
| -3.68% | Oct 29, 2025 | 16 | Nov 20, 2025 | 13 | Dec 10, 2025 | 29 |
| -3.63% | Dec 5, 2014 | 6 | Dec 15, 2014 | 5 | Dec 22, 2014 | 11 |
| -3.52% | Dec 16, 2024 | 16 | Jan 10, 2025 | 18 | Feb 6, 2025 | 34 |
| -3.50% | Jul 3, 2014 | 24 | Aug 7, 2014 | 21 | Sep 8, 2014 | 45 |
| -3.40% | Sep 17, 2019 | 11 | Oct 2, 2019 | 20 | Oct 30, 2019 | 31 |
| -3.30% | Aug 19, 2016 | 22 | Sep 21, 2016 | 7 | Sep 30, 2016 | 29 |
| -3.21% | Feb 23, 2015 | 14 | Mar 13, 2015 | 46 | May 19, 2015 | 60 |