Which returned more over the last year, BTRN or VOO?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BTRN returned −13.9% and VOO returned +16.6%, so VOO returned more.

Which is cheaper, BTRN or VOO?

BTRN charges 0.95% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are BTRN and VOO the same kind of fund?

No. BTRN is an alternatives ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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BTRN vs VOO: how they differ

Over the year VOO returned more, +16.6% to BTRN's −13.9%, and VOO charges 0.03% to BTRN's 0.95%.

Global X Bitcoin Trend Strategy ETF and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

BTRN and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BTRN Global X Bitcoin Trend Strategy ETF	VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Alternatives ETF	Core fund
Issuer	Global X	Vanguard
What it is	Managed futures	Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	−13.9%	+16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−30.5 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.95%	0.03%
Holdings	not filed	508
Net assets	$2m	$1000.0bn

BTRN in plain words

BTRN is a managed futures 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 +0.21 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.31, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.31% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks BTRN fell 0.64% on average, a down-week capture of 51.2%. Over the same 52 weeks BTRN returned −12.2% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 15.8 percentage points behind cash.

VOO in plain words

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BTRN or VOO?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BTRN returned −13.9% and VOO returned +16.6%, so VOO returned more.
Which is cheaper, BTRN or VOO?: BTRN charges 0.95% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are BTRN and VOO the same kind of fund?: No. BTRN is an alternatives ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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