ELM · Elm Market Navigator ETF
ELM returned +9.8% over the year to Oct 14, 2026, charges 0.24% a year and holds $578m in net assets on Jun 30, 2026.
ELM returned +9.8% over the past year.
Price and total return, 1 year
$29.22−0.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 14, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 14 – Oct 14, 2026 | −0.7% | +1.4% |
| 3M Jul 15 – Oct 14, 2026 | −0.2% | +2.2% |
| 6M Apr 15 – Oct 14, 2026 | +3.1% | +10.5% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +7.2% | +13.7% |
| 1Y Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +9.8% | +17.5% |
| Since launch Feb 11, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +20.0% | +29.6% |
| Since launch, annualised Feb 11, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +11.5% | – |
Total return at closing prices, distributions reinvested. Every column is a total return. Year to date runs from the last close of the year before. Annualised is the steady yearly rate that gives the since-launch total over the same days. Not shown: 3 years, which the fund has not been listed long enough to fill (listed Feb 2025); its since-launch row covers all of its record. Source: ETFIQ.
ELM against the ETFIQ 50 to 70% benchmark
Holdings Jun 30, 2026 · prices Oct 14, 2026ELM holds 63.5% stocks, which places it in the 50 to 70% band with 20 other allocation ETFs. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic 60. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 ELM returned +9.76% against +8.93%, 0.83 points ahead.
Return table
Prices to Oct 14, 2026| Strategic 60 | ELM listed Feb 11, 2025 | Difference, common period Mar 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +8.93%* | +9.76% | 0.83 points ahead |
| Common period, annualised | +12.49%* | +12.58% | 0.09 points ahead |
| 3 years, annualised | +14.30%* | not yet: 19 months of history | |
| 5 years, annualised | +6.57%* | not yet: 19 months of history | |
| 10 years, annualised | +7.93%* | not yet: 19 months of history | |
| Volatility, common period | 19 months in the period; volatility needs 36 | not yet: 19 months of history | |
| Maximum drawdown, common period | −8.96% (Feb 28 to Apr 8, 2025) | −8.18% (Mar 5 to Apr 8, 2025) | 0.78 pts shallower |
*Hypothetical for Strategic 60: the window begins before Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze the rule. The difference needs both figures. Drawdowns are on daily values, volatility from monthly returns.
Percentile in band
Band 50 to 70% · 21 funds · 3-year return to Sep 30, 2026Calendar years with percentile in band
Band 50 to 70% · 21 fundsELM has no whole calendar year yet: its first close is Feb 11, 2025.
The band is the funds in it today, each measured in the years it existed; a year with fewer than 10 of them has no percentile.
Risk by window
Prices to Sep 30, 2026| Measure | 3 years* | 5 years* | 10 years* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Benchmark | Portfolio | Benchmark | Portfolio | Benchmark | |
Volatility (annualised) Standard deviation of monthly returns, annualised | not yet: 19 months of history | 8.59% | not yet: 19 months of history | 10.97% | not yet: 19 months of history | 10.07% |
Maximum drawdown Largest peak-to-trough fall in the window | not yet: 19 months of history | −9.76% | not yet: 19 months of history | −22.31% | not yet: 19 months of history | −22.31% |
Worst month Lowest single calendar-month return | not yet: 19 months of history | −4.43% | not yet: 19 months of history | −7.38% | not yet: 19 months of history | −9.25% |
Sharpe on T-bills Excess return over 3-month T-bills, per unit of volatility | not yet: 19 months of history | 1.09 | not yet: 19 months of history | 0.28 | not yet: 19 months of history | 0.56 |
Beta to benchmark Sensitivity to the benchmark’s moves | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself |
Up capture Share of benchmark gains kept in up months | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself |
Down capture Share of benchmark losses taken in down months | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 19 months of history | measured against itself |
*Hypothetical as a whole: the window begins before Oct 3, 2026. Drawdowns are on daily values; the other measures are from monthly returns. The benchmark measured against itself has no beta or capture.
Costs
Prospectus, Jan 28, 2026| Layer | A year | On $10,000 | Source · date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund fee | 0.24% | $24 | 485BPOS XBRL · Jan 28, 2026 |
Every return above is after the fund's fee.
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Data sourced by Tiingo.
Money in and out
Monthly figures · as of Jun 30, 2026ELM: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $4.3m came in, by its SEC filing.
Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions ELM files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily figures for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for ELM, back to Jan 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare ELM with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outJan 2025 to Jun 2026
ELM, money in and money out each month from Jan 2025 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from ELM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 18 months listed, money came in on net in 15 and went out in 1.
Every bar is from ELM’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 18 months listed, money came in on net in 15 and went out in 1.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily figures; the Source column names any missing day.
About ELM
Questions people ask about ELM
- How has ELM performed?
- Over the year to Oct 14, 2026, ELM returned +9.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500.
- What does ELM cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year.
- What does ELM hold?
- 18 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 89.7% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is ELM below its high?
- 2.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 14, 2026.
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