# WBIG ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 80 Benchmark

> In the year to Sep 30, 2026, WBIG returned +11.31%, 1.34 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark’s hypothetical +12.65%.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Rebuilt every trading night. Figures as of Oct 20, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.

## WBIG against the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark

WBI BullBear Yield 3000 ETF holds 84.9% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderately aggressive band. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 80% stocks, a rule, not a fund.

+11.31% WBIG, 1 year

+12.65%* Strategic 80, 1 year

−1.34 Difference, points

1.59% Expense ratio

In the year to Sep 30, 2026, WBIG returned +11.31%, 1.34 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark’s hypothetical +12.65%.

ETFIQ Strategic, 80% 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

### WBIG and Strategic 80 by window

WBIG’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 80 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 | WBIG | Strategic 80 | Difference, points | Side |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | Oct 20, 2026 | +14.82% | +9.89%* | +4.93 | WBIG ahead |
| 1 year | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | +11.31% | +12.65%* | −1.34 | WBIG behind |
| 3 years, a year | Sep 29, 2023 | Sep 30, 2026 | +6.70% | +17.84%* | −11.14 | WBIG behind |
| 5 years, a year | Sep 30, 2021 | Sep 30, 2026 | +1.67% | +8.96%* | −7.29 | WBIG behind |
| 10 years, a year | Sep 30, 2016 | Sep 30, 2026 | +4.16% | +10.14%* | −5.98 | WBIG behind |
| Since Aug 27, 2014, a year | Aug 29, 2014 | Sep 30, 2026 | +1.65% | +8.63%* | −6.98 | WBIG behind |

### 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WBIG | Expense ratio, from its prospectus | 1.59% | $159 | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Strategic 80 | Weighted fund fee, inside its returns | 0.05% | $5 | Oct 20, 2026 |

### Risk over 10 years

From monthly returns, Sep 30, 2016 to Sep 30, 2026, 120 months. The drawdown uses daily values. Beta, correlation, tracking error and captures compare the fund with the benchmark.

| Figure | WBIG | Strategic 80 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volatility, a year | 11.79% | 12.39% |
| Largest drawdown, on daily values | −25.32% | −28.15% |
| Beta to the benchmark | 0.68 | measured against itself |
| Correlation | 0.71 | measured against itself |
| Tracking error, a year | 9.30% | measured against itself |
| Up capture | 0.71 | measured against itself |
| Down capture | 0.94 | measured against itself |

### Questions people ask

Why is WBIG measured against ETFIQ Strategic 80? WBIG holds 84.9% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderately aggressive band, more than 70% and up to 85% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 80 is that band’s benchmark. What does ETFIQ Strategic 80 hold? 80% VT and 20% 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

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