# Innovation ETFs: 15 Ranked by Fee, Nov 2026

> 15 innovation ETFs ranked by fee, as of Nov 4, 2026. QQQJ leads at 0.15% a year. ABOT is second at 0.39% a year. Rebuilt every trading night.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 4, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## The cheapest innovation ETFs

See 15 funds ranked by the annual fee the fund charges. Updated Nov 4, 2026. A fee is one fact, not a verdict. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, and the holdings are on the theme page.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | QQQJ | Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF | 0.15% | $1.2bn | 46.7% | +25.2% |
| 2 | ABOT | Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF | 0.39% | $4.0m | 64.4% | +13.5% |
| 3 | FITE | State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Future Secu | 0.45% | $153m | 26.9% | +24.3% |
| 4 | XT | iShares Future Exponential Technologies | 0.46% | $4.0bn | 65.0% | +23.4% |
| 5 | BULD | Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future ET | 0.49% | $8.6m | 36.4% | +23.8% |
| 6 | TNXT | T. Rowe Price Innovation Leaders ETF | 0.49% | $19m | 64.2% | too new |
| 7 | BUYZ | Franklin Disruptive Commerce ETF | 0.50% | $5.3m | 61.5% | −10.3% |
| 8 | DTEC | ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF | 0.50% | $78m | 41.3% | +3.5% |
| 9 | FDCF | Fidelity Disruptive Communications ETF | 0.50% | $103m | 51.4% | +1.2% |
| 10 | FDFF | Fidelity Disruptive Finance ETF | 0.50% | $43m | 43.4% | +9.3% |
| 11 | FDTX | Fidelity Disruptive Technology ETF | 0.50% | $311m | 70.6% | +18.2% |
| 12 | FMED | Fidelity Disruptive Medicine ETF | 0.50% | $52m | 21.8% | +27.4% |
| 13 | GXDW | Global X Dorsey Wright Thematic ETF | 0.50% | $6.0m | 0.0% | −13.8% |
| 14 | TEKY | Lazard Next Gen Technologies ETF | 0.50% | $61m | 50.9% | +0.2% |
| 15 | THMZ | Lazard Equity Megatrends ETF | 0.50% | $54m | 53.9% | +6.1% |

### Method

The 30 of 30 ETFs in the broad innovation and megatrends theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.1% to 0.5%. A fee is the one number a fund controls and the one a holder always pays. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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