Nasdaq · AFEM · ETF
First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF (AFEM) ETF price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF from Jun 15, 2016 to Nov 12, 2026: 2,620 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 11, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
AFEM adjusted close, 2016 to 2026
- $100.29
- All time high, 2026
- $100.61
- 52 week high, $73.78 low
- 2,620
- Daily sessions since 2016
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2016 to 2026 series and minute bars.
AFEM key facts
- First Trust Active Factor Emerging Markets ETF (AFEM) closed at $90.06 on Nov 12, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- AFEM's all time high close is $100.29, set on Oct 5, 2026; its all time low close is $34.07 on Mar 23, 2020.
- AFEM's 52 week range is $73.78 to $100.61.
- AFEM returned +17.3% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +59.9% over five years.
- Over ten years AFEM returned +139%, +9.1% a year compounded.
- AFEM's deepest drawdown was -42.2% from Jan 26, 2018 to Mar 23, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 2,620 daily sessions of AFEM history from Jun 15, 2016 and minute bars from Sep 11, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
AFEM price chart, 2016 to 2026
AFEM returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -7.5% |
| 3 months | -6.3% |
| 6 months | -1.1% |
| Year to date | +16.1% |
| 1 year | +17.3% |
| 3 years | +79.3% |
| 5 years | +59.9% |
| 10 years | +138.9% |
| Since Jun 15, 2016 | +152.6% |
| Compound annual growth, 10.4 years | +9.3% |
AFEM records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $100.29 on Oct 5, 2026
- All time low close
- $34.07 on Mar 23, 2020
- 52 week high
- $100.61 on Oct 5, 2026
- 52 week low
- $73.78 on Nov 21, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -42.2% from Jan 26, 2018 to Mar 23, 2020, recovered Jan 14, 2021
- Best single session
- +7.4% on Mar 13, 2020
- Worst single session
- -11.7% on Mar 16, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 21.3%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 54%
- Growth of 1 since 2016
- 2.5×
- Best calendar year
- 2017, +36%
- Worst calendar year
- 2022, -19%
AFEM price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2016 starts on Jun 15, 2016; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $78.79 | $100.61 | $77.49 | $90.06 | +16.0% | 997.6K | 219 |
| 2025 | $61.08 | $80.65 | $55.19 | $77.65 | +27.7% | 1.2M | 250 |
| 2024 | $54.41 | $66.04 | $52.12 | $60.81 | +10.9% | 533.1K | 252 |
| 2023 | $45.62 | $55.30 | $45.19 | $54.85 | +20.8% | 1M | 250 |
| 2022 | $56.28 | $58.45 | $39.72 | $45.42 | -19.0% | 1M | 251 |
| 2021 | $56.57 | $62.94 | $53.26 | $56.10 | +1.0% | 1.4M | 252 |
| 2020 | $52.20 | $55.91 | $33.56 | $55.56 | +8.2% | 1.6M | 253 |
| 2019 | $42.24 | $51.61 | $41.81 | $51.35 | +20.3% | 2.6M | 252 |
| 2018 | $53.57 | $58.97 | $40.99 | $42.68 | -18.8% | 4.6M | 251 |
| 2017 | $39.27 | $52.72 | $39.08 | $52.56 | +35.7% | 1.8M | 251 |
| 2016 | $35.65 | $43.19 | $34.70 | $38.73 | n/a | 347.9K | 139 |
AFEM monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $90.06 | -1.2% |
| October 2026 | $91.15 | -6.9% |
| September 2026 | $97.95 | +0.2% |
| August 2026 | $97.76 | +6.8% |
| July 2026 | $91.51 | -1.9% |
| June 2026 | $93.28 | -0.2% |
| May 2026 | $93.50 | +2.8% |
| April 2026 | $90.96 | +12.8% |
| March 2026 | $80.61 | -7.6% |
| February 2026 | $87.20 | +4.8% |
| January 2026 | $83.24 | +7.2% |
| December 2025 | $77.65 | +1.6% |
About the AFEM data
Daily bars. 2,620 sessions from Jun 15, 2016 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per Nasdaq trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 11, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 2, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are Nasdaq trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jun 15, 2016, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nasdaq%3AAFEM/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
AFEM share price history
