FTSM - First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF
The FTSM, or First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF, functions as an actively managed investment vehicle. Its primary mandate is to generate ongoing income, all while ensuring the protection of capital and providing robust daily liquidity.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $6.48B
- Beta
- 0.05
- 52-Week Range
- 59.49-60.91
- Dividend Yield
- $2.44
- IPO Date
- Aug 6, 2014
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
FTSM Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for FTSM is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The FTSM 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.
FTSM fund facts: expense ratio 0.29%, assets under management $6.73B, NAV $59.57 as of the data source's update on Oct 8, 2026, 731 holdings in its latest file, launched Aug 5, 2014, issued by First Trust. See the FTSM holdings.
Frequently asked FTSM overview questions
- What is FTSM?
- FTSM is the ticker symbol for First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The FTSM, or First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF, functions as an actively managed investment vehicle. Its primary mandate is to generate ongoing income, all while ensuring the protection of capital and providing robust daily liquidity. Listed on NASDAQ. FTSM 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 are FTSM's key statistics?
- First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM) carries a market capitalization of $6.48B, 52-week range of 59.49-60.91. 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 FTSM belong to?
- First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity 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 FTSM'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 FTSM data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for FTSM, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. 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.