ETF Model Portfolios · FARX · Moderately conservative band

FARX against the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark

Frontier Asset Absolute Return ETF holds 33.0% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderately conservative band. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks, a rule, not a fund.

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In the year to Sep 30, 2026, FARX returned +16.02%, 10.75 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark’s hypothetical +5.27%.

Growth of $10,000

Trailing ranges end on Sep 30, 2026; All ends on Oct 14, 2026. FARX’s line is its own market-price total return. The benchmark’s is dashed and shaded where hypothetical, before Oct 5, 2026. The largest drawdown of FARX is shaded where the comparison dates it. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Not published: the 3Y range, the comparison carries no such window; the 5Y range, the comparison carries no such window; the 10Y range, the comparison carries no such window.

Growth of $10,000 over 1Y, Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026: FARX ends at $11,602, Strategic 40 at $10,527, the benchmark hypothetical.$12,004$11,219$10,435$9,650hypothetical · the current rule applied to past prices$11,602$10,5272025 Sep2025 Dec2026 Apr2026 Jul2026 Sep
FARXStrategic 40, the benchmarkHypothetical
Value of $10,000 at six points from Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. FARX is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onSep 30, 2025Dec 10, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 7, 2026Jul 21, 2026Sep 30, 2026
FARX$10,000$10,291$10,908$11,221$11,310$11,602
Reference$10,000$10,176$10,467$10,585$10,635$10,527
Growth of $10,000 over the whole shared history, Dec 20, 2024 to Oct 14, 2026: FARX ends at $12,514, Strategic 40 at $11,708, the benchmark hypothetical.$12,969$11,749$10,530$9,311hypothetical · the current rule applied to past pricestracked$12,514$11,70820242025202520262026
FARXStrategic 40, the benchmarkHypothetical
Value of $10,000 at six points from Dec 20, 2024 to Oct 14, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. FARX is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onDec 20, 2024May 6, 2025Sep 15, 2025Jan 26, 2026Jun 4, 2026Oct 14, 2026
FARX$10,000$10,054$10,653$11,553$12,138$12,514
Reference$10,000$10,161$11,082$11,462$11,882$11,708

FARX and Strategic 40 by window

FARX and Strategic 40 by window
WindowFromToFARXStrategic 40Difference, pointsSide
Year to dateDec 31, 2025Oct 14, 2026+12.74%+3.76%*+8.98FARX ahead
1 yearSep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2026+16.02%+5.27%*+10.75FARX ahead
3 years, a yearnot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot published
5 years, a yearnot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot published
10 years, a yearnot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot publishednot published
Since Dec 20, 2024, a yearDec 31, 2024Sep 30, 2026+13.11%+9.36%*+3.75FARX ahead
FARX’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 40 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.

Fees

Fees
PortfolioFeeA yearOn $10,000As of
FARXExpense ratio, from its prospectus0.95%$95Feb 27, 2026
Strategic 40Weighted fund fee, inside its returns0.04%$4Oct 14, 2026
Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.
How a benchmark is published

Each benchmark has its own page with its weights, calendar and returns. Rules were frozen on Oct 3, 2026. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: we apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices. 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. Methodology v1.3 →

Where to next
FARX fund page→The Strategic 40 benchmark→Every benchmark at 40% stocks→Every model, side by side→How the benchmarks are built→

Questions people ask about FARX and its benchmark

Why is FARX measured against ETFIQ Strategic 40?
FARX holds 33.0% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderately conservative band, more than 30% and up to 50% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 40 is that band’s benchmark.
What does ETFIQ Strategic 40 hold?
40% VT and 60% 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.
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ETFIQ, FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/

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Sources and credit
Prices and distributions, every fund the benchmarks holdData sourced by Tiingo · end of day · Oct 14, 2026The risk-free rate, for the Sharpe ratioU.S. Treasury daily bill ratesFARX’s page, with its prospectus and feeFARX’s page, with its prospectus and feeFARX’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratioFARX’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Data sourced by Tiingo.