FRWD Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF

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$30.81
+1.4% · 1 day, price
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Between Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, FRWD lost 3.9%, against −3.6% for its own holdings.

Holds 25 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesNomura ↗Expense ratio 0.65%Fund assets $285m net assets, latest filing (Jun 30, 2026)First traded Jan 13, 2026Benchmark Its own holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026; its prospectus names no index it tracksSEC filings ↗Every Nomura fund ETFIQ covers

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

FRWD 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

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Jun 30, 2026
Since Jan 2026
+$228m

What you earned

FRWD −5.2%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
FRWD−5.2%
FRWD +6.3%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
FRWD+6.3%
FRWD +11.2%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
FRWD+11.2%
FRWD +23.7%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
FRWD+23.7%

What can be shown yet

First traded Jan 13, 2026
69.9%
Already in the S&P 500
74.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500
60.6%
Top ten holdings
+23.7%
Total return, since launch
FRWD has traded for 288 days. Numbers that need a year of prices are not shown yet.
Shown now
First tradedJan 13, 2026
Outside the S&P 500, by weight30%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight77.4%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-10062.2%
Not yet
One-year returnfrom Jan 13, 2027
Three-year returnfrom Jan 13, 2029

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Price since launch, Jan 13, 2026

$30.81+1.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

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

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FRWD returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−5.2%+0.9%
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026+6.3%+6.1%
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026+11.2%+9.1%
Since launch Jan 13 – Oct 28, 2026+23.7%+12.2%

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

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

Where every fund in this set sits

How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

Active share against the S&P 500
USNZ 23.1%IQSZ 49.1%TNXT 51.6%IETC 59.8%XIGV 60.7%CRTC 61.8%AIX 64.0%LQAI 64.9%ALAI 65.2%IVES 66.3%ILDR 67.0%PEXL 67.1%JHAI 68.1%AGIX 68.8%AIEQ 69.0%AOTG 69.1%XT 69.2%FAI 70.1%AIQ 70.2%CHAT 70.9%WTAI 71.5%XAIX 72.0%THMZ 73.5%AIFD 74.4%CARZ 74.5%WUGI 75.2%FDTX 75.5%BAI 75.9%AIUP 76.1%TEKY 77.7%PNQI 78.9%FMET 79.1%IGPT 79.2%FDCF 79.8%ARKW 79.9%AINT 80.3%ARKQ 80.3%SHOC 80.5%SMH 80.7%SOXQ 80.8%FTXL 80.9%GGME 81.5%KNCT 81.7%PBOT 82.1%SOXX 82.3%CBOT 82.4%OGIG 82.9%UFOX 83.1%ARTY 83.2%ABOT 83.7%ARKX 83.7%MILN 83.9%SUPP 84.2%CHPX 84.3%RACK 84.3%CHPS 84.8%AGIQ 85.2%FDN 85.5%AIPO 85.8%CLOD 86.1%XDAT 86.2%BUYZ 86.3%SMHX 87.2%FOWF 88.4%NRSH 88.6%PCLN 89.5%DTCR 90.8%CIBR 90.9%FCLD 91.6%TMAT 91.6%RBLD 91.9%PSI 92.2%IGV 92.4%TCAI 92.7%NEWZ 94.6%TSES 94.7%MADE 94.8%PBPH 95.0%GDOC 95.4%BMED 95.6%EPAI 95.6%IFRA 95.7%PPA 96.4%WR 96.6%POWR 96.9%VOLT 96.9%YUNG 97.1%FPWR 97.2%, and 2 more at this point: IVEP 97.2%, PAVE 97.2%MISL 97.4%HVAC 97.5%, and 1 more at this point: RIFR 97.5%AV 97.6%, and 1 more at this point: TSSD 97.6%IPAY 97.7%, and 4 more at this point: ITA 97.7%, NATO 97.7%, KYC 97.8%, ZAP 97.8%DUTY 98.1%WNDR 98.1%DRES 98.2%, and 2 more at this point: TPZ 98.3%, SRVR 98.5%NFRX 98.2%IHI 98.7%DOCK 98.8%BBH 99.0%PHO 99.4%LGHT 99.5%FRWD 74.4%FRWD 74.4%23.1%99.5%
23.1% to 99.5% across 112

That is the share of the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies sitting at or below FRWD.

