Are ATTR and QQQ in the same category?

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

Which is cheaper, ATTR or QQQ?

QQQ is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

ATTR vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

ATTR and QQQ are measured over different days, and QQQ charges 0.18% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF, and $476.7bn on Oct 26, 2026 for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.

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At a glance

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

+15.4%

QQQ total return, 1 year

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

0.18%

QQQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QQQ costs 0.45 points a year less.

ATTR vs QQQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
Return
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+15.4%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
Below its high		5.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
What it tracks	not published	Nasdaq-100 Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.18%
Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and QQQ as of Oct 26, 2026	$96m	$476.7bn
Holdings
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		96%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		46.6%
Risk
Measure	ATTR	QQQ
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 QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Arin Invesco

What it is Hedged equity Tracks the Nasdaq-100

Total return, 1 year +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +15.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +15.4% (QQQM)

Gap to its benchmark −5.8 pts vs VOO (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) 0.0 pts vs QQQM

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.18%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 103

Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and QQQ as of Oct 26, 2026 $96m $476.7bn

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

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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.

QQQ

QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.4% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 26, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 46.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are ATTR and QQQ in the same category?: ATTR is an alternatives ETF and QQQ is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, ATTR or QQQ?: QQQ is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 →QQQ on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →QQQ dividend history →QQQ holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

QQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for QQQ ↗

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