Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QBER vs XTR: Correlation to the S&P 500
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QBER moved less with the S&P 500 than XTR: correlation −0.71 against +1.00.
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Net assets: $73m on Jul 31, 2026 for TrueShares Quarterly Bear Hedge ETF, and $5.0m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF.
QBER in the 26 weeks SPY fell, year to Nov 4, 2026: SPY averaged −1.07%, QBER +0.17%.
XTR in the 26 weeks SPY fell, year to Nov 4, 2026: SPY averaged −1.07%, XTR −1.07%.
Pair scorecard
XTR costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points.
| Measure | QBER | XTR |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | 0.0% | +10.2% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.25% |
| Net assets, QBER as of Jul 31, 2026 and XTR as of Oct 12, 2026 | $73m | $5.0m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Beta to the S&P 500 | −0.12: about 0.12% for each 1% | +0.94: about 0.94% for each 1% |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | rose 0.17% | fell 1.07% |
How much it diversifies a stock portfolio, ranked against 22 equity hedged alternatives ETFs with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year of weekly moves against the S&P 500, within one strategy; it ignores what the fund returned. All alternatives ETFs ranked by it →
Window by window
| Total return | vs its benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QBER | XTR | QBER | XTR |
| 3 months | 0.0% | −1.0% | not measured | −0.9 pts vs VOO |
| 6 months | +0.2% | +3.4% | not measured | −1.6 pts vs VOO |
| 1 year | 0.0% | +10.2% | not measured | −4.6 pts vs VOO |
| 3 years | – | +65.7% | – | −17.6 pts vs VOO |
| Since launchNot the same days: QBER Jul 2024 · XTR Aug 2021 | −0.2% | +58.1% | not measured | −26.8 pts vs VOO |
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
One strategy, two funds
QBER and XTR both run a hedged equity strategy. Over the same 52 weeks to Nov 4, 2026, QBER’s weekly returns had a correlation of −0.71 with the S&P 500 and XTR’s +1.00. In the 26 weeks the index fell, by 1.07% a week on average, QBER averaged +0.17% and XTR −1.07%. Over the same weeks, QBER finished 3.8 percentage points behind cash and XTR finished 6.3 points ahead of cash.
QBER
QBER is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.71 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.12, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.12% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks QBER rose 0.17% on average, a down-week capture of −15.4%. Over the same 52 weeks QBER returned −0.1% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.8 percentage points behind cash.
XTR
XTR is a hedged equity fund. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +1.00 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.94, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.94% the same way. In the same weeks XTR fell 1.07% on average, a down-week capture of 100.0%. Over the same 52 weeks XTR returned +9.9% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 6.3 percentage points ahead of cash.
Questions people ask
- Which moved less with the S&P 500, QBER or XTR?
- Over the 52 weeks to Nov 4, 2026, QBER’s weekly returns had a correlation of −0.71 with the S&P 500 and XTR’s +1.00, so QBER moved less with the index.
- Which did better when the S&P 500 fell, QBER or XTR?
- In the 26 weeks the S&P 500 fell, by 1.07% a week on average, QBER averaged +0.17% and XTR −1.07%, so QBER returned more in those weeks.
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