First Trust Correlations

GAPR Etf   38.42  0.03  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Trust Exchange and First Trust Exchange Traded is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of First Trust is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

First Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Trust Exchange Traded and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Trust Exchange Traded. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with First Etf

  0.95INOV Innovator ETFs TrustPairCorr
  0.99BUFR First Trust CboePairCorr
  0.99BUFD FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.99PSEP Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PJAN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.98PJUL Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PAUG Innovator Equity PowerPairCorr
  0.99DNOV FT Cboe VestPairCorr
  0.99PMAY Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.99PJUN Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.86BTCL T Rex 2XPairCorr
  0.86BITU ProShares TrustPairCorr
  0.86BTFX Valkyrie Bitcoin FuturesPairCorr
  0.86BITX Volatility Shares TrustPairCorr
  0.76MSTY YieldMax MSTR OptionPairCorr
  0.96DFEN Direxion Daily AerospacePairCorr
  0.92BA Boeing Earnings Call Next WeekPairCorr
  0.87DD Dupont De Nemours Earnings Call Next WeekPairCorr
  0.96CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.75INTC Intel Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.96DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.96AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.97CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.97BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.85PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.98MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against First Etf

  0.9WTID UBS ETRACSPairCorr
  0.58KO Coca Cola Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.48PG Procter Gamble Earnings Call Next WeekPairCorr
  0.35VZ Verizon Communications Aggressive PushPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
MSFTMETA
JPMMSFT
JPMMETA
AMETA
JPMF
FUBER
  
High negative correlations   
MRKCRM
XOMCRM

First Trust Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Etf performing well and First Trust ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze First Trust's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.51  0.26  0.21  0.32  1.10 
 3.99 
 10.48 
MSFT  0.90  0.30  0.27  0.47  0.54 
 2.33 
 8.85 
UBER  1.64  0.20  0.13  0.33  1.40 
 4.19 
 10.87 
F  1.32  0.14  0.06  0.32  1.47 
 2.69 
 7.46 
T  1.02 (0.05)(0.10) 0.00  1.35 
 2.35 
 5.71 
A  1.46 (0.07) 0.00  0.09  1.81 
 2.54 
 14.01 
CRM  1.33 (0.13)(0.04) 0.04  1.74 
 2.95 
 9.31 
JPM  0.90  0.22  0.18  0.38  0.67 
 2.25 
 6.03 
MRK  1.39 (0.09)(0.05) 0.04  1.96 
 2.88 
 10.58 
XOM  1.13  0.05 (0.04) 0.41  1.36 
 2.40 
 5.84