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BWET vs QQQM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and QQQM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +15.2%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $110.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+15.2%
QQQM total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.15%
QQQM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

QQQM costs 4.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5106.5 points; QQQM is far larger, $108.8bn against $186m.

BWET vs QQQM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETQQQM
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+15.2%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 20264.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresNasdaq-100 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$186m$108.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight96%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund46.7%

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET QQQM
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +121.6%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +25.8%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% +117.0%
Risk
Volatility edge QQQM 87.4% 19.2%
Max drawdown edge QQQM −55.9% −21.2%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 1.06
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 1.66
Calmar edge BWET 4.01 1.22
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +121.6%. QQQM swung less: 19.2% to 87.4%. QQQM fell less at its worst: −21.2% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs QQQM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETQQQMEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+121.6%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+25.8%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%+117.0%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%19.2%QQQMSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%12.2%QQQMLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%−21.2%QQQMDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.711.06BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.721.66BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.011.22BWETAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 180 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the Nasdaq-100
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +15.2%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.2% (QQQ)
Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs QQQ
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.15%
Holdings not counted 105
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and QQQM as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $110.4bn

BWET and QQQM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
BWET

Its expense ratio is 4.68%, for the year to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-K states.

BWET holds tanker freight futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +5,121.7% with distributions reinvested. It sat 11.2% below its high of Oct 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

QQQM

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.2% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 46.7%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or QQQM?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and QQQM +15.2%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or QQQM?
QQQM is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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