First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VII |
Ticker
Symbol: |
FAAR |
Exchange: |
Nasdaq |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price) |
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Management
Fees |
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Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
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Other
Expenses |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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1
Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception |
Inception
Date |
Return Before
Taxes |
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Return After
Taxes On Distributions |
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Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
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3 Month U.S.
Treasury Bills + 3% (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
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Bloomberg
Commodity Index (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or
taxes) |
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S&P
500® Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
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Commodity |
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Cattle, Live
/ Choice Average |
Crude Oil,
Brent / Global Spot |
Cocoa |
NY Harbor
ULSD (Heating Oil) |
Cotton /
1-1/16” |
Gas-Oil-Petroleum |
Feeder
Cattle |
Natural Gas,
Henry Hub |
Coffee ‘C’ /
Colombian |
ICE Natural
Gas Futures |
Soybeans /
No. 2 Yellow |
Endex Dutch
TTF Natural Gas |
Soybean Meal
/ 48% Protein |
Gasoline,
Blendstock (RBOB) |
Soybean Oil
/ Crude |
Gold |
Corn / No. 2
Yellow |
Silver |
Wheat / No.
2 Hard Winter |
Palladium |
Wheat / No.
2 Soft Red |
Platinum |
Sugar #11 /
World Raw |
Copper High
Grade / Scrap No. 2 Wire |
Sugar #11 /
White Sugar |
Aluminum,
LME Primary |
Hogs, Lean /
Average Iowa/S Minn |
Lead, LME
Primary |
Crude Oil,
WTI / Global Spot |
Nickel, LME
Primary |
Canola
Futures |
Tin, LME
Primary |
Carbon
Emission Futures |
Zinc, LME
Primary |
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Average
Annual |
Cumulative | ||
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1
Year |
5
Years |
Inception
(5/18/2016) |
5
Years |
Inception
(5/18/2016) |
Fund
Performance |
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Net Asset
Value |
13.49% |
2.97% |
1.68% |
15.79% |
9.80% |
Market
Price |
12.31% |
2.96% |
1.70% |
15.73% |
9.94% |
Index
Performance |
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3 Month
U.S. Treasury Bills + 3% |
3.10% |
4.23% |
4.14% |
22.99% |
25.59% |
Bloomberg
Commodity Index |
27.11% |
3.66% |
3.74% |
19.70% |
22.94% |
S&P
500®
Index |
28.71% |
18.47% |
18.41% |
133.41% |
158.57% |
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Year
Ended December 31, | ||||
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2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$26.95 |
$25.88 |
$26.48 |
$29.35 |
$28.45 |
Income
from investment operations: |
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Net
investment income (loss) |
(0.28)(a) |
(0.18)(a) |
0.36 |
0.14 |
(0.10)(a) |
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.92 |
2.08 |
(0.70) |
(2.86) |
1.83 |
Total
from investment operations |
3.64 |
1.90 |
(0.34) |
(2.72) |
1.73 |
Distributions
paid to shareholders from: |
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Net
investment income |
(1.87) |
(0.83) |
(0.26) |
(0.11) |
(0.83) |
Return of
capital |
— |
— |
— |
(0.04) |
— |
Total
distributions |
(1.87) |
(0.83) |
(0.26) |
(0.15) |
(0.83) |
Net
asset value, end of period |
$28.72 |
$26.95 |
$25.88 |
$26.48 |
$29.35 |
Total
Return(b) |
13.49% |
7.35% |
(1.27)% |
(9.23)% |
6.08% |
Ratios
to average net assets /supplemental data: |
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Net
assets, end of period (in 000’s) |
$117,768 |
$59,298 |
$25,879 |
$18,534 |
$7,338 |
Ratio of
total expenses to average net assets |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
0.95% |
Ratio of
net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
(0.95)% |
(0.68)% |
0.88% |
0.65% |
(0.33)% |
Portfolio
turnover rate(c) |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
First
Trust
Exchange-Traded
Fund VII |