ILDR

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF

First Trust · $352.7m in assets, October 8, 2026

ILDR, the First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF ($353 million), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: it tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one. Over the past year it returned +21.4%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

ILDR · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+13.6% a yearTotal return since launch, May 2021
+21.4%Last 12 months
+21.6%Year to date
26.1%Volatility since launch

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It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

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We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
ILDR+5.0%+4.9%+21.6%+21.4%+32.7%+12.9%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on May 26, 2021: +13.6% a year.

$10,000 invested May 31, 2021

ILDR $19,679The market $19,087
$0$10,000$20,000May 2021May 2022May 2023May 2024May 2025May 2026$0$10,000$20,000May 2021May 2023May 2025

Year by year

ILDRThe market
-40%-20%0%20%40%ILDR 2022: -34.9%The market 2022: -19.8%2022ILDR 2023: +39.3%The market 2023: +27.9%2023ILDR 2024: +29.3%The market 2024: +23.1%2024ILDR 2025: +29.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025ILDR YTD: +21.6%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-40%-20%0%20%40%ILDR 2022: -34.9%The market 2022: -19.8%2022ILDR 2023: +39.3%The market 2023: +27.9%2023ILDR 2024: +29.3%The market 2024: +23.1%2024ILDR 2025: +29.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025ILDR YTD: +21.6%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if ILDR traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

Why does ILDR have no story?

It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

How has ILDR performed?

ILDR returned +21.4% over the past year, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs, to October 2, 2026. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →