LDSF — First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
LDSF — First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
LDSF Fund Overview
LDSF — First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. 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 VIII
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $162.07M
- 1-year return: 5.3%
- Ticker: LDSF
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000063239
- Share class ID: C000205110
LDSF Holdings
Top 8 holdings of First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 37.82% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 34.81% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 12.03% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 6.48% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III | 3.06% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 2.98% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III | 2.52% |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 0.29% |
LDSF Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.3% |
LDSF Performance
Total returns for LDSF (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.9% |
| 1 year | 5.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.4% |
LDSF Risk Information
Risk metrics for LDSF, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.8%
LDSF Costs and Fees
LDSF costs about $87 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.87%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.87%
- Portfolio turnover: 34%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.07 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
LDSF Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF had net inflows of $38.24M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $1.90M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.89M |
| 2026-03 | $4.74M |
| 2026-02 | $5.75M |
| 2026-01 | $7.67M |
| 2025-12 | $5.74M |
LDSF Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
LDSF Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-12
- Annual census, amended (N-CEN/A) — filed 2025-07-24
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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.