{
 "ticker": "IGLD",
 "name": "FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/igld",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/igld",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/igld.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-18",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IGLD paid 21.6% in cash and still finished 6.2 points behind GLD.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "21.6%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 21.6%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+13.3%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, total return, 1 year: +13.3%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_gld",
   "label": "Against GLD",
   "value": "\u22126.2 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, against GLD: \u22126.2 pts, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "22.5%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, latest payout, annualized: 22.5%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$612m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, net assets: $612m (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.85%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "IGLD, expense ratio: 0.85% (485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "option income",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Gold (GLD) (proxy)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$612m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "22.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.85%",
   "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": "23.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Mar 3, 2021",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "5.7%",
   "Price": "\u22123.6%",
   "Total return": "+2.4%",
   "GLD": "+3.6%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22121.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "10.7%",
   "Price": "\u221212.8%",
   "Total return": "\u22122.2%",
   "GLD": "\u22123.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "+0.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "21.6%",
   "Price": "\u22127.9%",
   "Total return": "+13.3%",
   "GLD": "+19.5%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22126.2 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Cash paid": "55.3%",
   "Price": "+12.6%",
   "Total return": "+81.5%",
   "GLD": "+123.8%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221242.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "64.5%",
   "Price": "+6.7%",
   "Total return": "+94.5%",
   "GLD": "+149.8%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221255.2 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has IGLD paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IGLD paid 21.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 7.9%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is IGLD ahead of GLD?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, IGLD returned +13.3% against +19.5% for Gold (GLD), so a holder was behind it by 6.2 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does IGLD pay, and how much?",
   "a": "IGLD pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 22.5% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does IGLD cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-21",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}