Verdicts genuinely change. Free email alert the moment FVD's does — no target price to set, unlike "Alert" above.
Whether this fund clears the published standards, and the filings behind that answer. The screen runs first and nothing on the trading side can override it.
Structure, momentum, positioning and levels. Separate from the Sharia verdict above, which this side never overrides.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund · First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
251 holdings
NON-COMPLIANT 57.31% of portfolio weight is in non-compliant holdings, over the 5% threshold.
251 holdings, 236 matched (94% of weight). Portfolio as of 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-21. Source: SEC Form N-PORT.
36.4% compliant 0.4% questionable 57.3% non-compliant 5.8% unscreened
| Non-compliant holding | Weight |
|---|---|
| REYN REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC | 0.44% |
| RLI RLI CORP | 0.44% |
| SON SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY | 0.44% |
| BRO BROWN & BROWN INC | 0.43% |
| CMCSA COMCAST CORP | 0.43% |
| AJG ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY | 0.43% |
| CWT CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP | 0.42% |
| BDX BECTON DICKINSON & COMPANY | 0.42% |
| CINF CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP | 0.42% |
| MGEE MGE ENERGY INC | 0.42% |
Whether the technical picture shows an edge right now. Separate from the Sharia verdict, which this side never overrides.
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund (FVD) is currently considered not halal (non-compliant), per our own look-through to its filed holdings. See the weight breakdown below for the reasoning.
Verdict history for FVD. A verdict that never moved is recorded too, so a quiet history reads as measured rather than missing.
Tracked since 2026-09-07.
| Investor | Firm | Position | Weight | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Fisher | Fisher Asset Management | $0M | 0.0% | 2026-06-30 |
From the most recent 13F on file. A 13F reports long US equity positions quarterly and in arrears — it is what a manager held on the report date, not what they hold today.
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Classic floor-trader pivots from the last completed daily bar. Highlighted pills are the levels bracketing the current price.
The range is measured volatility (ATR over the horizon), not a target — a wider band means a more volatile asset, not a stronger view. The direction is the indicator tally below. Every forecast is recorded when made and scored against the real price when it comes due, including the wrong ones. Not a recommendation, and not a fatwa.
Standard indicator thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20, MACD histogram sign, price vs. average) computed on daily bars. A summary of what common indicators say — not a recommendation, and not this site's own trading verdict.
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 27.60 | BUY |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 23.13 | NEUTRAL |
| CCI (20) | -97.05 | NEUTRAL |
| Williams %R (14) | -76.87 | NEUTRAL |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -0.07 | SELL |
| ROC (10) | -2.10 | SELL |
| Momentum (10) | -1.01 | SELL |
| EMA (10) | 47.42 | SELL |
| SMA (10) | 47.35 | SELL |
| EMA (20) | 47.97 | SELL |
| SMA (20) | 48.03 | SELL |
| EMA (30) | 48.35 | SELL |
| SMA (30) | 48.76 | SELL |
| EMA (50) | 48.65 | SELL |
| SMA (50) | 49.39 | SELL |
| EMA (100) | 48.49 | SELL |
| SMA (100) | 48.56 | SELL |
| EMA (200) | 47.67 | SELL |
| SMA (200) | 47.80 | SELL |
Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.
The questions worth asking about any verdict on this page, answered plainly.
No. HTR reads the fund's filed holdings and screens each one, then reports the result by weight. A fund marketed as Islamic still gets the same look-through as any other.
It is the share of the fund whose holdings HTR cannot cover far enough to rate. It is reported as unrated rather than counted as compliant, because a holding nobody screened should not look like one that passed.
It matters, and it is noted, but it does not replace the look-through. The board's judgement and the holdings screen are shown separately so you can see when they agree and when they do not.
When the fund files new holdings, and on a rolling basis besides. The date on the verdict above is the last time this fund was actually recomputed.
Open research, not a fatwa. HTR applies published screening standards to filings and publishes what they say, including when they disagree. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Verdicts can change when new filings land.
Same screen, different answers. Comparison is where the standards disagreeing becomes useful rather than confusing.
Peer screening computing — it will appear here on its own.
Plain-language summary of the evidence already on this page — the Sharia screen, structure, momentum, and order flow above. It explains the read; it doesn't make the call. Generated on demand (a live AI call), never run automatically.