LALT First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF

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$24.49
−0.4% · 1 day, price
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LALT returned 12.0%. When the S&P 500 fell, it fell 9% as much.

Multi-strategy fund: runs several alternative strategies at once, or aims to return what hedge funds as a group returnFirst Trust ↗Expense ratio 1.18%Fund assets $442m on Nov 3, 2026First traded Feb 1, 2023Benchmark VOOFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every First Trust fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

Promise check: Not measuredIts strategy, multistrategy, states no objective ETFIQ can measure.

LALT risk and return scorecard

vs VOO, its stated benchmark (secondary) · Feb 2023 to Oct 2026 · 194 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

3.7 years
LALT +36.5%, VOO +94.8%, Feb 2023 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.

Secondary: VOO tracks the S&P 500 Index, named in its shareholder report. Its own benchmark is its holdings, which have no weekly prices.

Return
MeasureLALTVOOEdge
Total return+36.5%+94.8%VOO
Annualized+8.7%+19.6%VOO
Price return+24.5%+85.3%VOO
Risk
MeasureLALTVOOEdge
Volatility4.8%13.9%LALT
Max drawdown−4.1%−16.7%LALT
Upside capture14.8%100.0%VOO
Downside capture7.3%100.0%LALT
Risk-adjusted
MeasureLALTVOOEdge
Sharpe ratio0.801.03VOO
Sortino ratio1.181.58VOO
Alpha vs VOO
MeasureLALTVOOEdge
Alpha, a year+1.6%Not significant
Alpha t-stat0.72
Beta to VOO0.161.00Lower beta

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026
Latest day
+$2.5m
Last 5 trading days
+$9.9m
12 months to Aug 31, 2026
+$315m
In on 13 days, out on 1. 44 days missing.

What you earned

LALT −0.9%: total return over one month to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT−0.9%
LALT +1.9%: total return over three months to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT+1.9%
LALT 0.0%: total return over six months to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT0.0%
LALT +10.4%: total return over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT+10.4%
LALT +12.0%: total return over one year to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT+12.0%
LALT +33.7%: total return over three years to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT+33.7%
LALT +34.3%: total return since launch to Nov 4, 2026.
LALT+34.3%

How concentrated, and what does it cost?

+0.34
Correlation with the S&P 500
+0.17
Beta to the S&P 500
8.9%
Down-week capture
+8.0 pts
Against T-bills, 52 weeks
4.3%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
$0.0809
Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 24, 2026
Sector mix
Cost against like funds

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Price and total return, 1 year

$24.49−0.4%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

LALT returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026−0.9%−1.0%
3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026+1.9%−0.1%
6M May 6 – Nov 4, 20260.0%+5.0%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+10.4%+13.3%
1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026+12.0%+14.8%
3Y Nov 3, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026+33.7%+82.9%
Since launch Feb 1, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026+34.3%+95.7%
Since launch, annualised Feb 1, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026+8.2%–

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Fell 9% as much as the S&P 500
Fell 9% as much as the S&P 500LALT in the 26 weeks SPY fell, year to Nov 4, 2026: SPY averaged −1.07%, LALT −0.10%.SPY−1.07%LALT−0.10%Average week when SPY fell: 26 of 52, year to Nov 4, 2026Fell 9% as much as the S&P 500LALT in the 26 weeks SPY fell, year to Nov 4, 2026: SPY averaged −1.07%, LALT −0.10%.SPY−1.07%LALT−0.10%Average week when SPY fell

LALT in the 26 weeks SPY fell, year to Nov 4, 2026: SPY averaged −1.07%, LALT −0.10%.

Money in and out

Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026

LALT: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $38.5m came in.

1D
+$2.5m
0.6% of $439m on Nov 2, 2026
Nov 3, 2026
5D
+$9.9m
2.3% of $437m on Oct 27, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
12 months
+$315m
1,426.9% of $22.1m on Aug 31, 2025
Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
3 years
+$335m
33,102.3% of $1.0m on Aug 31, 2023
Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Dec 2022 to Aug 2026
+$336m
Dec 1, 2022 to Aug 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Net flow each trading day
Net flow into LALT each trading day, Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026+$3.7m+$6.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$8.7m−$1.2m+$1.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$2.5mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First Trust+$8.7m−$8.7mAug 4, 2026Nov 3, 2026

LALT, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 1 day, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 13 days, out on 1. 44 days missing.

Net flow into LALT each trading day, Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026+$3.7m+$6.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$8.7m−$1.2m+$1.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$2.5mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First Trust+$8.7m−$8.7mNov 4, 2025Nov 3, 2026

LALT, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 1 day, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 13 days, out on 1. 230 days missing.

Net flow into LALT each trading day, Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026+$3.7m+$6.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$1.2m+$8.7m−$1.2m+$1.2m+$3.7m+$2.5m+$1.2m+$2.5mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from First Trust+$8.7m−$8.7mApr 2, 2025Nov 3, 2026

LALT, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 1 day, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 13 days, out on 1. 379 days missing.

Money in, netMoney out, netMonthly basis
Streak
Money in on 4 trading days running, Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, a net +$9.9m.

Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.

How this is computed

Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for LALT, back to Dec 2022, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare LALT with other funds in the flows tool

Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Nov 3, 2026 +$2.5m
Nov 2, 2026 +$1.2m
Oct 30, 2026 +$2.5m
Oct 29, 2026 +$3.7m
Oct 28, 2026 $0
Oct 27, 2026 $0
Oct 26, 2026 +$1.2m
Oct 23, 2026 −$1.2m
Oct 22, 2026 +$8.7m
Oct 21, 2026 $0
Oct 20, 2026 +$1.2m
Oct 19, 2026 $0
Oct 16, 2026 +$1.2m
Oct 15, 2026 +$1.2m
Oct 14, 2026 $0
Oct 13, 2026 $0
Oct 12, 2026 +$2.5m
Oct 9, 2026 +$3.7m
Oct 8, 2026 +$6.2m
Oct 7, 2026 +$3.7m
Oct 6, 2026 $0 covers 2 trading days

Most recent first.

Week by week, last year5 weeks
Nov 3, 2026 +$3.7m 2 days
Oct 30, 2026 +$7.5m
Oct 23, 2026 +$8.7m
Oct 16, 2026 +$5.0m
Oct 9, 2026 +$13.6m 4 days

Net flow into LALT each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.

Month by month, money in and money outNov 2023 to Nov 2026

LALT, money in and money out each month from Nov 2023 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Nov 2023 to Aug 2026 are from LALT’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Sep 2026 has no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 28 and went out in 1.

Bars for Nov 2023 to Aug 2026 are from LALT’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 28 and went out in 1.

MonthInOutNet
Nov 2026 ETFIQ, the sum of its days, Nov 2 to Nov 3+$3.7m$0+$3.7m
Oct 2026 ETFIQ, the sum of its days, Oct 6 to Oct 30+$36.0m−$1.2m+$34.8m
Aug 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$46.0m−$1.2m+$44.8m
Jul 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$46.7m−$1.2m+$45.5m
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$185m$0+$185m
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.9m$0+$4.9m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$12.3m$0+$12.3m
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.5m−$6.1m+$2.4m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$7.2m$0+$7.2m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.2m$0+$1.2m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.7m$0+$5.7m
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.2m$0+$1.2m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.4m$0+$3.4m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.2m−$1.1m+$1.1m
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.0m$0+$1.0m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.0m$0+$1.0m
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.0m−$4.1m−$3.0m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$5.2m$0+$5.2m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m$0+$1.1m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.1m$0+$2.1m
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.1m−$1.0m+$2k
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.1m$0+$2.1m
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.1m$0+$2.1m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.0m$0+$1.0m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$2.0m$0+$2.0m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$993k$0+$993k
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT$0$0$0

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.

LALT key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$25.05 on Oct 13, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$22.64 on Dec 18, 2025
Close on Nov 4, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$24.49, 77% of the way from the low to the high
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Nov 3, 2026
Trading · LALTas of Nov 3, 2026
67
Liquid with care39th percentile of 18 alternatives ETFs3 of 6 measured · Nov 3, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant

Liquid with care: its typical spread is 0.12% of its price.

Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
$1,000$0.600.06%
$10,000$6.000.06%
Full cost to own · 1 year at $10,000
1.50%fee alone 1.18%
Fee + round-trip spread + median premium paid
Premium or discount to NAV, Nov 3 close+0.20%
−0.4%95% of days within ±0.28% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.4%
How to tradeLimit: midpoint + 2¢ to buy, midpoint − 2¢ to sell.At the Nov 3 close of $24.60, that’s $24.62 to buy and $24.58 to sell.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

LALT for holders outside the US

US tax withheld on dividends, no treaty30%
Treaty rates on dividends (IRS table, read Oct 30, 2026)65 countries, 10% to 30%
LALT interest-related and short-term gain dividendsnot read by ETFIQ
US estate tax filing threshold, non-resident holders$60,000
Share classDistributing

LALT is a US fund. Stock of US corporations counts as US property for a non-resident's estate. Facts from the IRS, not tax advice. How withholding and treaties work

About LALT

IssuerFirst Trust
Strategy (ETFIQ, from its prospectus)Multi-strategy
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 29, 2025)1.18%Report
Net assets (issuer page, as of Nov 3, 2026)$442mReport
Stated benchmark (secondary)S&P 500 Index (from its shareholder report), priced by VOO
LALT, 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 (secondary)+12.0%
VOO, the same days (secondary)+14.8%
Against its stated benchmark, 1 year (secondary)−2.8 pts
Daily R-squared against VOO, 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 (secondary)0.07
Weeks measured52, from Nov 5, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026
Weeks the S&P 500 fell26
The S&P 500 in those weeks, on average−1.07%
LALT in those weeks, on average−0.10%
LALT total return over those weeks+11.6%
T-bills (BIL) over the same weeks+3.7%
When stocks fellS&P 500 −4.9% in March 2026; LALT +2.2%
Weekly correlation with the S&P 500+0.34, 52 weeks to Nov 4, 2026
First tradedFeb 1, 2023
Days traded944
Quotedon an exchange, every trading day
How we measure
Weekly closes from Tiingo with distributions reinvested, 52 weeks to the same date for the fund, SPY and BIL. ETFIQ calculation. Method
IQ Investment Committee on LALT

12 seats on LALT, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Challenges, 8 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityDoes not apply
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingSupports
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatNot enough data
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Questions people ask about LALT

Does LALT move with the S&P 500?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LALT’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.34 with the S&P 500’s, on a scale where 1 moves in step, 0 shows no pattern and −1 moves opposite. Its beta was +0.17, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.17% the same way.
What did LALT do when stocks fell?
The S&P 500 fell in 26 of the 52 weeks to Nov 4, 2026, by 1.07% on average. In those weeks LALT fell 0.10% on average, a down-week capture of 8.9%.
Did LALT earn more than cash?
Over the same 52 weeks LALT returned +11.6% with distributions reinvested, and BIL, a fund of Treasury bills, returned +3.7%. LALT finished 8.0 percentage points ahead of it.
What does LALT cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 1.18% a year.
Why is LALT listed as multi-strategy?
ETFIQ files each fund by what its own prospectus says it does, and LALT’s, filed Dec 29, 2025, describes a multi-strategy fund.
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Correlation
How closely the fund’s weekly returns moved with the S&P 500’s over the last year, from −1 to 1. At 1 the two rise and fall together, at 0 there is no pattern, and below 0 the fund tended to move the other way.
Beta
How far the fund moved, on average, for each 1% move in the S&P 500 over the same weeks. At 0.3 it moved about 0.3% the same way; below 0 it moved the other way.
Down week
A week in which the S&P 500 fell, measured through SPY with dividends reinvested. A week that ended exactly level is not a down week.
Down-week capture
The fund’s average return in the S&P 500’s down weeks as a share of the index’s own average in those weeks. At 100% it fell as much, at 50% half as much, and below zero it rose. It is weekly and covers one year, so it is not the same number as Morningstar’s downside capture.
Against T-bills
The fund’s total return minus a short Treasury bill fund’s (BIL) over the same year, in percentage points. A fund can steady a portfolio and still earn less than cash.
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