AINF Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF

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$18.37
+2.3% · 1 day, price
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From its Aug 18, 2026 launch to Oct 28, 2026, AINF lost 3.9%.

Holds 26 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesDefiance ↗Expense ratio 0.65%Fund assets $443,594 on Oct 27, 2026First traded Aug 18, 2026Benchmark Its own holdings, as of Oct 28, 2026; its filing names the BITA AI Inference Chip Select Index, and it files no N-CEN, so no other fund is measured against it as tracking that indexFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every Defiance fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

Promise check: Not measuredIts theme exposure is measured once ETFIQ defines its theme company by company.

AINF risk and return scorecard

vs its own holdings

Not measured: its benchmark is its own holdings, which has no weekly price series.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

What you earned

AINF −9.2%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
AINF−9.2%
AINF −3.9%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
AINF−3.9%

What can be shown yet

First traded Aug 18, 2026
35.3%
Already in the S&P 500
87.2%
Active share vs the S&P 500
69.4%
Top ten holdings
−3.9%
Total return, since launch
$0.0509
Last payment, ex-date Sep 23, 2026
AINF has traded for 71 days. Numbers that need a year of prices are not shown yet.
Shown now
First tradedAug 18, 2026
Outside the S&P 500, by weight65%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight39.5%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-10082.1%
Not yet
One-year returnfrom Aug 18, 2027
Three-year returnfrom Aug 18, 2029

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Price since launch, Aug 18, 2026

$18.37+2.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was −3.9%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

AINF returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−9.2%+0.9%
Since launch Aug 18 – Oct 28, 2026−3.9%+0.9%

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Aug 2026: no 3 months, 6 months, year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

AINF key stats

High since Aug 18, 2026, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$21.30 on Oct 6, 2026
Low since Aug 18, 2026, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$16.75 on Oct 22, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$18.37, 36% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings26
Top ten holdings weight69.4%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026
Trading · AINFas of Oct 27, 2026
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Too new to score0 of 6 measured · Oct 27, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+1.18%
−1.8%95% of days within ±1.41%+1.8%
How to tradeSpread not read.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

AINF top ten by weight, 69.4% of the fund, of its 26 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.

Broadcom Inc AVGO 10.69%
Nvidia Corp NVDA 10.13%
Global Unichip Corp 3443 TPE 5.18%
Advantest Corp 6857 TYO 4.78%
Intel Corp INTC 4.57%
Mediatek Inc 2454 TPE 4.31%

Source: Defiance’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 28, 2026.

About AINF

Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)AI infrastructure and chips
First tradedAug 18, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)35.3%
Outside the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)65%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)87.2%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)39.5%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)82.1%
Top ten holdings weight69.4%
Holdings26
Holdings published for (the issuer’s daily file)Oct 28, 2026
Holdings as of the close of (the issuer’s daily file)Oct 28, 2026
Top holdingsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.2%, Broadcom Inc 10.7%, Nvidia Corp 10.1%, Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.9%, Global Unichip Corp 5.2%, Advantest Corp 4.8%, Intel Corp 4.6%, Winbond Electronics Corp 4.4%, Mediatek Inc 4.3%, Arm Holdings Plc 4.3%
Net assets (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026)$443,594Report
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of Oct 28, 2026; its filing names the BITA AI Inference Chip Select Index, and it files no N-CEN, so no other fund is measured against it as tracking that index
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−13.7%
Expense ratio (497 XBRL, Aug 13, 2026)0.65%Report
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.75%
Closest funds by holdings overlapCHPX 40%, SMHX 37%, SMH 36%, SOXQ 35%, SOXX 33%
Below its all-time high13.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026
How we measure
The top ten holdings are 69% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Since it first traded on Aug 18, 2026 the fund returned −3.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.
Holdings from the file the issuer publishes daily; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. Method
IQ Investment Committee on AINF

12 seats on AINF, as of Oct 28, 2026: 5 Challenges, 7 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherChallenges
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingNot enough data
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatChallenges
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Questions people ask about AINF

How much of AINF is in S&P 500 companies?
By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026, 35% of AINF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 87%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does AINF hold?
26 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026, with the top ten at 69% of the fund. The largest are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd at 11.2%, Broadcom Inc at 10.7%, Nvidia Corp at 10.1%.
Has AINF beaten the S&P 500?
Since it first traded on Aug 18, 2026, AINF returned −3.9% with distributions reinvested, against +0.9% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 4.8 points.
What does AINF cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. Because 87% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.75%.
Sources and dates
Prices, AINF and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026
Net assets, $443,594The issuer’s own daily fund list · Oct 27, 2026

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Weight overlap
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Already in the index
The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at different weights.
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