Data as of .
FTLS vs ORR: which moved less with stocks?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ORR moved less with the S&P 500 than FTLS: correlation +0.35 against +0.77.
ETFIQ Diversifier Score: ORR scores higher
How much does it diversify a stock portfolio?
A percentile among the 63 alternatives ETFs with a full year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All alternatives ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
One strategy, two funds
FTLS and ORR both run a long-short equity strategy. Over the same 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, FTLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.77 with the S&P 500 and ORR’s +0.35. In the 22 weeks the index fell, by 1.24% a week on average, FTLS averaged −0.52% and ORR −0.18%. Over the same weeks, FTLS finished 7.7 percentage points ahead of cash and ORR finished 17.7 points ahead of cash.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTLS | ORR | FTLS | ORR | |
| 3 months | +3.2% | +3.5% | +0.9 pts | +1.3 pts |
| 6 months | +10.9% | +7.2% | −7.1 pts | −10.8 pts |
| 1 year | +11.9% | +20.4% | −4.7 pts | +3.8 pts |
| 3 years | +47.7% | not published | −30.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +183.9% | +48.4% | −183.2 pts | +17.4 pts |
| FTLS First Trust Long/Short Equity Long-short equity fund: owns stocks and sells others short, so part of its exposure to the stock market cancels out | ORR Militia Long/Short Equity ETF Long-short equity fund: owns stocks and sells others short, so part of its exposure to the stock market cancels out | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Militia |
| Strategy | Long-short equity | Long-short equity |
| Correlation with the S&P 500 | +0.77 | +0.35 |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.44 | +0.42 |
| Down-week capture | 42.3% | 14.3% |
| Average week when the S&P 500 fell | −0.52% | −0.18% |
| The S&P 500 in those weeks | −1.24% | −1.24% |
| Total return, same 52 weeks | +11.4% | +21.4% |
| Against T-bills, percentage points | +7.7 pts | +17.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.38% | not published |
| Listed | Sep 10, 2014 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Net assets | $2.6bn | $367m |
FTLS in plain words
FTLS is a long-short equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.77 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.44, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.44% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks FTLS fell 0.52% on average, a down-week capture of 42.3%. Over the same 52 weeks FTLS returned +11.4% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 7.7 percentage points ahead of cash.
ORR in plain words
ORR is a long-short equity fund. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.35 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.42, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.42% the same way. In the same weeks ORR fell 0.18% on average, a down-week capture of 14.3%. Over the same 52 weeks ORR returned +21.4% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 17.7 percentage points ahead of cash.
Questions people ask
- Which moved less with the S&P 500, FTLS or ORR?
- Over the 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, FTLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.77 with the S&P 500 and ORR’s +0.35, so ORR moved less with the index.
- Which did better when the S&P 500 fell, FTLS or ORR?
- In the 22 weeks the S&P 500 fell, by 1.24% a week on average, FTLS averaged −0.52% and ORR −0.18%, so ORR returned more in those weeks.
- Which earned more than cash, FTLS or ORR?
- Over the same weeks, FTLS finished 7.7 percentage points ahead of cash and ORR finished 17.7 percentage points ahead of cash. Cash here is BIL, a fund of Treasury bills.
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