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First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (FTDS) ETF price history

Every Nasdaq trading session of First Trust Dividend Strength ETF from Jan 9, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026: 2,946 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 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.

FTDS adjusted close, 2015 to 2026

FTDSFirst Trust Dividend Strength ETF
$62.39+13.7% over one year
201620182020202220242026
$66.78
All time high, 2026
$67.24
52 week high, $52.76 low
2,946
Daily sessions since 2015

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2015 to 2026 series and minute bars.

FTDS key facts

  • First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (FTDS) closed at $62.39 on Sep 28, 2026 on Nasdaq.
  • FTDS's all time high close is $66.78, set on Sep 3, 2026; its all time low close is $18.12 on Feb 8, 2016.
  • FTDS's 52 week range is $52.76 to $67.24.
  • FTDS returned +13.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +43.5% over five years.
  • Over ten years FTDS returned +178%, +10.8% a year compounded.
  • FTDS's deepest drawdown was -42.5% from Feb 19, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020.
  • DataCedar holds 2,946 daily sessions of FTDS history from Jan 9, 2015 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

FTDS price chart, 2015 to 2026

FTDS adjusted close, Jan 9, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026$18.40$34.36$50.32$66.28201620182020202220242026
Adjusted daily close. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

FTDS returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-6.1%
3 months+1.5%
6 months+4.4%
Year to date+10.4%
1 year+13.7%
3 years+55.8%
5 years+43.5%
10 years+177.9%
Since Jan 9, 2015+184.6%
Compound annual growth, 11.7 years+9.3%

FTDS records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
$66.78 on Sep 3, 2026
All time low close
$18.12 on Feb 8, 2016
52 week high
$67.24 on Aug 24, 2026
52 week low
$52.76 on Oct 16, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-42.5% from Feb 19, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020, recovered Nov 11, 2020
Best single session
+10.6% on Mar 24, 2020
Worst single session
-12.5% on Mar 16, 2020
Volatility, 1 year annualised
12.4%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
54%
Growth of 1 since 2015
2.8×
Best calendar year
2021, +25%
Worst calendar year
2022, -14%

FTDS 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. 2015 starts on Jan 9, 2015; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026$56.43$67.24$56.25$62.39+11.4%378.2K185
2025$49.11$57.12$43.35$56.03+13.6%468.5K250
2024$44.58$53.61$42.63$49.30+11.1%361K252
2023$39.40$44.75$36.66$44.36+11.8%501.9K250
2022$46.20$46.30$36.18$39.70-13.5%414K251
2021$36.09$47.22$36.09$45.91+24.8%407.4K252
2020$32.27$37.10$18.82$36.79+14.2%370.9K253
2019$25.66$32.46$25.38$32.23+24.3%584.5K252
2018$29.09$32.21$24.39$25.93-10.3%729.7K251
2017$24.24$28.98$24.14$28.92+20.1%392.1K251
2016$21.05$24.67$18.04$24.09+14.4%672.9K252
2015$21.80$23.15$20.18$21.05n/a645.2K247

FTDS monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026$62.39-5.9%
August 2026$66.28+2.8%
July 2026$64.47+5.1%
June 2026$61.36+3.6%
May 2026$59.25-4.5%
April 2026$62.03+3.1%
March 2026$60.14-2.9%
February 2026$61.96+4.4%
January 2026$59.33+5.9%
December 2025$56.03+1.5%
November 2025$55.22+3.4%
October 2025$53.41-2.7%

About the FTDS data

Daily bars. 2,946 sessions from Jan 9, 2015 to Sep 28, 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 Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 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 Jan 9, 2015, 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/FTDS/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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