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$45.55

52-Week Range: $34.56 – $51.10
YTD: +2.64%
IV Rank (30D): 28.89
Straddle Price: $4.40

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First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL) ETF

Exchange: ARCX
Inception: 2022-10-25
Has Options: Yes

ETF Profile

Holdings

39

AUM

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Provider

Firsttrust

Inception

2022-10-25

Exchange

ARCX

Data As Of

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Expense Ratio

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Dividend Yield

0.36%

Distribution

Quarterly

Recent distributions

Ex-Date	Pay Date	Amount	Type
2026-03-26	2026-03-31	$0.0286	CD
2025-09-25	2025-09-30	$0.1073	CD
2025-06-26	2025-06-30	$0.0279	CD
2025-03-27	2025-03-31	$0.0357	CD
2024-12-13	2024-12-31	$0.1354	CD
2024-09-26	2024-09-30	$0.0244	CD

Asset Allocation

Top Holdings

Symbol	Name	Weight %	Asset Class	Country

Geographic Breakdown

Fund Holdings

First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF · NPORT-P period 2026-12-31 (filed 2026-05-28)

Net assets: $1.44B · 39 total positions · equity 99.94% · non-equity 0.10%

#	Symbol	Issuer	Weight	Value
1	Lockheed Martin Corporation COM	Lockheed Martin Corporation	9.56%	$137.8M
2	RTX Corp. COM	RTX Corp.	8.79%	$126.7M
3	General Dynamics Corporation COM	General Dynamics Corporation	8.33%	$120.0M
4	GE Aerospace COM NEW	GE Aerospace	7.58%	$109.2M
5	Boeing Co. COM	Boeing Co.	7.29%	$105.0M
6	Northrop Grumman Corporation COM	Northrop Grumman Corporation	4.74%	$68.2M
7	Howmet Aerospace Inc COM	Howmet Aerospace Inc	4.54%	$65.3M
8	L3 Harris Technologies Inc COM	L3 Harris Technologies Inc	4.42%	$63.6M
9	AST SpaceMobile Inc. COM CL A	AST SpaceMobile Inc.	3.64%	$52.5M
10	Transdigm Group Inc. COM	TRANSDIGM GROUP INC	3.58%	$51.5M
11	FTAI Aviation Ltd COM USD0.01	FTAI Aviation Ltd	3.36%	$48.4M
12	Heico Corp COM	Heico Corp	3.33%	$48.0M
13	Curtiss-Wright Corp. COM	Curtiss-Wright Corp.	3.33%	$47.9M
14	Rocket Lab Corp. COM	ROCKET LAB CORP	3.25%	$46.8M
15	Woodward Inc. COM	Woodward Inc.	2.92%	$42.1M
16	Leidos Holdings Inc COM	Leidos Holdings Inc	2.69%	$38.8M
17	Textron Inc. COM	Textron Inc.	2.08%	$29.9M
18	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. COM	Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.	2.01%	$28.9M
19	CACI International Inc. CL A	CACI International Inc.	1.65%	$23.8M
20	Leonardo DRS Inc COM	Leonardo DRS Inc	1.63%	$23.5M
21	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. COM NEW	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.	1.50%	$21.6M
22	Karman Holdings Inc. COMMON STOCK	KARMAN HOLDINGS INC	1.39%	$20.0M
23	Moog Inc. CL A	Moog Inc.	1.30%	$18.7M
24	AeroVironment, Inc. COM	AeroVironment, Inc.	1.19%	$17.1M
25	Hexcel Corporation COM	Hexcel Corporation	0.87%	$12.6M

Showing top 25 of 38 equity holdings.

Price History

Seasonality

Month	Avg Return	Years of Data
Jan	+3.42%	4
Feb	+0.41%	4
Mar	-2.92%	4
Apr	-0.09%	4
May	+4.63%	4
Jun	+1.62%	4
Jul	+3.83%	3
Aug	+1.28%	3
Sep	+0.03%	3
Oct	+1.95%	4
Nov	+1.50%	4
Dec	+1.17%	4

Technical Indicators

? Indicator Guide

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators

SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
+DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility

Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $46.40

SMA 50: $45.75

SMA 200: $44.43

Current: $45.58

EMA 12: $46.57

EMA 26: $46.27

MACD: 0.3024 | Signal: -0.1254

BULLISH

ADX (14): 17.50

RANGE

+DI: 21.89

−DI: 23.75

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 46.42

NEUTRAL

Stoch %K: 38.35

Stoch %D: 43.25

Williams %R: -73.48

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $48.93

BB Lower: $43.87

NEUTRAL

OBV: -22,437,707

Vol SMA 20: 185,643

Vol ROC: -60.41%

ATR: $1.10

True Range: $0.91

HV 20: 29.2%

HV 30: 28.2%

HV 60: 27.9%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500

Last Updated: 2026-06-08T21:15:14.797000

Date Range: 2024-06-10T00:00:00 – 2026-06-08T00:00:00

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News

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Earnings History

Options Activity

IV Rank (30D): 28.89
IV Rank (7D): 91.41
Avg IV: 41.9%
Straddle (30D): $4.40
Straddle (7D): $3.55

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Spread Scanner GPU

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? Score Guide Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR25 and BF25 from the live options chain. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)

Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)

RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
MACD crossover + histogram trend
Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200

Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)

Stochastic %K <20 / >80
Williams %R <−80 / >−20

Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)

Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs

Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)

IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)

Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)

Min open interest across all legs
OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

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Skew Metrics per Expiry ? Guide

Risk Reversal (RR)

IV(10% OTM call) − IV(10% OTM put)

Measures the direction of skew — which side the market is paying up for. Expressed as a vol difference in percentage points.

−3% to −10% → mild to moderate put skew. Normal for most large-cap stocks — puts always carry some premium from portfolio hedging demand.
−10% to −20% → strong put skew. Elevated fear, heavy hedging, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, macro event). Worth noting.
Below −20% → extreme put skew. Stress signal — market aggressively buying downside protection.
−3% to 0% → nearly symmetric. Rare for equities; means the market sees roughly equal up/down risk.
Positive → calls more expensive than puts. Unusual — signals strong upside momentum, short squeeze risk, or takeover speculation.

Butterfly (BF)

½ × (IV call + IV put) − IV ATM

Measures curvature — how much the wings are bid up relative to ATM. Always expressed as a positive number (wing premium). Think of it as the cost of a tail hedge above and beyond the ATM vol.

0% to 2% → flat smile. Market pricing near-normal return distribution, low tail risk.
2% to 5% → moderate wing premium. Some tail risk priced in — typical in earnings cycles or elevated VIX environments.
Above 5% → high curvature. Fat tails aggressively priced — market expects a large move but is uncertain of direction. Very common right before earnings.

Reading them together

RR	BF	Interpretation
-15%	+5%	Strong put skew + fat tails — fear or upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA)
-5%	+1%	Normal mild put skew, calm market
-20%	+8%	Extreme fear — heavy hedging, major event risk
~0%	+2%	Balanced market, no strong directional bias
+5%	+3%	Call skew — bullish momentum or short squeeze risk

Expiry	DTE	ATM IV	25d Put IV	25d Call IV	Risk Reversal	Butterfly	Interpretation	Strategy Suggestions (hover for rationale)

IV Rank (7 DTE)

IV Rank (30 DTE)

Straddle Price (30 DTE)

Beta Analysis

Beta (1Y vs SPY): 1.07
Correlation (SPY): 56.7%
R²: 0.32
Ann. Volatility: 22.8%
SPY Volatility: 12.1%

Above average volatility - stock moves with market amplification

Beta & Alpha Over Time

Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-03-31

? 13F Guide

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
% of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

