{
 "ticker": "FTHI",
 "name": "First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fthi",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fthi",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/fthi.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% in cash and still finished 7.0 points behind SPY.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "8.9%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 8.9%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+10.5%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, total return, 1 year: +10.5%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_spy",
   "label": "Against SPY",
   "value": "\u22127.0 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, against SPY: \u22127.0 pts, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "9.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, latest payout, annualized: 9.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$2.5bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, net assets: $2.5bn (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.75%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "FTHI, expense ratio: 0.75% (485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "covered call",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$2.5bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "9.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.75%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "8.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Jan 7, 2014",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "30 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "8 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.179 ex Aug 21, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_12_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 12 distributions",
   "value": "$2.107",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "2.2%",
   "Price": "+0.6%",
   "Total return": "+2.9%",
   "SPY": "+3.3%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22120.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "4.6%",
   "Price": "+3.8%",
   "Total return": "+8.6%",
   "SPY": "+16.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22127.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "8.9%",
   "Price": "+1.1%",
   "Total return": "+10.5%",
   "SPY": "+17.5%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22127.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Cash paid": "28.8%",
   "Price": "+13.5%",
   "Total return": "+48.2%",
   "SPY": "+77.9%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221229.7 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "82.6%",
   "Price": "+19.3%",
   "Total return": "+157.0%",
   "SPY": "+414.6%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u2212257.6 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has FTHI paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 1.1%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is FTHI ahead of SPY?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +10.5% against +17.5% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 7.0 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does FTHI pay, and how much?",
   "a": "FTHI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 9.0% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does FTHI next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "FTHI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 21, 2026 at $0.179 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 8 days."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does FTHI cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}