Performance analysis of LDSF (FIRST TRUST LOW DURATION STRATEGIC FOCUS ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, LDSF has had an average annual return of +5.30%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, LDSF has had an average annual return of +2.47%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Since Jan 7, 2019, LDSF has had an average annual return of +2.56%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.99% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.03% | +6.82% | +4.19% | +6.54% | -5.47% | -0.28% | +2.48% | +4.52% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.43% | +0.44% | -0.94% | +0.60% | +0.44% | +0.02% | +0.02% | +1.03% | |||||
| 2025 | +0.65% | +1.02% | +0.02% | +0.49% | +0.32% | +1.02% | +0.09% | +1.15% | +0.54% | +0.37% | +0.65% | +0.29% | +6.82% |
| 2024 | +0.44% | -0.38% | +0.55% | -0.90% | +1.11% | +0.56% | +1.45% | +1.12% | +1.11% | -1.27% | +0.86% | -0.49% | +4.19% |
| 2023 | +1.80% | -0.84% | +1.01% | +0.54% | -0.14% | -0.42% | +0.72% | +0.34% | -0.57% | -0.58% | +2.72% | +1.83% | +6.54% |
| 2022 | -0.73% | -0.44% | -1.36% | -0.85% | -0.42% | -1.89% | +1.88% | -0.76% | -2.16% | -0.14% | +1.42% | -0.08% | -5.47% |
| 2021 | -0.20% | -0.39% | -0.08% | +0.27% | +0.27% | +0.27% | -0.05% | +0% | -0.08% | -0.34% | -0.28% | +0.32% | -0.28% |
| 2020 | +0.69% | +0.13% | -4.51% | +2.26% | +1.23% | +0.31% | +1.19% | +0.05% | -0.19% | -0.16% | +1.21% | +0.39% | +2.48% |
| 2019 | +0.17% | +1.02% | +0.12% | +0.83% | -0.05% | +0.59% | +0.53% | +0.39% | +0.32% | -0.05% | +0.43% | +0.14% | +4.52% |
Drawdown analysis of LDSF (FIRST TRUST LOW DURATION STRATEGIC FOCUS ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the LDSF was -8.56%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 94 trading sessions.
The current LDSF drawdown is -0.08%.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -8.56% | Mar 3, 2020 | 14 | Mar 23, 2020 | 94 | Aug 5, 2020 | 108 |
| -7.86% | Jan 15, 2021 | 444 | Oct 20, 2022 | 296 | Dec 26, 2023 | 740 |
| -1.74% | Feb 26, 2026 | 21 | Mar 27, 2026 | 55 | Jun 16, 2026 | 76 |
| -1.46% | Oct 1, 2024 | 70 | Jan 13, 2025 | 27 | Feb 21, 2025 | 97 |
| -1.34% | Mar 27, 2024 | 13 | Apr 16, 2024 | 21 | May 15, 2024 | 34 |
| -1.30% | Apr 1, 2025 | 5 | Apr 8, 2025 | 12 | Apr 25, 2025 | 17 |
| -1.16% | Feb 1, 2024 | 8 | Feb 13, 2024 | 30 | Mar 27, 2024 | 38 |
| -0.73% | May 15, 2024 | 9 | May 29, 2024 | 4 | Jun 4, 2024 | 13 |
| -0.63% | Sep 2, 2020 | 41 | Oct 30, 2020 | 5 | Nov 6, 2020 | 46 |
| -0.58% | Oct 4, 2019 | 17 | Oct 29, 2019 | 21 | Nov 27, 2019 | 38 |
| -0.56% | Jan 12, 2024 | 4 | Jan 19, 2024 | 6 | Jan 29, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.54% | Dec 27, 2023 | 7 | Jan 8, 2024 | 4 | Jan 12, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.51% | Aug 6, 2020 | 7 | Aug 17, 2020 | 12 | Sep 2, 2020 | 19 |
| -0.48% | Jun 18, 2024 | 8 | Jul 1, 2024 | 3 | Jul 5, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.45% | Oct 28, 2025 | 6 | Nov 5, 2025 | 13 | Nov 24, 2025 | 19 |
| -0.43% | Apr 29, 2025 | 11 | May 14, 2025 | 8 | May 27, 2025 | 19 |
| -0.43% | Jun 4, 2025 | 2 | Jun 6, 2025 | 4 | Jun 12, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.42% | Feb 28, 2025 | 4 | Mar 6, 2025 | 17 | Mar 31, 2025 | 21 |
| -0.40% | Jun 26, 2026 | 7 | Jul 8, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -0.39% | Mar 20, 2019 | 3 | Mar 25, 2019 | 5 | Apr 1, 2019 | 8 |
| -0.36% | Jun 30, 2025 | 5 | Jul 8, 2025 | 9 | Jul 21, 2025 | 14 |
| -0.35% | Sep 17, 2025 | 6 | Sep 25, 2025 | 6 | Oct 3, 2025 | 12 |
| -0.34% | Aug 2, 2024 | 3 | Aug 7, 2024 | 4 | Aug 13, 2024 | 7 |
| -0.31% | Jun 6, 2024 | 1 | Jun 7, 2024 | 3 | Jun 12, 2024 | 4 |
| -0.30% | Mar 4, 2019 | 5 | Mar 11, 2019 | 7 | Mar 20, 2019 | 12 |