FEM - First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund
FEM does not promise broad exposure to emerging markets, trying instead to build a portfolio of stocks positioned to outperform. The fund uses a selection methodology focused on growth and value factors to screen firms by scoring each security twice by both growth and value characteristics, assigning whatever score is highest as the stock's style score. It then takes the 150 top-scoring stocks and breaks them into quintiles, giving higher-scoring quintiles greater weight in the index.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $31.89, ATM IV 53.8%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $399.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $589.8M
- Beta
- 0.81
- 52-Week Range
- 24.3-35.61
- Dividend Yield
- $0.72
- IPO Date
- Apr 19, 2011
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What FEM Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 21.0% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($399) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.042) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The FEM overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked FEM overview questions
- What is FEM?
- FEM is the ticker symbol for First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund, an listed exchange-traded fund. FEM does not promise broad exposure to emerging markets, trying instead to build a portfolio of stocks positioned to outperform. The fund uses a selection methodology focused on growth and value factors to screen firms by scoring each security twice by both growth and value characteristics, assigning whatever score is highest as the stock's style score. Listed on NASDAQ. FEM is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the FEM options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the FEM options snapshot shows spot at $31.89, ATM IV 53.8%, IV rank 21.0%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $399, expected move 15.42%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are FEM's key statistics?
- First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (FEM) carries a market capitalization of $589.8M, 52-week range of 24.3-35.61. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does FEM belong to?
- First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare FEM's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the FEM data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.