FARX · Frontier Asset Absolute Return ETF
FARX returned +15.5% over the year to Oct 14, 2026, charges 0.95% a year and holds $13m in net assets on Jul 31, 2026.
FARX is actively managed and returned +15.5% over the past year.
Price and total return, 1 year
$30.05−0.6%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 | +0.6% | +1.4% |
| 3M Jul 15 – Oct 14, 2026 | +3.8% | +2.2% |
| 6M Apr 15 – Oct 14, 2026 | +5.6% | +10.5% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +12.7% | +13.7% |
| 1Y Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026 | +15.5% | +17.5% |
| Since launch Dec 20, 2024 – Oct 14, 2026 | +25.1% | +32.7% |
| Since launch, annualised Dec 20, 2024 – Oct 14, 2026 | +13.1% | – |
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 Dec 2024); its since-launch row covers all of its record. Source: ETFIQ.
FARX against the ETFIQ 30 to 50% benchmark
Holdings Jul 31, 2026 · prices Oct 14, 2026FARX holds 33.0% stocks, which places it in the 30 to 50% band with 6 other allocation ETFs. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic 40. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 FARX returned +16.02% against +5.27%, 10.75 points ahead.
Return table
Prices to Oct 14, 2026| Strategic 40 | FARX listed Dec 20, 2024 | Difference, common period Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +5.27%* | +16.02% | 10.75 points ahead |
| Common period, annualised | +9.36%* | +13.11% | 3.75 points ahead |
| 3 years, annualised | +10.82%* | not yet: 21 months of history | |
| 5 years, annualised | +4.17%* | not yet: 21 months of history | |
| 10 years, annualised | +5.68%* | not yet: 21 months of history | |
| Volatility, common period | 21 months in the period; volatility needs 36 | not yet: 21 months of history | |
| Maximum drawdown, common period | −6.39% (Feb 26 to Apr 8, 2025) | −5.83% (Feb 18 to Apr 7, 2025) | 0.56 pts shallower |
*Hypothetical for Strategic 40: 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 30 to 50% · 7 funds · 3-year return to Sep 30, 2026Calendar years with percentile in band
Band 30 to 50% · 7 funds · years to Dec 31, 2025| Year | FARX | Benchmark | Band median | Percentile · funds | Band low to high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025* | +10.61% | +13.13% | 7 of the 7 funds in the moderately-conservative band have a total return in 2025; a percentile needs 10 | ||
*Hypothetical: the year begins before Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze the benchmark's rule. 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. FARX's first close is Dec 20, 2024, so its first whole calendar year is 2025.
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: 21 months of history | 7.25% | not yet: 21 months of history | 9.18% | not yet: 21 months of history | 7.93% |
Maximum drawdown Largest peak-to-trough fall in the window | not yet: 21 months of history | −6.47% | not yet: 21 months of history | −20.32% | not yet: 21 months of history | −20.32% |
Worst month Lowest single calendar-month return | not yet: 21 months of history | −3.54% | not yet: 21 months of history | −6.31% | not yet: 21 months of history | −6.49% |
Sharpe on T-bills Excess return over 3-month T-bills, per unit of volatility | not yet: 21 months of history | 0.84 | not yet: 21 months of history | 0.07 | not yet: 21 months of history | 0.42 |
Beta to benchmark Sensitivity to the benchmark’s moves | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself |
Up capture Share of benchmark gains kept in up months | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself |
Down capture Share of benchmark losses taken in down months | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 months of history | measured against itself | not yet: 21 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, Feb 27, 2026| Layer | A year | On $10,000 | Source · date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund fee | 0.95% | $95 | 485BPOS XBRL · Feb 27, 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 Jul 31, 2026FARX: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, nothing net moved, by its SEC filing.
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions FARX 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 Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for FARX, back to Nov 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare FARX with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outNov 2024 to Jul 2026
FARX, money in and money out each month from Nov 2024 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from FARX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 21 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 4.
Every bar is from FARX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 21 months listed, money came in on net in 1 and went out in 4.
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 FARX
Questions people ask about FARX
- How has FARX performed?
- Over the year to Oct 14, 2026, FARX returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500.
- What does FARX cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.95% a year.
- What does FARX hold?
- 12 positions as filed for Jul 31, 2026, with the top ten at 94.6% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is FARX below its high?
- 0.6% below its high of Oct 12, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 14, 2026.
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