Rule 497 (k)
File No. 333-174332

First Trust
FIRST TRUST Exchange-Traded Fund IV

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF

Ticker Symbol: HYLS
Exchange: The NASDAQ(R) Stock Market

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the statement of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at http://www.ftportfolios.com/retail/ETF/ETFfundnews.aspx?Ticker=HYLS. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 621-1675 or by sending an e-mail request to info@ftportfolios.com. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated March 3, 2014, are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

The First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF's (formerly known as First Trust High Yield Long/Short ETF) (the "Fund") investment objective is to provide current income. The Fund's secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation.


March 3, 2014

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Investors purchasing and selling shares may be subject to costs (including customary brokerage commissions) charged by their broker, which are not reflected in the table below.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) Maximum Sales
Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)                                    None
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
     value of your investment)
   Management Fees                                                                                        0.95%
   Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees (1)                                                              0.00%
   Other Expenses                                                                                         0.00%
   Interest Expense (2)                                                                                   0.33%
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   Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses                                                                   1.28%

EXAMPLE

The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund in the secondary market.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain at current levels until March 31, 2016, and thereafter at 1.53% to represent the imposition of the 12b-1 fee of 0.25% per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

         1 Year             3 Years            5 Years           10 Years
          $130               $422               $775              $1,770

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(1) Although the Fund has adopted a 12b-1 plan that permits it to pay up to 0.25% per annum, it will not pay 12b-1 fees at any time before March 31, 2016.

(2) The Fund is subject to an Interest Expense due to the costs associated with the Fund's short positions in securities.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the fiscal period February 25, 2013 (inception) through October 31, 2013, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 52% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in high yield debt securities that are rated below investment grade at the time of purchase or unrated securities deemed by the Fund's advisor to be of comparable quality. Below investment grade securities are those that, at the time of purchase, are rated lower than "BBB-" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P"), or lower than "Baa3" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO"). High yield debt securities that are rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as "junk" debt. Such securities may include U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt obligations, bank loans and convertible bonds. For purposes of determining whether a security is below investment grade, the lowest available rating will be considered. During the initial invest-up period, the Fund may depart from its principal investment strategies and invest a larger amount or all of its assets in cash equivalents or it may hold cash.

The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in non-U.S. securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies. The Fund may invest in non-income producing securities including Distressed Securities (as defined below) and common stocks. Companies whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and that may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations or financial restructurings are referred to herein as "Distressed Securities." The Fund invests no more than 15% of its net assets in Distressed Securities, as determined at the time of the investment. The Fund may also invest in investment grade corporate debt obligations and government securities to manage overall credit and duration risk. The Fund does not have any portfolio maturity limitation and may invest its assets in securities with short-term, medium-term or long-term maturities. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in bank loans, including senior secured bank loans, unsecured and/or subordinated bank loans, loan participations and unfunded contracts.

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund intends to maintain both long and short positions in securities under normal market conditions. The Fund takes long positions in securities that the advisor believes in the aggregate to have the potential to outperform the Fund's benchmark, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index (the "Index"). The Fund takes short positions in securities that the advisor believes will decline or in the aggregate will underperform the Index. The Fund's long positions may total up to 130% of the Fund's net assets. The Fund's short positions will range between 0% and 30% of the Fund's net assets. Under normal market conditions, the Fund takes short positions in U.S. Treasury securities and/or corporate debt obligations, which may be rated investment grade or rated or deemed to be high yield securities.


Short sales are transactions in which the Fund sells a security or other instrument (such as an option, forward, futures or other derivative contract) that it does not own. Short selling allows the Fund to profit from a decline in market price to the extent such decline exceeds the transaction costs and the costs of borrowing the securities. If a security sold short increases in price, the Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss. The proceeds received from the Fund's short sales of securities will generally be used to purchase all or a portion of the Fund's additional long positions in securities, particularly high yield debt securities. By investing the proceeds received from selling securities short, the Fund could be deemed to be employing a form of leverage, which creates special risks. The use of leverage may increase the Fund's exposure to long securities positions and make any change in the Fund's net asset value greater than it would be without the use of leverage, which could result in increased volatility of returns. There is no guarantee that any leveraging strategy the Fund employs will be successful during any period in which it is employed.

