FTCS - First Trust Capital Strength ETF
FTCS seeks to outperform the broader large-cap space by selecting companies based on their strength of their balance sheets, looking at cash balances, long-term debt ratios, and ROE. FTCS picks from a relatively narrow subset of the large-cap universe: the NASDAQ US benchmark, a 500-firm composite of NASDAQ-listed companies. By design, FTCS will always struggle to reflect the broad large-cap market given its limited selection universe, but it fills a niche within a crowded segment.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $93.81, ATM IV 19.2%, net GEX $407.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $7.65B
- Beta
- 0.56
- 52-Week Range
- 89.39-99.74
- Dividend Yield
- $1.06
- IPO Date
- Jul 15, 2006
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What FTCS Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 39.4% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($407) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.024) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The FTCS 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 FTCS overview questions
- What is FTCS?
- FTCS is the ticker symbol for First Trust Capital Strength ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. FTCS seeks to outperform the broader large-cap space by selecting companies based on their strength of their balance sheets, looking at cash balances, long-term debt ratios, and ROE. FTCS picks from a relatively narrow subset of the large-cap universe: the NASDAQ US benchmark, a 500-firm composite of NASDAQ-listed companies. Listed on NASDAQ. FTCS 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 FTCS options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the FTCS options snapshot shows spot at $93.81, ATM IV 19.2%, IV rank 39.4%, net GEX $407, expected move 5.50%. 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 FTCS's key statistics?
- First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS) carries a market capitalization of $7.65B, 52-week range of 89.39-99.74. 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 FTCS belong to?
- First Trust Capital Strength ETF 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 FTCS'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 FTCS 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.