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FAAR vs FTGC: how they differ

FAAR and FTGC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FTGC returned +42.1% over the year. First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF and First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.

Both cost 0.98% a year; their one-year returns differ by 22.4 points; FTGC is 14.1 times larger.

FAARFTGC
Expense ratio0.98%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$241m$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+19.7%+42.1%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
+42.1%
FTGC total return, 1 year
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio
0.98%
FTGC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FAAR and FTGC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FAAR FTGC
Only in FAAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 11.19%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.40%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.38%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.36%
Only in FTGC
GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 7.38%
BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 6.53%
GOLD 100 OZ FUTR Dec26 6.28%
WTI CRUDE FUTURE Dec26 5.63%
LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 5.47%
NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 5.13%
Low Su Gasoil G Nov26 5.10%
COPPER FUTURE Dec26 5.05%

On the same fields

FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
FTGC
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer First Trust First Trust
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.7% +42.1%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.4 pts +24.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.98%
Holdings 4 30
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $241m $3.4bn

FAAR and FTGC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FAAR in plain words

FAAR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of May 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +40.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index.

FTGC in plain words

FTGC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.1% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FAAR or FTGC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FAAR returned +19.7% and FTGC +42.1%.
Which is cheaper, FAAR or FTGC?
Neither: FAAR and FTGC both charge 0.98% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FAAR and FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR and FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, FAAR against FTGC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/faar-vs-ftgc

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