ETF·NASDAQ
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID)
- Net assets
- $11.87B
- Expense ratio
- 0.56%
- Yield
- 0.87%
- 52-week range
- $144.62 $199.99
The short version
Where GRID stands today, in four lines, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.
GRID at a glance
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID): Sell, 33/100 on CleaRank's AI score.
- Trend Down: the price is below both its 50- and 200-day moving averages ($179.96 and $178.20).
- Fund Expense ratio 0.56%, $11.9B in net assets, +18.5% total return over 1 year.
Figures as of October 17, 2026.
CleaRank Financial AI
CleaRank rates First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID) as Sell, with a model score of 33/100.
The biggest push upward comes from one-year performance, where the price gained 9.52%. The biggest drag comes from momentum: the 14-day RSI sits at 36.0, inside the bearish zone, and the MACD line is negative. Trend points down as well, with GRID trading 5.62% under its 50-day average of $179.96 and 4.69% under its 200-day average of $178.20.
Only on CleaRank
Figures we compute ourselves from GRID's own price history. Tap one to see it in context.
Price and trading
The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.
Trend checks
1/4Price above its 50-day average ›
The price of $169.84 is 5.6% below the 50-day simple moving average of $179.96.Price above its 200-day average ›
The price is 4.7% below the 200-day simple moving average of $178.20.50-day average above the 200-day ›
The 50-day average ($179.96) is 1.0% above the 200-day average ($178.20), the arrangement of a rising longer-term trend.In the upper half of its 52-week range ›
The price sits at 46% of its 52-week range, between $144.62 and $199.99.
GRID share price
Pick a period: each tab shows how far GRID has moved over it, to the last close.
Today's trading
Where GRID sits inside today's range and its 52-week range.
Fund facts and valuation
What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.
Fund checks
3/5Expense ratio at or below 0.20% ›
The fund charges 0.56% a year, $56.00 on a $10,000 holding.Over $1B in net assets ›
Net assets total $11.9B.No sector above 35% of the fund ›
The largest sector, Industrials, makes up 68.2% of the fund.Pays a distribution ›
The distribution yield is 0.87%.Positive return over one year ›
The fund family reports a one-year total return of 18.55%.
GRID Fund Facts
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund that provides targeted exposure to companies involved in smart grid and electric energy infrastructure. The fund is designed to track the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index and typically holds stocks and depositary receipts of firms active in electric grids, meters, network equipment, energy storage, energy management, and enabling software.
Sector weights
Trailing total returns
| Period | GRID |
|---|---|
| YTD | 16.48% |
| 1 month | -0.47% |
| 3 months | -7.13% |
| 1 year | 18.55% |
| 3 years | 24.82% |
| 5 years | 15.13% |
| 10 years | 17.57% |
As of Oct 17, 2026, GRID has an expense ratio of 0.56%, $11.87B in net assets and a distribution yield of 0.87%.
Fund reference data as of Oct 17, 2026. Expense ratio and net assets are reported by the fund; returns are total returns and can differ from price change.
Key statistics
The headline figures for GRID.
What the numbers say
CleaRank Financial AI's reading of GRID's holdings, performance and risks.
Industrials is the largest sector in GRID at 68.2%, ahead of Utilities at 17.6% and Technology at 11.7%. With more than half in one sector, GRID moves with that sector more than a broadly spread fund would. GRID is an Infrastructure fund from First Trust, launched on November 16, 2009.
Owning GRID carries an annual expense ratio of 0.56%, which works out to $56.00 a year on a $10,000 position. The fund has $11.9B in net assets. Its distribution yield stands at 0.87%, and portfolio turnover is 26%.
Normal swings for GRID run at about 1.56% a day. With 68.2% of its holdings in Industrials, the fund depends heavily on one sector. Until the price regains its moving averages, the trend works against holders. The price is 15.08% below its 52-week high of $199.99.
AI analysis and technicals
CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.
Momentum checks
1/3RSI not overbought or oversold ›
The 14-day RSI is 36.0, showing bearish momentum without being oversold.RSI above 50 ›
An RSI of 36.0 is below the 50 midpoint, so sellers have had the upper hand over the last 14 days.MACD line above zero ›
The MACD line is negative, so the 12-day average is below the 26-day average.
CleaRank AI analysis of GRID
The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID) sits in a downtrend. At $169.84, the fund trades 5.62% below its 50-day average of $179.96 and 4.69% below its 200-day average of $178.20. Over the past year, the price is 17.44% above the 52-week low of $144.62, yet 15.08% below the high of $199.99.
