Which returned more over the last year, CTA or VGLT?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CTA returned +17.0% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so CTA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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CTA vs VGLT: how they differ

CTA and VGLT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CTA returned more over the year.

Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CTA and VGLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CTA	Only in VGLT
SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 81.69%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 3.72%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 3.44%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 2.76%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 2.75%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 2.20%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 1.37%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 1.07%	Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

CTA and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CTA Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Simplify	Vanguard
What it is	Simplify Managed Futures Strategy	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+17.0%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.5 pts	−22.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.75%	not published
Holdings	10	1703

CTA in plain words

CTA is an index equity fund tracking the Simplify Managed Futures Strategy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%. It sat 5.3% below its high of May 4, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VGLT in plain words

VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CTA or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CTA returned +17.0% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so CTA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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