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First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR) ETF Overview

Name: First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR) price history and fund statistics
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Price history, fund statistics and profile — an exchange-traded fund.

Exchange-Traded Funds · Commodities Broad Basket · DATA UPDATED 2026-08-31

First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (FAAR) is an exchange-traded fund managed by First Trust in the "Commodities Broad Basket" category. It manages roughly $198 million in assets.

The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve long-term total return through long and short investments in exchange-traded commodity futures contracts ("Commodity Futures") through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary").

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FAAR Fund Statistics

Expense ratio	0.98%
Trailing yield	8.50%
Assets under management	$198 million
Fund category	Commodities Broad Basket
Fund family	First Trust
Inception	2016-05-18

The live price chart, fund profile and news are in the interactive FAAR viewer.

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