0001145549-20-026380.txt : 20200526 0001145549-20-026380.hdr.sgml : 20200526 20200526123630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-20-026380 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200526 PERIOD START: 20201231 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001561785 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22767 FILM NUMBER: 20909063 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400 CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 BUSINESS PHONE: 630-765-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400 CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 0001561785 S000039654 First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund C000122820 First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund FTGC NPORT-P 1 primary_doc.xml NPORT-P false 0001561785 XXXXXXXX S000039654 C000122820 First Trust 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000000000 67.0000 NC USD 110818 0.1219964334 N/A DCO CORP US N 1 NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 5493008GFNDTXFPHWI47 Long Other Other 2021-03-29 1580530.00 USD 110818 N N N NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 5493008GFNDTXFPHWI47 F/C PLATINUM FUTURE JUL20 000000000 26.0000 NC USD 148630.01 0.1636226166 N/A DCO CORP US N 1 NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 5493008GFNDTXFPHWI47 Long Other Other 2020-07-29 948870.00 USD 148630.01 N N N NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 5493008GFNDTXFPHWI47 F/C NATURAL GAS FUTR FEB21 000000000 85.0000 NC USD 105304.67 0.1159269628 N/A DCO CORP US N 1 NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 5493008GFNDTXFPHWI47 Long Other Other 2021-01-27 2300100.00 USD 105304.67 N N N COMMODITIES EXCHANGE CENTER N/A F/C COPPER FUTURE JUL20 000000000 106.0000 NC USD 54751.65 0.0602745585 N/A DCO CORP US N 1 COMMODITIES EXCHANGE CENTER N/A Long Other Other 2020-07-29 5918775.00 USD 54751.65 N N N CME GLOBEX N/A F/C CATTLE FEEDER FUT MAY20 000000000 10.0000 NC USD 46825 0.0515483315 N/A DCO CORP US N 1 CME GLOBEX N/A Long Other Other 2020-05-21 614500.00 USD 46825 N N N 2020-04-30 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII Donald P. Swade First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 ftgc33120partf.htm
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC)
Consolidated Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Principal
Value
  Description   Stated
Coupon
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
U.S. TREASURY BILLS – 50.6%
$14,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/02/20   $14,000,004
3,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/09/20   2,999,947
3,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/16/20   2,999,919
6,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/16/20   5,999,837
7,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/23/20   6,999,908
7,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   04/30/20   6,999,745
3,000,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   06/18/20   2,999,462
1,500,000  
U.S. Treasury Bill (a)

  (b)   07/09/20   1,499,726
   
Total U.S. Treasury Bills

  44,498,548
    (Cost $44,464,864)            
    
Shares   Description   Value
MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 6.3%
5,500,000  
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class - 0.12% (c)

  5,500,000
    (Cost $5,500,000)    
   
Total Investments – 56.9%

  49,998,548
    (Cost $49,964,864) (d)    
   
Net Other Assets and Liabilities – 43.1%

  37,940,358
   
Net Assets – 100.0%

  $87,938,906
The following futures contracts of the Fund’s wholly-owned subsidiary were open at March 31, 2020:
Futures Contracts Long:   Number
of
Contracts
  Notional
Value
  Expiration
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
Brent Crude Oil Futures   25   $741,500   May–20   $(681,515)
Brent Crude Oil Futures   25   806,000   Jun–20   (34,323)
Cattle Feeder Futures   9   553,050   May–20   42,142
Cattle Feeder Futures   24   1,546,800   Aug–20   (73,800)
Cocoa Futures   212   4,789,080   Jul–20   104,979
Coffee “C” Futures   67   3,023,794   Jul–20   (11,871)
Copper Futures   102   5,695,425   Jul–20   52,686
Corn Futures   213   3,684,900   Jul–20   (3,231)
Cotton No. 2 Futures   78   1,985,100   Jul–20   (164,869)
Gasoline RBOB Futures   41   1,134,798   May–20   (1,727,333)
Gasoline RBOB Futures   45   1,354,185   Jun–20   (48,872)
Gasoline RBOB Futures   43   1,378,340   Jul–20   137,316
Gold 100 Oz. Futures   64   10,218,240   Jun–20   649,159
Kansas City Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures   218   5,444,550   Jul–20   (26,826)
Lean Hogs Futures   73   1,761,490   Jun–20   (300,588)
Live Cattle Futures   85   3,130,550   Jun–20   138,550
LME Aluminum Futures   93   3,539,813   Jun–20   (386,831)
LME Nickel Futures   22   1,515,294   Jun–20   (130,878)
LME Zinc Futures   29   1,380,944   Jun–20   (90,081)
Low Sulphur Gasoil “G” Futures   34   1,002,150   May–20   (732,297)
Low Sulphur Gasoil “G” Futures   31   935,425   Jun–20   (464,825)
Low Sulphur Gasoil “G” Futures   11   341,550   Jul–20   11,775
Natural Gas Futures   80   2,164,800   Jan–21   101,612
Natural Gas Futures   67   1,580,530   Mar–21   110,818
NY Harbor ULSD Futures   8   341,913   May–20   (1,729)
NY Harbor ULSD Futures   42   1,837,206   Jun–20   (133,605)
Platinum Futures   25   912,375   Jul–20   143,839
Silver Futures   96   6,811,680   Jul–20   (174,960)
Soybean Futures   90   4,002,750   Jul–20   18,411

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC)
Consolidated Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Futures Contracts Long: (Continued)   Number
of
Contracts
  Notional
Value
  Expiration
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
Soybean Meal Futures   95   $3,029,550   Jul–20   $(37,202)
Soybean Oil Futures   175   2,872,800   Jul–20   61,068
Sugar #11 (World) Futures   289   3,398,640   Jun–20   (249,849)
WTI Crude Futures   27   661,770   May–20   (714,806)
WTI Crude Futures   19   526,110   Jun–20   (144,121)
    Total   $84,103,102       $(4,762,057)
    

(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.
(b) Zero coupon bond.
(c) Rate shown reflects yield as of March 31, 2020.
(d) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of March 31, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $1,606,039 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $6,334,412. The net unrealized depreciation was $4,728,373. The amounts presented are inclusive of derivative contracts.

Valuation Inputs
The Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020 is as follows:
ASSETS TABLE
  Total
Value at
3/31/2020
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
U.S. Treasury Bills

$44,498,548 $$44,498,548 $
Money Market Funds

5,500,000 5,500,000
Total Investments

49,998,548 5,500,000 44,498,548
Futures Contracts

1,572,355 1,572,355
Total

$51,570,903 $7,072,355 $44,498,548 $
LIABILITIES TABLE
  Total
Value at
3/31/2020
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Futures Contracts

$(6,334,412) $(6,334,412) $$