Nasdaq · HISF · ETF
First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) ETF price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF from Aug 14, 2014 to Sep 28, 2026: 3,048 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.
HISF adjusted close, 2014 to 2026
- $44.66
- All time high, 2026
- $44.71
- 52 week high, $42.37 low
- 3,048
- Daily sessions since 2014
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2014 to 2026 series and minute bars.
HISF key facts
- First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) closed at $42.41 on Sep 28, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- HISF's all time high close is $44.66, set on Feb 27, 2026; its all time low close is $27.81 on Jan 20, 2016.
- HISF's 52 week range is $42.37 to $44.71.
- HISF returned -2.3% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +5.6% over five years.
- Over ten years HISF returned +27%, +2.4% a year compounded.
- HISF's deepest drawdown was -27.9% from Oct 14, 2019 to Mar 23, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 3,048 daily sessions of HISF history from Aug 14, 2014 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
HISF price chart, 2014 to 2026
HISF returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -3.3% |
| 3 months | -4.5% |
| 6 months | -2.2% |
| Year to date | -3.9% |
| 1 year | -2.3% |
| 3 years | +13.2% |
| 5 years | +5.6% |
| 10 years | +26.5% |
| Since Aug 14, 2014 | +38.5% |
| Compound annual growth, 12.1 years | +2.7% |
HISF records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $44.66 on Feb 27, 2026
- All time low close
- $27.81 on Jan 20, 2016
- 52 week high
- $44.71 on Feb 27, 2026
- 52 week low
- $42.37 on Sep 28, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -27.9% from Oct 14, 2019 to Mar 23, 2020, recovered Apr 6, 2021
- Best single session
- +5.8% on Jul 7, 2016
- Worst single session
- -6.7% on Mar 18, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 3.7%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 51%
- Best calendar year
- 2019, +16%
- Worst calendar year
- 2022, -10%
HISF 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. 2014 starts on Aug 14, 2014; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $44.09 | $44.71 | $42.37 | $42.41 | -3.8% | 1.9M | 185 |
| 2025 | $40.74 | $44.17 | $40.27 | $44.11 | +8.4% | 1.4M | 250 |
| 2024 | $39.70 | $42.07 | $38.67 | $40.69 | +2.2% | 1.1M | 252 |
| 2023 | $37.50 | $39.92 | $36.61 | $39.81 | +6.4% | 972.9K | 250 |
| 2022 | $41.44 | $42.29 | $36.33 | $37.42 | -10.0% | 4M | 251 |
| 2021 | $37.64 | $41.70 | $37.04 | $41.56 | +10.2% | 4.6M | 252 |
| 2020 | $38.80 | $39.08 | $28.30 | $37.71 | -2.8% | 3.5M | 253 |
| 2019 | $33.32 | $39.39 | $32.07 | $38.81 | +15.8% | 2M | 252 |
| 2018 | $35.41 | $36.16 | $31.98 | $33.52 | -5.0% | 3.2M | 251 |
| 2017 | $33.22 | $35.48 | $33.15 | $35.30 | +6.2% | 3.1M | 251 |
| 2016 | $29.51 | $34.71 | $27.08 | $33.24 | +11.9% | 2.2M | 252 |
| 2015 | $31.47 | $32.88 | $27.91 | $29.70 | -5.6% | 665.1K | 252 |
| 2014 | $30.56 | $32.15 | $29.69 | $31.47 | n/a | 252.7K | 97 |
HISF monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $42.41 | -3.2% |
| August 2026 | $43.79 | +0.1% |
| July 2026 | $43.75 | -1.3% |
| June 2026 | $44.33 | +0.2% |
| May 2026 | $44.22 | +0.3% |
| April 2026 | $44.07 | +0.7% |
| March 2026 | $43.78 | -2.0% |
| February 2026 | $44.66 | +1.0% |
| January 2026 | $44.22 | +0.3% |
| December 2025 | $44.11 | +0.1% |
| November 2025 | $44.05 | +0.8% |
| October 2025 | $43.72 | +0.5% |
About the HISF data
Daily bars. 3,048 sessions from Aug 14, 2014 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 Aug 14, 2014, 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/HISF/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
HISF share price history
