# ELM ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark

> In the year to Sep 30, 2026, ELM returned +9.76%, 0.83 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark’s hypothetical +8.93%.

Data as of Oct 14, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Rebuilt every trading night. Figures as of Oct 14, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.

## ELM against the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark

Elm Market Navigator ETF holds 63.5% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderate band. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks, a rule, not a fund.

+9.76% ELM, 1 year

+8.93%* Strategic 60, 1 year

+0.83 Difference, points

0.24% Expense ratio

In the year to Sep 30, 2026, ELM returned +9.76%, 0.83 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark’s hypothetical +8.93%.

ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: we apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked. A window that starts earlier is hypothetical as a whole.

### Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks

### ELM and Strategic 60 by window

ELM’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 60 over the same closes. YTD and 1 year are total returns; the longer windows are yearly rates over whole months. The difference is in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark’s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .

| Window | From | To | ELM | Strategic 60 | Difference, points | Side |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | Oct 14, 2026 | +7.22% | +6.72%* | +0.50 | ELM ahead |
| 1 year | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | +9.76% | +8.93%* | +0.83 | ELM ahead |
| 3 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| 5 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| 10 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Since Feb 11, 2025, a year | Feb 28, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | +12.58% | +12.49%* | +0.09 | ELM ahead |

### Fees

Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.

| Portfolio | Fee | A year | On $10,000 | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ELM | Expense ratio, from its prospectus | 0.24% | $24 | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Strategic 60 | Weighted fund fee, inside its returns | 0.05% | $5 | Oct 14, 2026 |

### Questions people ask

Why is ELM measured against ETFIQ Strategic 60? ELM holds 63.5% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderate band, more than 50% and up to 70% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 60 is that band’s benchmark. What does ETFIQ Strategic 60 hold? 60% VT and 40% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a rule, not a fund. ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company. Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a set date. Returns before that date apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices. The fund’s own returns use its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source leaves out funds that closed before 2016, so results lean toward funds that survived. Total returns use market price with distributions reinvested, after each fund’s own fees. Nothing else is deducted. The price source leaves out funds that closed before 2016, so results lean toward funds that survived. Data sourced by Tiingo .

### Where these figures came from

### Where to next

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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