{"url":"https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/","section":"models","title":"FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark | ETFIQ","description":"In the year to Sep 30, 2026, FARX returned +16.02%, 10.75 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +5.27%.","as_of":"Oct 14, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"FARX and its matched benchmark","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"FARX, Frontier Asset Absolute Return ETF","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/farx"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks","url":"https://etfiq.com/benchmarks/strategic-40/"}]},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is FARX measured against ETFIQ Strategic 40?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"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. 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Figures as of Oct 14, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.\n FARX against the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\n 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.\n +16.02% FARX, 1 year \n +5.27%* Strategic 40, 1 year \n +10.75 Difference, points \n 0.95% Expense ratio \n\n In the year to Sep 30, 2026, FARX returned +16.02%, 10.75 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 40 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +5.27%.\n ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: we apply today\u2019s rule and funds to earlier prices. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked. A window that starts earlier is hypothetical as a whole.\n Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks\n ALTY AOA AOK AOM AOR AVMA DPRE ELM FARX FPAA FREI FTBI GAA GMOD GYLD HEFT INCM INKM IRTR ITDB ITDC ITDD ITDE IYLD JFLI LCR MDIV MFUL MHIG MHIP NDOW OCIO PVEX RAA RISN RJVI RSMV TBFC TBFG TRND TRTY XFLX XRLX YLDW FARX and Strategic 40 by window\n FARX\u2019s 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\u2019s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .\n Total return of FARX and ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks by window, to Oct 14, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo. Window From To FARX Strategic 40 Difference, points Side \n Year to date Dec 31, 2025 Oct 14, 2026 +12.74% +3.76%* +8.98 FARX ahead \n 1 year Sep 30, 2025 Sep 30, 2026 +16.02% +5.27%* +10.75 FARX ahead \n 3 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 5 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 10 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n Since Dec 20, 2024, a year Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2026 +13.11% +9.36%* +3.75 FARX ahead \n\n Fees\n Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.\n The expense ratio of FARX and the weighted fund fee of ETFIQ Strategic, 40% stocks. Portfolio Fee A year On $10,000 As of \n FARX Expense ratio, from its prospectus 0.95% $95 Feb 27, 2026 \n Strategic 40 Weighted fund fee, inside its returns 0.04% $4 Oct 14, 2026 \n\n Questions people ask\n 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\u2019s 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\u2019s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a set date. Returns before that date apply today\u2019s rule and funds to earlier prices. The fund\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 .\n Where these figures came from\n Data sourced by Tiingo U.S. Treasury daily bill rates, for the Sharpe ratio FARX\u2019s page, with its prospectus and fee FARX\u2019s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio Where to next\n FARX fund page The Strategic 40 benchmark Every benchmark at 40% stocks Every model, side by side How the benchmarks are built ETFIQ publishes ETF data. It is independent, is not an investment adviser, takes no payment from issuers, and makes no recommendations.\n \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 14, 2026). FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/ Markdown [FARX ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 40 Benchmark (ETFIQ, Oct 14, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/models/compare/farx/)","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":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). 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