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CMDY vs FTGC: how they differ

CMDY and FTGC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FTGC returned +42.1% over the year. iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF and First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.

CMDY costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; FTGC is 4.6 times larger.

CMDYFTGC
Expense ratio0.28%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$738m$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+36.5%+42.1%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.0%, high on Sep 10, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+36.5%
CMDY total return, 1 year
+42.1%
FTGC total return, 1 year
0.28%
CMDY expense ratio
0.98%
FTGC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CMDY and FTGC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CMDY FTGC
Only in CMDY
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT CO 2.02%
CRH AMERICA FINANCE INC 144A 1.62%
SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORP 144A 1.36%
DTE ELECTRIC CO 1.35%
SUMITOMO CORP OF AMERICA 1.35%
CONCORD MINUTEMEN CAPITAL CO 144A 1.34%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 144A 1.22%
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 144A 1.19%
Only in FTGC
GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 7.38%
BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 6.53%
GOLD 100 OZ FUTR Dec26 6.28%
WTI CRUDE FUTURE Dec26 5.63%
LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 5.47%
NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 5.13%
Low Su Gasoil G Nov26 5.10%
COPPER FUTURE Dec26 5.05%

On the same fields

CMDY
iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF
FTGC
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +36.5% +42.1%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +19.2 pts +24.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.98%
Holdings 86 30
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $738m $3.4bn

CMDY and FTGC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CMDY in plain words

CMDY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +36.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. It sat 3.0% below its high of Sep 10, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FTGC in plain words

FTGC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CMDY or FTGC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and FTGC +42.1%.
Which is cheaper, CMDY or FTGC?
CMDY is cheaper, by 0.70 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $70. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
CMDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CMDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CMDY ↗FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, CMDY against FTGC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cmdy-vs-ftgc

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