Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HFMF vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, HFMF returned +8.0% to SPY's +14.8%, and SPY charges 0.09% to HFMF's 0.97%.
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Net assets: $25m on Aug 31, 2026 for Unlimited HFMF Managed Futures ETF, and $804.8bn on Nov 3, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
Pair scorecard
SPY costs 0.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.8 points.
| Measure | HFMF | SPY |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +8.0% | +14.8% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +8.3% | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | not published | S&P 500 Index |
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Against cash | 4.6 points ahead | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.97% | 0.09% |
| Net assets, HFMF as of Aug 31, 2026 and SPY as of Nov 3, 2026 | $25m | $804.8bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 100% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 37.3% | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | +0.18 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.24: about 0.24% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | fell 0.60% | |
| Down-week capture | 56.2% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
HFMF and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HFMF
HFMF 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 Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.18 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.24, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.24% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks HFMF fell 0.60% on average, a down-week capture of 56.2%. Over the same 52 weeks HFMF returned +8.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 4.6 percentage points ahead of cash.
SPY
SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.
Questions people ask
- Are HFMF and SPY in the same category?
- HFMF is an alternatives ETF and SPY is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, HFMF or SPY?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HFMF returned +8.0% and SPY +14.8%.
- Which is cheaper, HFMF or SPY?
- SPY is cheaper, by 0.88 percentage points a year. That is about $88 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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