PRINCIPAL RISKS
You could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment objectives will be achieved.

CASH TRANSACTIONS RISK. The Fund will, under most circumstances, effect a portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an exchange-traded fund that effects its creations and redemption for in-kind securities. Because the Fund may effect a portion of redemptions for cash, it may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. A sale of shares may result in capital gains or losses and may also result in higher brokerage costs.

CONVERTIBLE BONDS RISK. The market values of convertible bonds tend to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. A convertible bond's market value also tends to reflect the market price of the common stock of the issuing company.

CREDIT RISK. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a security will be unable or unwilling to make dividend, interest and/or principal payments when due and the related risk that the value of a security may decline because of concerns about the issuer's ability to make such payments. Credit risk may be heightened for the Fund because it invests a substantial portion of its net assets in high yield or "junk" debt; such securities, while generally offering higher yields than investment grade debt with similar maturities, involve greater risks, including the possibility of dividend or interest deferral, default or bankruptcy, and are regarded as predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's capacity to pay dividends or interest and repay principal. Credit risk is heightened for loans in which the Fund invests because companies that issue such loans tend to be highly leveraged and thus are more susceptible to the risks of interest deferral, default and/or bankruptcy.

CURRENCY RISK. Because the Fund's net asset value is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars and the Fund invests in foreign securities, you may lose money if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of the Fund's holdings goes up. The Fund intends to hedge its non-U.S. dollar holdings.

DISTRESSED SECURITIES RISK. The Fund may invest in Distressed Securities, including stressed, distressed and bankrupt issuers and debt obligations that are in default. In any investment involving Distressed Securities, there exists the risk that the transaction involving such securities will be unsuccessful. Distressed Securities might be repaid only after lengthy workout or bankruptcy proceedings, during which the issuer might not make any interest or other payments. Many Distressed Securities are illiquid or trade in low volumes and thus may be more difficult to value.

HIGH YIELD SECURITIES RISK. High yield securities, or "junk" bonds, are subject to greater market fluctuations and risk of loss than securities with higher ratings. These securities are issued by companies that may have limited operating history, narrowly focused operations, and/or other impediments to the timely payment of periodic interest and principal at maturity. If the economy slows down or dips into recession, the issuers of high yield securities may not have sufficient resources to continue making timely payment of periodic interest and principal at maturity. The market for high yield securities is smaller and less liquid than that for investment grade securities. High yield securities are generally not listed on a national securities exchange but trade in the over-the-counter markets. Due to the smaller, less liquid market for high yield securities, the bid-offer spread on such securities is generally greater than it is for investment grade securities and the purchase or sale of such securities may take longer to complete.

ILLIQUID SECURITIES RISK. Illiquid securities involve the risk that the securities will not be able to be sold at the time desired by the Fund or at prices approximately the value at which the Fund is carrying the securities on its books.

INCOME RISK. If interest rates fall, the income from the Fund's portfolio will decline as the Fund invests the proceeds from new share sales, or from matured or called debt securities, at interest rates that are below the portfolio's current earnings rate.

INTEREST RATE RISK. If interest rates rise, the prices of the fixed-rate instruments held by the Fund may fall.

LOANS RISK. An investment in loans subjects the Fund to credit risk, which is heightened for loans in which the Fund invests because companies that issue such loans tend to be highly leveraged and thus are more susceptible to the risks of interest deferral, default and/or bankruptcy. Senior floating rate loans, in which the Fund may invest, are usually rated below investment grade but may also be unrated. As a result, the risks associated with these loans are similar to the risks of high yield fixed income instruments. An economic downturn would generally lead to a higher non-payment rate, and a senior floating rate loan may lose significant market value before a default occurs. Moreover, any specific collateral used to secure a senior floating rate loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan's value. Unlike the securities markets, there is no central clearinghouse for loan trades, and the loan market has not established enforceable settlement standards or remedies for failure to settle. Therefore, portfolio transactions in loans may have uncertain settlement time periods. Senior floating rate loans are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including liquidity risk and the risk of investing in below investment grade fixed income instruments.


