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First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield of the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index, which tracks securities that are no

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	First Trust Advisors LP
Website	www.ftportfolios.com
Inception date	Feb 14, 2007
Assets (mns)	$105
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	60 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian	Bank of New York Mellon
Weighting	Equal
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	No

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	63
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$69,918
Large cap (>$10bn)	99.2%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	0.8%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.0%
Developed mkts	94.7%
Emerging mkts	5.3%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	18.1 %
TESLA MOTORS INC	2.0 %
JD.COM INC-ADR	1.9 %
MERCADOLIBRE INC	1.9 %
CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL-ADR	1.8 %
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC	1.8 %
ULTA SALON COSMETICS & FRAGR	1.8 %
COSTAR GROUP INC	1.8 %
COMCAST CORP-CL A	1.7 %
COPART INC	1.7 %
VERISK ANALYTICS INC-CLASS A	1.7 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	91.5 %
	CHINA	3.7 %
	BRITAIN	3.1 %
	ARGENTINA	1.9 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

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Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
28.0%	28.0%	8.2%	13.3%	9.4%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	1.05	87%
MSCI EAFE	1.04	70%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.72	57%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$60.04
30d moving avg.	$58.60
Annualized volatility	13.7%
Short interest (ETF)	0.1%
Short interest (Underlying)	5.0%
Relative strength (RSI)	72

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	5
Turnover	0.3%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.06%
ADV underlying (mns)	$28,020

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with QQXT. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

QQXT

Expense:

60 bp

ALTAR Score™:

4.8%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH QQXT
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs QQXT (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs QQXT (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs QQXT (%)
QQEW	First Trust NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight	59.5	60	0	4.9	+0.1
QQQE	Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weight	59.4	35	25	5.2	+0.4
QYLD	Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF	36.3	60	0	4.5	-0.3
QQQ	Invesco QQQ	34.7	20	40	4.7	-0.1
JKE	iShares Morningstar Large Cap Growth	22.1	25	35	3.4	-1.4
QGRO	American Century STOXX U.S. Quality Growth	21.5	29	31	5.4	+0.6
IYC	iShares DJ US Consumer Services	20.7	42	18	4.8	-0.0
ONEQ	Fidelity NASDAQ Composite	20.3	21	39	3.5	-1.3
JHMC	John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary	20.1	40	20	5.6	+0.8
NULG	NuShares ESG Large-Cap Growth	17.7	35	25	3.8	-1.0
RPG	Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF	17.5	35	25	4.8	-0.0
RYH	Invesco S&P Equal Weight Healthcare	17.4	40	20	6.6	+1.8
AMOM	Qraft AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum	17.3	75	-15	3.5	-1.3
GBUY	Goldman Sachs Motif New Age Consumer	17.2	50	10	2.8	-2.1
MILN	Global X Millennials Thematic	16.6	50	10	2.7	-2.1
BBH	VanEck Vectors Biotech	16.1	35	25	4.4	-0.4
IBB	iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology	16.1	47	13	1.0	-3.8
FBT	First Trust NYSE-ARCA Biotechnology	16.1	57	3	-0.7	-5.5
IBUY	Amplify Online Retail	16.0	65	-5	-0.6	-5.4
EQWL	Invesco Fundamental Pure Large Core	16.0	25	35	6.0	+1.2

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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Dividends per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
Book value per share	**	**	**	**	**	**	**

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
Price-to-sales	**	**	**
Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
Price-to-book value	**	**	**
Yield	**	**	**

Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

UNDERWEIGHT

Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	20.4	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	3.8	x
Less: Expense ratio	60	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	4.8	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.55	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.55

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.