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.

21.4
IQ Themes ScoreETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Scorejoint 88th of 112 · Oct 28, 2026
0.4 · lowest of 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies99.6 · highest

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

FRWD shares 16 of its 25 holdings with the S&P 500. Counting each at the smaller of its two weights, the two overlap by 25.6%.

active share against the S&P 50074.4% · 21st pct

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026

FRWD: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $51.9m came in, by its SEC filing.

Since Jan 2026
+$228m
Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions FRWD files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for FRWD, back to Jan 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare FRWD with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJan 2026 to Jun 2026

FRWD, money in and money out each month from Jan 2026 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from FRWD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 6 months listed, money came in on net in 5 and went out in 1.

Every bar is from FRWD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 6 months listed, money came in on net in 5 and went out in 1.

MonthInOutNet
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$64.5m−$12.6m+$51.9m
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$55.6m−$5.2m+$50.4m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$79.5m−$685k+$78.8m
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$2.2m−$2.2m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$22.4m$0+$22.4m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$26.5m−$25+$26.5m

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 data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

FRWD key stats

High since Jan 13, 2026, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$34.47 on Jun 18, 2026
Low since Jan 13, 2026, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$21.62 on Mar 30, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$30.81, 72% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings25
Top ten holdings weight60.6%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Jun 12, 2026
Trading · FRWDas of Jun 12, 2026
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Not scored1 of 6 measured · Jun 12, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
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FRWD top ten by weight, 60.6% of the fund, of its 25 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.

Source: Holdings filing (SEC Form N-PORT).

About FRWD

Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Broad innovation and megatrends
First tradedJan 13, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)69.9%
Outside the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)30%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)74.4%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)77.4%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)62.2%
Top ten holdings weight60.6%
Holdings25
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Jun 30, 2026
Top holdingsNVIDIA Corp. 8.1%, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 7.8%, Seagate Technology Holdings plc 7.7%, Lam Research Corp. 6.7%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 6.3%, Micron Technology, Inc. 5.1%, ASML Holding NV 5.1%, Western Digital Corp. 5.0%, Broadcom, Inc. 4.7%, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 4.1%
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026)$285mReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026; its prospectus names no index it tracks
FRWD, Jun 30, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026−3.87%
Its book of Jun 30, 2026, the same days (ETFIQ, measured on 96% of the book by weight)−3.63%
Against its own holdings (ETFIQ)−0.24 pts
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−10.6%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jul 29, 2026)0.65%Report
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.87%
Closest funds by holdings overlapJHAI 49%, AOTG 43%, FAI 42%, WUGI 41%, ALAI 41%
Below its all-time high10.6%, high on Jun 18, 2026
How we measure
The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Jan 13, 2026 the fund returned +23.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.6% below its all-time high of Jun 18, 2026.
Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; 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 FRWD

12 seats on FRWD, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 3 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyChallenges
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityMixed
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceChallenges
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 FollowingMixed
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatChallenges
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Questions people ask about FRWD

How much of FRWD is in S&P 500 companies?
By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 70% of FRWD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 74%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does FRWD hold?
25 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 61% of the fund. The largest are NVIDIA Corp. at 8.1%, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. at 7.8%, Seagate Technology Holdings plc at 7.7%.
Has FRWD beaten the S&P 500?
Since it first traded on Jan 13, 2026, FRWD returned +23.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.2% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 11.5 points.
What does FRWD cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. Because 74% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.87%.
Sources and dates
Prices, FRWD and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026
Net assets, $285mSEC filing, whole fund · Jun 30, 2026

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Weight overlap
The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight.
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.
The weight of the ten largest holdings. Above 50% the fund is a bet on a handful of companies, whatever the theme.
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