FTGC — First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-28
FTGC — First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Commodity · $2.52B AUM · 0.98% expense ratio · 33.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FTGC Fund Overview
FTGC — First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII, categorised as Commodity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII
- Category: Commodity
- Assets under management: $2.52B
- 1-year return: 33.7%
- Ticker: FTGC
- SEC CIK: 0001561785
- SEC series ID: S000039654
- Share class ID: C000122820
FTGC Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 28.71% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 28.71% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.91% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.89% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.88% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 6.12% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 5.90% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 5.90% |
| New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. | 1.50% |
| Board Of Trade Of The City Of Chicago, Inc. | 0.82% |
FTGC Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 57.4% |
| Fixed Income | 41.6% |
| Derivatives | 4.6% |
FTGC Performance
Total returns for FTGC (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 25.2% |
| 1 year | 33.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 15.6% |
FTGC Risk Information
Risk metrics for FTGC, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.7%
FTGC Costs and Fees
FTGC costs about $98 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.98%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.98%
- Portfolio turnover: 16%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FTGC Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund had net outflows of $266.10M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $120.42M |
| 2026-02 | $75.82M |
| 2026-01 | $70.09M |
| 2025-12 | −$78.57M |
| 2025-11 | −$4.17M |
| 2025-10 | −$146.57M |
FTGC Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.91% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.89% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 7.88% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 6.12% |
| United States Treasury Notes | 5.90% |
| United States Treasury Bills | 5.90% |
FTGC Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Other Commodity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:
Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.