Performance analysis of FTSM (FIRST TRUST ENHANCED SHORT MATURITY ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, FTSM has had an average annual return of +4.82%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, FTSM has had an average annual return of +3.56%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Over the past 10 years, FTSM has had an average annual return of +2.59%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.95% annual.
Since Aug 6, 2014, FTSM has had an average annual return of +2.23%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.87% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.92% | +4.65% | +5.22% | +5.12% | +1.02% | -0.00915% | +1.12% | +2.83% | +1.93% | +1.58% | +1.24% | +0.38% |
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| -0.11% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.34% | +0.34% | +0.08% | +0.37% | +0.31% | +0.26% | +0.21% | +1.92% | |||||
| 2025 | +0.39% | +0.44% | +0.37% | +0.41% | +0.26% | +0.48% | +0.25% | +0.55% | +0.35% | +0.36% | +0.33% | +0.37% | +4.65% |
| 2024 | +0.51% | +0.26% | +0.42% | +0.30% | +0.50% | +0.41% | +0.61% | +0.58% | +0.50% | +0.27% | +0.39% | +0.35% | +5.22% |
| 2023 | +0.41% | +0.28% | +0.46% | +0.38% | +0.31% | +0.27% | +0.49% | +0.45% | +0.32% | +0.43% | +0.63% | +0.59% | +5.12% |
| 2022 | -0.04% | -0.09% | -0.23% | +0.04% | +0.06% | -0.14% | +0.19% | +0.17% | +0.04% | +0.17% | +0.42% | +0.43% | +1.02% |
| 2021 | +0.02% | -0.00915% | +0.00915% | +0.03% | +0.05% | -0.02% | +0.03% | +0.03% | +0.04% | -0.11% | -0.03% | -0.04% | -0.00915% |
| 2020 | +0.23% | +0.16% | -1.68% | +0.99% | +0.64% | +0.34% | +0.19% | +0.06% | -0.00917% | +0.09% | +0.07% | +0.04% | +1.12% |
| 2019 | +0.33% | +0.27% | +0.26% | +0.25% | +0.28% | +0.23% | +0.22% | +0.21% | +0.19% | +0.21% | +0.13% | +0.22% | +2.83% |
| 2018 | +0.21% | +0.09% | +0.09% | +0.23% | +0.17% | +0.16% | +0.23% | +0.25% | +0.16% | +0.12% | +0.10% | +0.09% | +1.93% |
| 2017 | +0.09% | +0.18% | +0.10% | +0.11% | +0.12% | +0.15% | +0.14% | +0.23% | +0.11% | +0.18% | +0.11% | +0.07% | +1.58% |
Drawdown analysis of FTSM (FIRST TRUST ENHANCED SHORT MATURITY ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the FTSM was -4.13%, occurring on Mar 20, 2020. Recovery took 56 trading sessions.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -4.13% | Mar 3, 2020 | 13 | Mar 20, 2020 | 56 | Jun 10, 2020 | 69 |
| -1.79% | Aug 31, 2015 | 21 | Sep 30, 2015 | 405 | May 10, 2017 | 426 |
| -0.65% | Sep 14, 2021 | 130 | Mar 21, 2022 | 157 | Nov 2, 2022 | 287 |
| -0.35% | May 21, 2015 | 68 | Aug 27, 2015 | 2 | Aug 31, 2015 | 70 |
| -0.30% | Oct 21, 2014 | 49 | Dec 31, 2014 | 20 | Jan 30, 2015 | 69 |
| -0.20% | Sep 5, 2014 | 18 | Oct 1, 2014 | 11 | Oct 16, 2014 | 29 |
| -0.15% | Apr 3, 2025 | 4 | Apr 9, 2025 | 6 | Apr 17, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.15% | Mar 16, 2015 | 5 | Mar 23, 2015 | 23 | Apr 24, 2015 | 28 |
| -0.14% | Jan 30, 2015 | 8 | Feb 11, 2015 | 12 | Mar 2, 2015 | 20 |
| -0.12% | Jun 10, 2020 | 2 | Jun 12, 2020 | 6 | Jun 22, 2020 | 8 |
| -0.12% | Feb 27, 2026 | 9 | Mar 12, 2026 | 12 | Mar 30, 2026 | 21 |
| -0.11% | Nov 23, 2018 | 9 | Dec 7, 2018 | 11 | Dec 24, 2018 | 20 |
| -0.11% | Jul 6, 2020 | 3 | Jul 9, 2020 | 7 | Jul 20, 2020 | 10 |
| -0.11% | Mar 20, 2023 | 1 | Mar 21, 2023 | 2 | Mar 23, 2023 | 3 |
| -0.10% | Aug 7, 2014 | 3 | Aug 12, 2014 | 3 | Aug 15, 2014 | 6 |
| -0.10% | Aug 15, 2014 | 1 | Aug 18, 2014 | 13 | Sep 5, 2014 | 14 |
| -0.10% | Mar 2, 2015 | 1 | Mar 3, 2015 | 7 | Mar 12, 2015 | 8 |
| -0.10% | Mar 12, 2015 | 1 | Mar 13, 2015 | 1 | Mar 16, 2015 | 2 |
| -0.09% | Feb 10, 2021 | 26 | Mar 19, 2021 | 30 | May 3, 2021 | 56 |
| -0.09% | Dec 27, 2017 | 1 | Dec 28, 2017 | 9 | Jan 11, 2018 | 10 |
| -0.08% | Sep 3, 2020 | 1 | Sep 4, 2020 | 9 | Sep 18, 2020 | 10 |
| -0.08% | Mar 14, 2023 | 3 | Mar 17, 2023 | 1 | Mar 20, 2023 | 4 |
| -0.08% | Mar 24, 2023 | 2 | Mar 28, 2023 | 3 | Mar 31, 2023 | 5 |
| -0.08% | Oct 28, 2025 | 2 | Oct 30, 2025 | 5 | Nov 6, 2025 | 7 |
| -0.08% | Aug 25, 2017 | 1 | Aug 28, 2017 | 5 | Sep 5, 2017 | 6 |