Tactical Advantage ETF
$22.35−0.10 (−0.45%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.74%
- Fund size
- $37M
- 1Y return
- +5.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.83%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $22.41
- 52W range
The ETF.net FDAT Grade
Score 42 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 34Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 73Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 8Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 45Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 31Category rank
Our read on FDAT
CMost allocation ETFs pick a stock/bond mix and sit still. FDAT goes the other way: a momentum-driven tactical strategy that pursues long-term growth while aiming to keep the ride calmer than the stock market's.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation while attempting to keep the volatility of its returns below that of equity markets generally.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is unusually specific: seek long-term capital appreciation while attempting to keep return volatility below equity markets generally.
- Momentum is the engine. This rotates rather than holding a fixed stock/bond blend, with the S&P 500 named as its reference point.
- The 0.78% annual fee sits right at the median for allocation ETFs, so the tactical machinery costs no more than the typical fund in the group.
- Pays out quarterly, a rhythm income-minded holders can plan around.
Worth knowing
- Small and thinly traded. Spreads can widen, so limit orders matter more here than with a heavily traded fund.
- Static allocation rivals cost far less: AOA at 0.19% and IRTR at 0.08%. You're paying up for the tactical tilt.
- Launched in 2023, so the strategy has a short record and hasn't been through a full market cycle.
FDAT Holdings
- Other
- —
- 100%
- First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031
Sectors
- Technology21.1%
- Industrials13.5%
- Financials13.0%
- Materials12.5%
- Utilities11.1%
- Health Care8.6%
- Communication8.0%
- Energy5.0%
- Consumer Discr.4.5%
- Real Estate1.3%
- Cons. Staples1.2%
Geography
- United States100.00%
FDAT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | FDAT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.3% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| 3 months | +1.7% |
| 1 year | +5.3% |
| 3 years | +9.7% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FDAT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.3% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% | |
| 2024 | +10.0% | |
| 2023 | +6.2% |
FDAT in the news
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FDAT Dividends
- 5.83%
- $1.31
- $0.06 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.90 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $1.89 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.33 |
FDAT Risk
- 8.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.49
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −8.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.76
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FDAT Cost
- The middle half of Multi-Asset Allocation funds
- Median 0.58%
21 of the 37 Multi-Asset Allocation funds charge less.