{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a market neutral ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 4 alternatives ETFs in equity market neutral, against 26 in equity hedged, among 90 alternatives ETFs.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf#article","headline":"What is a market neutral ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 4 alternatives ETFs in equity market neutral, against 26 in equity hedged, among 90 alternatives ETFs.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a market neutral ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is market neutral the same as low risk?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It removes market direction, not the risk of poor picks."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is beta?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"How much a fund moves per unit of S&P 500 move. Near zero means little link."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why so few funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The strategy is harder to run in an ETF wrapper."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a market neutral ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a market neutral ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 4 alternatives ETFs in equity market neutral, against 26 in equity hedged, among 90 alternatives ETFs.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1881,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a market neutral ETF? \n \n What is a market neutral ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 4 alternatives ETFs in equity market neutral, against 26 in equity hedged, among 90 alternatives ETFs.\n \n In plain words\n A market neutral ETF takes long positions in some stocks and short positions in others, sized so the market\u2019s moves cancel out. Its result comes from stock picking, not market direction.\n ETFIQ finds only 4 funds here, against 26 equity hedged and 23 trend, so each fund\u2019s own record matters more. Measures are weekly correlation and beta with the S&P 500 over a year. Neutral does not mean no risk: the fund can lose on both sides if its picks are wrong. \n Questions\n Is market neutral the same as low risk? No. It removes market direction, not the risk of poor picks.\n What is beta? How much a fund moves per unit of S&P 500 move. Near zero means little link.\n Why so few funds? The strategy is harder to run in an ETF wrapper.\n Where to next\n Alternatives Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is an actively managed ETF? What is a managed futures ETF? What is a hedged equity ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a market neutral ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a market neutral ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a market neutral ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf Markdown [What is a market neutral ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a market neutral ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-market-neutral-etf"}