First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
Actively managed U.S. stock ETF
As of its 2026 Q2 report, First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF held 175 positions with $2.35B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 34.3% of the fund. The FTHI share class costs 0.75% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, FTHI returned 17.2%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 6 new positions and exited 38.
The First Trust BuyWrite Income ETFs (the Fund ) primary investment objective is to provide current income. The Fund's secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation.
The fund invests primarily in U.S. equity securities selected for higher dividend yields, while simultaneously writing call options on the S&P 500 Index to generate monthly premium income; the notional value of written calls ranges from 25% to 75% of fund assets. In exchange for option premiums, the fund forgoes upside participation in the S&P 500 above each call's strike price. The written calls are uncovered—the fund does not own the index itself—though individual stock holdings in the portfolio provide partial hedge protection.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AAPLAPPLE INC | 6.99% | $164.43M | 568.3K | $289.36 |
NVDANVIDIA CORP | 5.41% | $127.24M | 635.9K | $200.09 |
DGCXXDREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS | 4.18% | $98.31M | — | — |
3.00% | $70.49M | 60.0K | $1,174.86 | |
NEBIUS GROUP NV | 2.69% | $63.14M | 228.6K | $276.17 |
ASML HOLDING NV | 2.61% | $61.40M | 30.9K | $1,989.44 |
2.55% | $59.96M | 183.2K | $327.33 | |
AMZNAMAZON.COM INC | 2.35% | $55.15M | 231.4K | $238.34 |
2.26% | $53.16M | 933.0K | $56.98 | |
2.25% | $53.01M | 56.7K | $935.47 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 175 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 97.09% |
| Cash & short-term | 4.18% |
| Derivatives | -1.32% |
The outer band is exposure held short — written against the portfolio rather than part of it, which is why it sits outside the ring and why the two are never netted into one figure.
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
By sector
- Information Technology
- 26.6%
- Industrials
- 12.2%
- International
- 11.5%
- Financials
- 10.8%
- 9 other sectors
- 38.9%
- Information Technology
- 26.6%
- Industrials
- 12.2%
- International
- 11.5%
- Financials
- 10.8%
- Health Care
- 7.4%
- Consumer Staples
- 6.5%
- Communication Services
- 5.9%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 5.7%
- Energy
- 4.5%
- Cash
- 4.1%
- Utilities
- 2.8%
- Real Estate
- 1.6%
- Materials
- 0.4%
How it has done
FTHI share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 5.84%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Fees & fund details
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF is an actively managed U.S. equity ETF. 18% of FTHI’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 85% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- ETF
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.75%· FTHI 0.75%
- Portfolio turnover
- 58.00% a year · as of 2026 Q2
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
6 new· the largest 1
38 exited· the largest 8
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