Are ATTR and GLD in the same category?

ATTR is an alternatives ETF and GLD is a commodity ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, ATTR or GLD?

GLD is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

ATTR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

ATTR and GLD are measured over different days, and GLD charges 0.40% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF, and $134.6bn on Oct 26, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

+1.4%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLD costs 0.23 points a year less.

ATTR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Return
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+1.4%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Below its high		24.9%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ATTR	GLD
What it tracks	not published	Gold
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.40%
Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 26, 2026	$96m	$134.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	ATTR	GLD
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns	+0.91
Beta to the S&P 500	+0.21: about 0.21% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell	fell 0.14%
Down-week capture	12.8%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell	25 of 52, by 1.10% on average

Method

Side by side

ATTR Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Arin State Street

What it is Hedged equity Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +1.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +1.6% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark −5.8 pts vs VOO (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.40%

Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 26, 2026 $96m $134.6bn

ATTR and GLD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Alert

About each fund

ATTR

ATTR 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 Oct 27, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.91 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.21, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.21% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 25 of those 52 weeks, by 1.10% on average. In the same weeks ATTR fell 0.14% on average, a down-week capture of 12.8%. Over the same 52 weeks ATTR returned +7.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned +1.4% with distributions reinvested, against +1.6% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.9% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are ATTR and GLD in the same category?: ATTR is an alternatives ETF and GLD is a commodity ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, ATTR or GLD?: GLD is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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BIL, the T-bill fund these are measured against →SPY, the S&P 500 fund these are measured against →ATTR on its own →GLD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

State Street website ↗

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