FTC - Latest News

First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FTC), operates in Financial Services / Asset Management, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $1.31B, a proxy for assets under management on listed ETFs.

The article list below shows the most recent FTC headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent FTC Headlines

Kulicke & Soffa Receives SEMI Award for North America for Breakthrough Fluxless Thermocompression Bonding Technology

gurufocus.com - Oct 13, 2026

Kulicke and Soffa Receives SEMI Award for North America for Breakthrough Fluxless Thermocompression Bonding TechnologyPR NewswireFORT WASHINGTON, Pa.

FTC says Martin Shkreli 'flagrantly and repeatedly' violated his lifetime pharma ban

businessinsider.com - Oct 13, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission said Martin Shkreli is still trading pharmaceutical stocks. The FTC said the "Pharma Bro" continues to do this despite a

FTC Solar Announces Waiver and Amendment to Credit Agreement

globenewswire.com - Oct 5, 2026

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTC Solar, Inc.

Filtronic shares jump 14% as Cavendish backs outlook after SpaceX order

proactiveinvestors.com - Oct 1, 2026

Filtronic PLC (LSE:FTC) shares jumped nearly 14% to an intraday high of 270p on Thursday after a record $68. 1 million SpaceX order prompted Cavendish

Filtronic lands record $68.1 million SpaceX order

proactiveinvestors.com - Oct 1, 2026

Filtronic PLC (LSE:FTC), the UK designer and manufacturer of advanced radio-frequency technology, has secured a $68. 1 million follow-on order from Sp

How News Affects FTC Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track FTC's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked FTC news questions

What is the latest FTC news headline?

The most recent FTC headline (Oct 13, 2026) is "Kulicke & Soffa Receives SEMI Award for North America for Breakthrough Fluxless Thermocompression Bonding Technology". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the FTC news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What FTC news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual FTC options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.