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Multi-strategy ETFs, against the S&P 500

8 multi-strategy funds. Runs several alternative strategies at once, or aims to return what hedge funds as a group return. Each is measured by how closely it moved with the S&P 500 over the last year and what it did in the weeks the index fell.

7 multi-strategy funds with a full year of weekly prices to Sep 18, 2026, highest Diversifier Score first. Source: weekly closes from Tiingo, ETFIQ calculation.
TickerFundIssuerStrategyCorrelationBetaDown-week capture, %Against T-bills, ptsDiversifier Score
FLSPFranklin Systematic Style Premia ETFFranklinMulti-strategy+0.01+0.01−12.6+10.181.8
LALTFirst Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETFFirst TrustMulti-strategy+0.24+0.11−14.9+11.675.4
QISSimplify Multi-QIS Alternative ETFSimplifyMulti-strategy−0.15−0.4959.6−41.559.5
QALTSEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETFSEIMulti-strategy+0.45+0.2521.1+5.654
HDGProShares Hedge Replication ETFProSharesMulti-strategy+0.83+0.3629.0+5.241.3
QAINYLIM Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETFNew York Life InvestmentsMulti-strategy+0.85+0.4234.0+5.438.1
HFNDUnlimited HFND Multi-Strategy Return Tracker EUnlimitedMulti-strategy+0.78+0.4850.0+4.134.9

Diversifier Score is the last column: where each fund sits among the 63 it can honestly be compared with, on the one question this category exists to answer. Ranked by it · How it is computed

Less than a year of prices

Correlation, beta and down-week capture need a year of weekly returns, so these funds are listed with what they have returned since they listed, against the S&P 500 over the same days.

1 multi-strategy funds younger than a year, as of Sep 18, 2026.
TickerFundIssuerStrategyListedTotal return sinceS&P 500 sinceDifference
IALTiShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETFiSharesMulti-strategyDec 10, 2025+18.5%+12.0%+6.5 pts

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Cite this page. ETFIQ, Multi-strategy ETFs against the S&P 500, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/alternatives/multi-strategy/ Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.