Which returned more over the last year, QQQ or WTMF?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +21.8% and WTMF returned +15.5%, so QQQ returned more.

Which is cheaper, QQQ or WTMF?

QQQ charges 0.18% a year and WTMF charges 0.66%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are QQQ and WTMF the same kind of fund?

No. QQQ is an index ETF and WTMF is an alternatives 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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QQQ vs WTMF: how they differ

Over the year QQQ returned more, +21.8% to WTMF's +15.5%, and QQQ charges 0.18% to WTMF's 0.66%.

Invesco QQQ Trust and WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund.

QQQ and WTMF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust	WTMF WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Where it sits	Core fund	Alternatives ETF
Issuer	Invesco	WisdomTree
What it is	Tracks the Nasdaq-100	Managed futures
Total return, 1 year	+21.8%	+15.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5.2 pts	−1.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.66%
Holdings	105	not filed
Net assets	$484.3bn	$235m

QQQ in plain words

QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +21.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 18, 2026.

WTMF in plain words

WTMF 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 +0.54 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.33, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.33% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks WTMF fell 0.19% on average, a down-week capture of 15.2%. Over the same 52 weeks WTMF returned +14.9% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 11.3 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QQQ or WTMF?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +21.8% and WTMF returned +15.5%, so QQQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, QQQ or WTMF?: QQQ charges 0.18% a year and WTMF charges 0.66%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are QQQ and WTMF the same kind of fund?: No. QQQ is an index ETF and WTMF is an alternatives 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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