Best trend-following / tactical index ETFs
All 20 funds in this category, ranked by Grade.
| Shares traded a day, averaged over the last 30 days. | Average return a year over the last three years. | The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed, over up to five years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAMAWisdomTree US Adaptive Moving Average Fund | WisdomTree US Adaptive Moving Average FundWisdomTree | WAMA WisdomTree US Adaptive Moving Average FundA | 74 | 0.32% | $206M | 12.4K | — | — | — |
| PTINPacer Trendpilot International ETF | Pacer Trendpilot International ETFPacer | PTIN Pacer Trendpilot International ETFA | 73 | 0.02% | $178M | 10.3K | +22.5% | +14.2% | −21.3% |
| PTLCPacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF | Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETFPacer | PTLC Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETFB | 69 | 0.60% | $3.4B | 103.1K | +14.3% | +15.5% | −15.2% |
| FVFirst Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF | First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETFFirst Trust | FV First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETFB | 68 | 0.30% | $3.9B | 71.5K | +23.1% | +19.1% | −23.1% |
| TRNDPacer Trendpilot Fund of Funds ETF | Pacer Trendpilot Fund of Funds ETFPacer | TRND Pacer Trendpilot Fund of Funds ETFB | 68 | 0.15% | $63M | 3.8K | +14.3% | +11.8% | −16.2% |
| ONOFGlobal X - Adaptive U.S. Risk Management ETF | Global X - Adaptive U.S. Risk Management ETFGlobal X | ONOF Global X - Adaptive U.S. Risk Management ETFB | 66 | 0.39% | $144M | 6.9K | +16.0% | +14.2% | −26.2% |
| IFVFirst Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF | First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETFFirst Trust | IFV First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETFB | 64 | 0.30% | $213M | 52.2K | +2.2% | +13.7% | −32.2% |
| PTMCPacer Trendpilot US Mid Cap ETF | Pacer Trendpilot US Mid Cap ETFPacer | PTMC Pacer Trendpilot US Mid Cap ETFB | 59 | 0.60% | $373M | 18.7K | +16.5% | +9.9% | −16.9% |
| PTNQPacer Trendpilot 100 ETF | Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETFPacer | PTNQ Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETFB | 57 | 0.65% | $1.3B | 33.9K | +19.2% | +14.5% | −18.5% |
| QQWZPacer Funds Trust - Pacer Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF | Pacer Funds Trust - Pacer Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETFPacer | QQWZ Pacer Funds Trust - Pacer Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETFB | 57 | 0.49% | $43M | 16.1K | +15.1% | — | −11.3% |
| WIMAWisdomTree International Adaptive Moving Average Fund | WisdomTree International Adaptive Moving Average FundWisdomTree | WIMA WisdomTree International Adaptive Moving Average FundB | 57 | 0.42% | $78M | 4.6K | — | — | — |
| LFEQVanEck Long/Flat Trend ETF | VanEck Long/Flat Trend ETFVanEck | LFEQ VanEck Long/Flat Trend ETFC | 53 | 0.58% | $28M | 1.3K | +19.8% | +18.8% | −25.5% |
| SPDFAdvisor Managed Portfolios - Defender Risk Adaptive 500 ETF | Advisor Managed Portfolios - Defender Risk Adaptive 500 ETFTamarisk Capital | SPDF Advisor Managed Portfolios - Defender Risk Adaptive 500 ETFC | 45 | 0.69% | $38M | 11.9K | — | — | — |
| THIRTHOR Index Rotation ETF | THOR Index Rotation ETFTHOR | THIR THOR Index Rotation ETFC | 44 | 0.69% | $198M | 36.8K | +10.7% | — | −10.0% |
| PTEUPacer Trendpilot European Index ETF | Pacer Trendpilot European Index ETFPacer | PTEU Pacer Trendpilot European Index ETFD | 39 | 0.65% | $35M | 1.7K | +10.2% | +12.0% | −15.0% |
| FFTYCapForce IBD 50 ETF | CapForce IBD 50 ETFCapital Force | FFTY CapForce IBD 50 ETFD | 34 | 0.80% | $70M | 28.4K | −6.0% | +17.0% | −59.4% |
| ROMOStrategy Shares Newfound/ReSolve Robust Momentum ETF | Strategy Shares Newfound/ReSolve Robust Momentum ETFStrategy Shares | ROMO Strategy Shares Newfound/ReSolve Robust Momentum ETFD | 28 | 1.05% | $26M | 2.2K | +13.6% | +15.4% | −20.3% |
| EZMOAlphaDroid Broad Markets Momentum ETF | AlphaDroid Broad Markets Momentum ETFTeucrium | EZMO AlphaDroid Broad Markets Momentum ETFF | 24 | 0.94% | $9M | 5.8K | — | — | — |
| BOUTCapForce IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF | CapForce IBD Breakout Opportunities ETFCapital Force | BOUT CapForce IBD Breakout Opportunities ETFF | 21 | 0.80% | $15M | 2.2K | +13.6% | +13.0% | −28.3% |
| QTACQ3 All-Season Tactical Advantage ETF | Q3 All-Season Tactical Advantage ETFQ3 | QTAC Q3 All-Season Tactical Advantage ETFF | 13 | 1.78% | $41M | 12.4K | — | — | — |