RFEM - First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF
The First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The Fund's investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in a portfolio of equity securities of emerging market companies, including through investments in common stock, depositary receipts and real estate investment trusts, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Market Cap
- $46.8M
- Beta
- 0.87
- 52-Week Range
- 67.095-96.0063
- Dividend Yield
- $1.61
- IPO Date
- Jun 15, 2016
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
RFEM Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for RFEM 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 RFEM 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 RFEM overview questions
- What is RFEM?
- RFEM is the ticker symbol for First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund. The Fund's investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. Listed on NASDAQ. RFEM 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 RFEM's key statistics?
- First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF (RFEM) carries a market capitalization of $46.8M, 52-week range of 67.095-96.0063. 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 RFEM belong to?
- First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Global 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 RFEM'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 RFEM data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for RFEM, 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.