The recent pullback sits within a longer record that is still stronger. Over the past month the price slid 2.53%, and over the past three months it fell 4.50%, yet across the past year it climbed 9.52%. Momentum leans negative: the 14-day RSI of 36.0 sits in the bearish zone without reaching oversold territory, and the MACD line is negative.
- Keep an eye on the two closest levels: the 20-day EMA at $177.66 sits above the price, while the 52-week low at $144.62 sits below it.
- The 14-day RSI reads 36.0, in the bearish zone, with the MACD line negative; readings above 70 or below 30 mark stretched momentum.
- Fees add up over time. GRID's 0.56% annual expense ratio means $56.00 leaves a $10,000 investment each year.
GRID trades under its 50-day ($179.96) and 200-day ($178.20) averages, which is what makes the trend down; regaining the 200-day would be the first sign of repair. The nearest level above the price is the 20-day EMA at $177.66.
Below the price, the nearest marker is the 52-week low at $144.62.
Technical indicators
Momentum and trend for GRID, from its daily closes.
As of October 17, 2026, with GRID at $169.84, its 14-day RSI is 36.0 (showing bearish momentum without being oversold), its 50-day simple moving average is $179.96 and its 200-day is $178.20.
Calculated by CleaRank on daily closes as of October 17, 2026: Wilder's 14-day RSI, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages, MACD line (12, 26).
What GRID moves with
Correlation of daily returns over one year: +1 moves in step, 0 has no link, -1 moves the opposite way.
As of October 17, 2026, GRID's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.80 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.83 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.31 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.31 with gold (XAU).
A trade plan, if you want one
Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.
GRID trade plan
Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.
Short entry pick an entry style
Risk management
Profit targets (Based on Conservative Entry)
These levels come from GRID's moving averages and recent volatility, not from a forecast. Educational levels, not financial advice; the full disclaimer is at the foot of the page.
Risk profile
How much GRID tends to move, against the market and on its own.
The long record
GRID's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.
Track record checks
4/4Average daily move under 2% ›
The price has moved 1.56% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).Recovered from its worst fall ›
The worst fall was 37.8%, from February 2020 to March 2020, regained by August 2020.Most 1-year holds ended higher ›
80% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.Beat the S&P 500 since the chart begins ›
$10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $48,900, against $42,055 in the S&P 500 (SPY).
GRID Drawdowns & Recovery
As of October 17, 2026, GRID's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -37.8% (February 2020 to March 2020); it regained that peak by August 2020, 5 months after the low, and 80% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain.
From weekly closing values with dividends reinvested. A drawdown is the fall from the highest value reached so far to a later low.
Growth of $10,000
What $10,000 put into GRID in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.
Against the market: GRID beat the S&P 500 over this period: $48,900 against $42,055.
A $10,000 investment in GRID in October 2016 would be worth about $48,900 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $42,055 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).
Seasonal patterns
Which calendar months have been kind to GRID, and which have not.
Strongest month, November: an average of +5.33%, up in 7 of 10 years.
Weakest month, March: an average of -2.46%, up in 4 of 10 years.
This month, October: has averaged +0.14%, up in 6 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.
Over the last 10 years, GRID's strongest calendar month has been November (average +5.33%, up in 7 of 10 years) and its weakest March (average -2.46%, up in 4 of 10 years).
Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included.
Long-term scenarios
Thousands of simulated paths from the price history. A range of outcomes, not a forecast.
Monte Carlo projection
Thousands of simulated paths for $10,000 in GRID, from its own past volatility. The shaded area holds 80% of them.
CleaRank's 10-year Monte Carlo simulation projects that a $10,000 investment in GRID today could grow to about $24,669 by 2036 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $62,501 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $9,737. The simulation models price only; at today's 0.87% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.
GRID 2030 Scenarios (Monte Carlo)
The same simulation in share prices, year by year.
CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $244 for GRID by 2030 in the base case, from $170 today (1.4x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $135. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on GRID's historical return distribution, not price targets, and they assume no dividends are reinvested.
| Year | 10th percentile | Base case | 90th percentile | range base today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $139 | $186 | $249 | |
| 2028 | $134 | $203 | $308 | |
| 2029 | $134 | $223 | $371 | |
| 2030 | $135 | $244 | $439 | |
| 2031 | $138 | $267 | $515 |
Method: a lognormal simulation of GRID's own volatility and capped historical trend, re-run daily; base case is the median path, the outer columns the 10th and 90th percentiles.
Questions people ask
Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 17, 2026.