Are ATTR and TLT in the same category?

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

Which is cheaper, ATTR or TLT?

TLT is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

ATTR vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

ATTR and TLT are measured over different days, and TLT charges 0.15% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF, and $47.8bn on Oct 26, 2026 for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

−6.9%

TLT total return, 1 year

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

0.15%

TLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TLT costs 0.48 points a year less.

ATTR vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ATTR	TLT
Return
Measure	ATTR	TLT
Total return, 1 year	not published	−6.9%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ATTR	TLT
Below its high		42.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Against its benchmark
Measure	ATTR	TLT
What it tracks	not published	ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	ATTR	TLT
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.15%
Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and TLT as of Oct 26, 2026	$96m	$47.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ATTR	TLT
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	ATTR	TLT
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 TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Arin iShares

What it is Hedged equity Tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries

Total return, 1 year +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −6.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −6.7% (BBLB)

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

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.15%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 47

Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and TLT as of Oct 26, 2026 $96m $47.8bn

ATTR and TLT 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.

TLT

TLT tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned −6.9% with distributions reinvested, against −6.7% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 42.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are ATTR and TLT in the same category?: ATTR is an alternatives ETF and TLT is a bond ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, ATTR or TLT?: TLT is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

TLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for TLT ↗

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