135 filers28,135,123 shares$1.06B value

#	Filer	Shares	Value	% of Total	% of Float	Period
1	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP	14,692,155	$656.89M	61.81%	—	2026-03-31
2	LPL Financial LLC Custodian	994,066	$44.44M	4.18%	—	2026-03-31
3	WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN Custodian	912,527	$40.80M	3.84%	—	2026-03-31
4	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC Custodian	603,804	$27.00M	2.54%	—	2026-03-31
5	MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC	429,595	$19.21M	1.81%	—	2026-03-31
6	WCG Wealth Advisors LLC	409,261	$18.30M	1.72%	—	2026-03-31
7	NewEdge Advisors, LLC	406,404	$18.17M	1.71%	—	2026-03-31
8	Nilsine Partners, LLC	398,408	$17.48M	1.65%	—	2026-03-31
9	Kestra Advisory Services, LLC	368,535	$16.48M	1.55%	—	2026-03-31
10	&PARTNERS	366,350	$16.38M	1.54%	—	2026-03-31
11	Advisory Services Network, LLC Custodian	344,102	$15.38M	1.45%	—	2026-03-31
12	Mutual Advisors, LLC	239,548	$10.71M	1.01%	—	2026-03-31
13	D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.	230,348	$10.30M	0.97%	—	2026-03-31
14	STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP Custodian	203,973	$9.12M	0.86%	—	2026-03-31
15	Proactive Wealth Strategies LLC	191,122	$8.55M	0.80%	—	2026-03-31
16	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Custodian	182,978	$8.18M	0.77%	—	2026-03-31
17	BENJAMIN EDWARDS INC	177,334	$7.93M	0.75%	—	2026-03-31
18	NewSquare Capital LLC	170,833	$7.64M	0.72%	—	2026-03-31
19	OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. Custodian	164,942	$7.37M	0.69%	—	2026-03-31
20	ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	149,844	$6.70M	0.63%	—	2026-03-31
21	Summit Financial, LLC	148,944	$6.66M	0.63%	—	2026-03-31
22	Cetera Investment Advisers	130,175	$5.82M	0.55%	—	2026-03-31
23	World Investment Advisors	110,090	$4.92M	0.46%	—	2026-03-31
24	MORGAN STANLEY Custodian	113,199	$4.84M	0.46%	—	2025-12-31
25	Prosperity Financial Group, Inc.	105,409	$4.71M	0.44%	—	2026-03-31

#	Filer	Notional Value	% of Total	Period

#	Filer	Notional Value	% of Total	Period

Insider Activity

Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.

Filed	Reporter	Role	Action	Shares	Avg Price	Net $	Link

Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.

Insider Holdings

Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.

#	Insider	Role	Shares	Disclosed Exposure	Lifetime OM Net	Filings	Last Filed

Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.

Recent SEC Filings

Current reports — material events the company must disclose within 4 business days (earnings releases, M&A, executive changes, etc.).

Filing Date	Accession	Link

Annual report — audited financial statements, MD&A, risk factors. Filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end.

Filing Date	Accession	Link

Quarterly report — unaudited financials and MD&A. Filed 40–45 days after each of the first three fiscal quarters.

Filing Date	Accession	Link

ETF Holders

#	ETF	Provider	Weight	$ Exposure	ETF AUM	As Of

Fundamentals

? Fundamentals Guide

Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.

Metrics

Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.

How to read the bars

Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.

TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.

Valuation

? Valuation Guide

Ratios derived from TTM financials and the current market price, sampled daily. History chart shows how expensive the stock is today relative to its own recent past.

Price Multiples

P/E — price / TTM earnings. Rough market rule: 10–15 value, 15–25 market, >30 growth/premium. Negative when earnings are negative.
P/B — price / book value. Useful for financials and asset-heavy names; meaningless for asset-light software.
P/S — price / TTM revenue. Useful when earnings are negative or noisy (early-stage growth).
EV/EBITDA — capital-structure-neutral. <10 cheap, 10–15 reasonable, >20 rich. Good for comparing across leverage profiles.
EV/Sales — like P/S but accounts for debt + cash. Compare within sector.

Profitability & Yields

ROE — return on equity. >15% strong, >25% exceptional. Caution: high leverage inflates ROE.
ROA — return on assets. Leverage-neutral; >5% solid, >10% exceptional.
Div Yield — annual dividend / price. Compare to 10Y Treasury; sustained yield >6% often signals distress.
FCF Yield — free cash flow / market cap. >5% is attractive; negative means burning cash.

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity — leverage. <1 conservative, >2 aggressive. Sector-dependent (utilities naturally high, tech low).
Current Ratio — short-term liquidity. >1.5 comfortable, <1 raises short-term solvency flags.

Reading the history chart

Compare current level to the 3-year band: near the high end = relatively expensive; near the low = relatively cheap.
Multiples expanding while earnings are flat = sentiment-driven rally.
Multiples compressing while earnings grow = value coming from fundamentals.

Metric:

Short Interest & Float

? Short Interest Guide

Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.

Metric definitions

Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.

How to read the signals

SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
>30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.

History chart

Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.

Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.

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Constituents

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Trend Indicators

Momentum Oscillators

Volume & Volatility

Data Summary