FIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED ALP FYC
SML CP GRW ALP · ETP · CUSIP 33737M300
155
institutional holders
+16 vs Q4 2025
6.6m
shares reported held*
$640.6mreported value*
31 new
68 added
27 reduced
12 sold out
net bought ≈ $105.4m (+1.1m shares)
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once. Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $97.32.
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 73 |
| Q4 2022 | 72 |
| Q1 2023 | 73 |
| Q2 2023 | 68 |
| Q3 2023 | 69 |
| Q4 2023 | 78 |
| Q1 2024 | 76 |
| Q2 2024 | 80 |
| Q3 2024 | 88 |
| Q4 2024 | 109 |
| Q1 2025 | 107 |
| Q2 2025 | 106 |
| Q3 2025 | 116 |
| Q4 2025 | 139 |
| Q1 2026 | 155 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Bought or addedCut or sold out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 35 | 31 |
| Q3 2024 | 48 | 27 |
| Q4 2024 | 72 | 25 |
| Q1 2025 | 56 | 50 |
| Q2 2025 | 44 | 56 |
| Q3 2025 | 68 | 38 |
| Q4 2025 | 81 | 39 |
| Q1 2026 | 99 | 39 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
CallsPuts
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $1.8m | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q3 2025 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $0 | $0 | — |
Biggest buyers
| LPL Financial LLC | Added | +176.7k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | Added | +176.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | Added | +106.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +101.3k |
| Integrity Advisory Solutions, LLC | New | +97.7k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +90.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | +79.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +67.7k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | Added | +54.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +42.8k |
Biggest sellers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Sold out | -216.4k |
| Redhawk Wealth Advisors, Inc. | Sold out | -48.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -28.5k |
| VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS II, LLC | Reduced | -21.4k |
| Private Advisory Group LLC | Sold out | -9.6k |
| Ferguson Shapiro LLC | Sold out | -9.4k |
| FOUNDERS FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | -7.8k |
| NEW WAVE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -6.9k |
| Independent Wealth Network Inc. | Reduced | -4.4k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ | Reduced | -4.4k |
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| LPL Financial LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $131.9m | Added +176.7k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 545.0k $52.9m | Added +106.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 443.6k $43.0m | Added +79.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 394.5k $38.3m | Added +101.3k |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.03% of their portfolio | 289.7k $28.1m | Added +34.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 244.3k $23.7m | Added +42.8k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 196.6k $19.1m | Added +176.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 185.4k $18.0m | Added +26.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 174.6k $16.9m | Added +90.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.1k $16.6m | Added +7.2k |
| ECLECTIC ASSOCIATES INC /ADV 2.05% of their portfolio | 159.2k $15.4m | Added +5.3k |
| Richmond Investment Services, LLC 2.30% of their portfolio | 146.9k $14.3m | Added +3.9k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.5k $9.9m | Added +9.3k |
| NEW WAVE WEALTH ADVISORS LLC 3.44% of their portfolio | 101.5k $9.8m | Reduced -6.9k |
| Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 100.4k $9.7m | Added +1.1k |
| Integrity Advisory Solutions, LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 97.7k $9.5m | New |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 92.5k $9.0m | Added +15.7k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 91.3k $8.9m | Added +9.5k |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 87.7k $8.5m | Added +21.0k |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.17% of their portfolio | 86.8k $8.4m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Bedel Financial Consulting, Inc. 0.86% of their portfolio | 77.2k $7.5m | Added +2.7k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.9k $7.1m | Added +54.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.7k $6.6m | New |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.9k $5.9m | Added +17.5k |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 57.5k $5.5m | Added +1.6k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.1k $5.1m | Added +8.0k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.2k $4.8m | Added +21.7k |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 49.5k $4.8m | Added +1.8k |
| Financial Management, Inc. 4.38% of their portfolio | 48.1k $4.7m | Added +1.5k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.1k $4.5m | Added +7.1k |
| Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 43.5k $4.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| GREENUP STREET WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 40.5k $3.9m | Added +11 |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.3k $3.6m | Added +16.7k |
| &PARTNERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 35.9k $3.5m | Added +21.7k |
| Paller Financial Services Inc 2.55% of their portfolio | 31.8k $3.1m | Reduced -770 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5k $2.7m | New |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.1k $2.6m | Added +1.2k |
| HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 25.7k $2.5m | Added +4.7k |
| HFG Advisors, Inc. 1.58% of their portfolio | 23.1k $2.2m | Added +297 |
| Proactive Wealth Strategies LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 21.8k $2.1m | Added +10.9k |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.5k $2.0m | Added +6.1k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.1k $2.0m | Added +2.4k |
| Certified Advisory Corp 0.17% of their portfolio | 19.6k $1.9m | Added +443 |
| Warner Group LLC 1.21% of their portfolio | 19.1k $1.8m | Added +7.4k |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 18.6k $1.8m | Added +8.0k |
| Gateway Wealth Partners, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 18.0k $1.7m | Added +9.2k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.2k $1.7m | Added +3.6k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.9k $1.5m | Reduced -4.4k |
| MTM Investment Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 15.8k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| Empirical Asset Management, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 15.3k $1.5m | Reduced -1.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $1.5m | New |
| Brookwood Investment Group LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 13.9k $1.3m | Added +4.1k |
| MONECO ADVISORS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 13.4k $1.3m | Reduced -318 |
| Quantum Portfolio Management LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 13.1k $1.3m | Reduced -164 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.7k $1.2m | New |
| Summit Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.6k $1.2m | New |
| MONEYWISE, INC. 0.51% of their portfolio | 12.0k $1.2m | Reduced -748 |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.7k $1.1m | New |
| Western Wealth Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.5k $1.1m | Added +511 |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.7k $1.0m | New |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| FOUNDERS FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 9.8k $1.0m | Reduced -7.8k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.7k $956.4k | Added +6.9k |
| WILLNER & HELLER, LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 9.2k $893.8k | Added +1.1k |
| Strategic Equity Management 0.33% of their portfolio | 9.0k $875.4k | Reduced -347 |
| Sylvest Advisors, LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 8.5k $825.3k | Added +105 |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.02% of their portfolio | 8.4k $812.6k | New |
| Betterment LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.2k $798.0k | New |
| Index Technologies Group LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 8.0k $772.7k | Reduced -107 |
| Clear Point Advisors Inc. 0.58% of their portfolio | 7.8k $751.9k | Added +231 |
| Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 7.7k $742.9k | Added +3.8k |
| Wedmont Private Capital 0.03% of their portfolio | 7.6k $781.0k | Unchanged |
| Dunhill Financial, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 7.1k $684.3k | Unchanged |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.8k $657.1k | Added +294 |
| Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.8k $656.2k | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.6k $640.6k | Reduced -28.5k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.1k $596.1k | New |
| Independent Advisor Alliance 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.1k $589.4k | New |
| WORLD EQUITY GROUP, INC. 0.15% of their portfolio | 6.0k $579.3k | Reduced -189 |
| RHODES INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.46% of their portfolio | 5.5k $532.9k | Added +1.9k |
| BENJAMIN EDWARDS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.2k $511.1k | Added +744 |
| Independent Wealth Network Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 4.9k $474.8k | Reduced -4.4k |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8k $467.0k | Reduced -104 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7k $459.0k | New |
| BARNES PETTEY FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 4.6k $447.5k | Added +1.3k |
| VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS II, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 4.6k $441.4k | Reduced -21.4k |
| Belpointe Asset Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1k $396.7k | Added +174 |
| LexAurum Advisors, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.0k $386.7k | First filing |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9k $382.6k | Added +605 |
| Stonebridge Financial Group, LLC / MO 0.31% of their portfolio | 3.8k $372.4k | New |
| Waterfront Wealth Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.8k $364.2k | Unchanged |
| OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.8k $363.8k | Added +326 |
| KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.6k $348.0k | Reduced -300 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $341.0k | Reduced -644 |
| TBH Global Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.5k $335.9k | New |
| Echo Wealth Management, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 3.4k $333.6k | Reduced -1.0k |
| PFG Advisors 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3k $324.2k | Added +169 |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.2k $311.4k | Unchanged |
| PRIVATE TRUST CO NA 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.1k $302.9k | Added +512 |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $295.3k | Added +220 |