Furthermore, increases in interest rates may result in greater volatility of Senior Loans and average duration may fluctuate with fluctuations in interest rates.

MANAGEMENT RISK. The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed portfolio. In managing the Fund's investment portfolio, the advisor will apply investment techniques and risk analyses that may not have the desired result. There can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment objectives.

MARKET RISK. Market risk is the risk that a particular security owned by the Fund or shares of the Fund in general may fall in value. Shares are subject to market fluctuations caused by such factors as economic, political, regulatory or market developments, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in securities prices. Overall Fund share values could decline generally or could underperform other investments.

NON-U.S. SECURITIES RISK. Non-U.S. securities are subject to higher volatility than securities of domestic issuers due to possible adverse political, social or economic developments; restrictions on foreign investment or exchange of securities; lack of liquidity; currency exchange rates; excessive taxation; government seizure of assets; different legal or accounting standards; and less government supervision and regulation of exchanges in foreign countries.

PREPAYMENT RISK. Loans are subject to pre-payment risk. The degree to which borrowers prepay loans, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, may be affected by general business conditions, the financial condition of the borrower and competitive conditions among loan investors, among others. As such, prepayments cannot be predicted with accuracy. Upon a prepayment, either in part or in full, the actual outstanding debt on which the Fund derives interest income will be reduced. The Fund may not be able to reinvest the proceeds received on terms as favorable as the prepaid loan.

SHORT SALE RISK. The Fund uses short sales for investment and risk management purposes, including when the Fund's advisor anticipates that the market price of securities will decline or in the aggregate will underperform the Index. In times of unusual or adverse market, economic, regulatory or political conditions, the Fund may not be able, fully or partially, to implement its short selling strategy. Periods of unusual or adverse market, economic, regulatory or political conditions may exist for relatively long periods of time. The Fund will have substantial short positions and must borrow those securities to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund may not be able to borrow a security that it needs to deliver or it may not be able to close out a short position at an acceptable price and may have to sell related long positions before it had intended to do so. Thus, the Fund may not be able to successfully implement its short sale strategy due to limited availability of desired securities or for other reasons. Also, there is the risk that the counterparty to a short sale may fail to honor its contractual terms, causing a loss to the Fund.

ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
The Fund has not yet operated for a full calendar year and, therefore, performance information is not included in this section of the prospectus. See "Total Return Information" for performance information regarding the Fund.

MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT ADVISOR
First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust" or the "Advisor")

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The following persons serve as the portfolio managers of the Fund. Each has managed the Fund since 2013.

o William Housey, Senior Vice President of First Trust;

o Scott D. Fries, Senior Vice President of First Trust;

o Peter Fasone, Vice President of First Trust; and

o Todd Larson, Vice President of First Trust.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
The Fund issues and redeems shares on a continuous basis, at net asset value, only in Creation Units consisting of 50,000 shares. The Creation Units are issued and redeemed for securities in which the Fund invests and/or cash and only to and from broker-dealers and large institutional investors that have entered into participation agreements. Individual shares may only be purchased and sold on NASDAQ(R) through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade on NASDAQ(R) at market prices rather than net asset value, which may cause the shares to trade at a price greater than net asset value (premium) or less than net asset value (discount).

TAX INFORMATION
The Fund's distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. Distributions on shares held in a tax deferred account, while not immediately taxable, will be subject to tax when the shares are no longer held in a a tax deferred account.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), First Trust and First Trust Portfolios L.P., the Fund's distributor, may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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