{
 "ticker": "FDTS",
 "name": "First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts.md",
 "as_of": "2026-11-12",
 "verdict": "FDTS tracks an index and returned +20.9% over the past year.",
 "lead": "FDTS returned +20.9% over the year to Nov 12, 2026, charges 0.80% a year and holds $13m in net assets on Nov 11, 2026.",
 "category": {
  "id": "stocks",
  "name": "Stocks",
  "label": "Stock ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/",
  "group": {
   "id": "international-stocks",
   "name": "International stocks"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "foreign-smid-value",
   "name": "International small and mid-cap value",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/foreign-smid-value/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-11-12",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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 "promise": {
  "badge": null,
  "label": "Not measured",
  "category": "stocks",
  "sentence": "no other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured",
  "figure": null,
  "unit": null,
  "from": null,
  "to": null,
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/"
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  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+20.9%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "sentence": "FDTS, total return, 1 year: +20.9%, as of Nov 12, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "+20.9%",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "FDTS, total return, 1 year: +20.9%, as of Nov 12, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.80%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-04-30",
   "sentence": "FDTS, expense ratio: 0.80%, as of Apr 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.80%",
    "as_of": "2026-04-30",
    "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "FDTS, expense ratio: 0.80%, as of Apr 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "404",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file",
   "as_of": "2026-11-11",
   "sentence": "FDTS, holdings: 404, as of Nov 11, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "404",
    "as_of": "2026-11-11",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-holdings",
    "text": "FDTS, holdings: 404, as of Nov 11, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22127.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "sentence": "FDTS, below its high: \u22127.5%, as of Nov 12, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u22127.5%",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "FDTS, below its high: \u22127.5%, as of Nov 12, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "12_month_yield_capital_gains_included_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price",
   "value": "3.2%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "sentence": "FDTS, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.2%, as of Nov 12, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "3.2%",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-12-month-yield-capital-gains-included-on-its-starting-price",
    "text": "FDTS, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.2%, as of Nov 12, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026",
   "value": "$0.2838",
   "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-09-24",
   "sentence": "FDTS, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026: $0.2838, as of Sep 24, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$0.2838",
    "as_of": "2026-09-24",
    "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-last-payment",
    "text": "FDTS, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026: $0.2838, as of Sep 24, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$13m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-11-11",
   "sentence": "FDTS, net assets: $13m (issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$13m",
    "as_of": "2026-11-11",
    "source": "issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "FDTS, net assets: $13m (issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026)."
   }
  }
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 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "Nasdaq AlphaDEX Developed Markets Ex-US Small Cap Index",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Equity fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Stocks \u00b7 International small and mid-cap value",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "region",
   "label": "Region",
   "value": "International developed",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.80%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$66.75",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Feb 16, 2012",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$13m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Its own holdings, as of Nov 11, 2026; no other fund tracks the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Developed Markets Ex-US Small Cap Index, the index its prospectus names",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "stated_benchmark",
   "label": "Stated benchmark",
   "value": "Nasdaq AlphaDEX Developed Markets Ex-US Small Cap Index (from its prospectus). FDTS is the only ETF ETFIQ covers that tracks it.",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22127.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "404",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "5.2%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_not_in_the_top_ten",
   "label": "Cash, not in the top ten",
   "value": "0.4%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_published_for",
   "label": "Holdings published for",
   "value": "Nov 11, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_as_of_the_close_of",
   "label": "Holdings as of the close of",
   "value": "Nov 11, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "100.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "promise_check",
   "label": "Promise check",
   "value": "Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured.",
   "source": null
  }
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 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "\u22125.2%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "\u22122.7%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u22125.0%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "\u22122.4%"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "\u22125.7%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+1.7%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "+16.4%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+11.9%"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+20.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+12.0%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+95.2%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+78.3%"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "+65.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+73.3%"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+164.6%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+309.6%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+219.7%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+618.7%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+8.2%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "\u2013"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has FDTS performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, FDTS returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +95.2%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FDTS cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.80% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FDTS hold?",
   "a": "404 positions as published by its issuer for Nov 11, 2026, with the top ten at 5.2% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is FDTS below its high?",
   "a": "7.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Nov 12, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Nov 12, 2026",
   "value": "$72.63 on May 8, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-05-08",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 72.6272,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-11-13",
    "to": "2026-11-12"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Nov 12, 2026",
   "value": "$54.56 on Nov 20, 2025",
   "as_of": "2025-11-20",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 54.5614,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-11-13",
    "to": "2026-11-12"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Nov 12, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$66.75, 67% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 66.751
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "404",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top10",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "5.2%",
   "as_of": "2026-11-12",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pe",
   "label": "P/E ratio",
   "value": "7.90",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": "First Trust, Oct 30, 2026",
   "number": 7.9,
   "url": "https://www.ftportfolios.com/Retail/Etf/EtfSummary.aspx?Ticker=FDTS"
  }
 ],
 "trading": {
  "as_of": "2026-11-11",
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "status": "not-scored",
  "lines": [
   "Not scored.",
   "$1,000: about $2.70, 0.27%, one way.",
   "$10,000: about $27, 0.27%, one way.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Nov 11 close: +0.48%; 95% of days within \u00b10.48%.",
   "Limit: midpoint + 19\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 19\u00a2 to sell. At the Nov 11 close of $67.34, that\u2019s $67.53 to buy and $67.15 to sell."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts/trading/"
 },
 "outside_us": [
  {
   "key": "statutory",
   "label": "US tax withheld on dividends, no treaty",
   "value": "30%",
   "date": "2026-10-30",
   "source": "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-lbi/tax-treaty-table-1.pdf",
   "number": 30.0,
   "url": "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-lbi/tax-treaty-table-1.pdf"
  },
  {
   "key": "treaty",
   "label": "Treaty rates on dividends (IRS table, read Oct 30, 2026)",
   "value": "65 countries, 10% to 30%",
   "date": "2026-10-30",
   "source": "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-lbi/tax-treaty-table-1.pdf",
   "number": 65.0,
   "url": "https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/tax-treaty-tables"
  },
  {
   "key": "qii",
   "label": "FDTS interest-related and short-term gain dividends",
   "value": "not read by ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "estate",
   "label": "US estate tax filing threshold, non-resident holders",
   "value": "$60,000",
   "date": "2026-10-30",
   "source": "https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i706na",
   "number": 60000.0,
   "url": "https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i706na"
  },
  {
   "key": "dist",
   "label": "Share class",
   "value": "Distributing",
   "source": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section852&num=0&edition=prelim",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/learn/non-us-holders"
  }
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 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-11-11",
  "coverage": "daily",
  "computed_by": "ETFIQ, from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day\u2019s NAV",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows",
  "data": "https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/fdts.json",
  "windows": [
   {
    "window": "1 day",
    "from": "2026-11-11",
    "to": "2026-11-11",
    "net_flow_usd": 0,
    "net_flow": "$0",
    "round_trip_usd": 0,
    "days_counted": 1,
    "trading_days": 1
   }
  ],
  "daily_counts_start": "2026-11-11",
  "windows_without_daily_figure": [
   "1 week",
   "1 month",
   "3 months",
   "Year to date",
   "1 year"
  ]
 },
 "generated": "2026-11-13",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.",
 "citation": "ETFIQ, FDTS, stock fund, data as of Nov 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/fdts"
}