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FFF

GradeDChicago Board Options Exchange

Founders 100 ETF

Active Equity · Founder · Inception 2025-12-18 · SEC filings

$27.46−0.08 (−0.29%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 12:45 PM EDT

History starts Dec 18, 2025.History starts Dec 18, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 5 prints from 27.54 to 27.46. Range 27.37 to 27.54. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$27.35$27.40$27.50$27.5510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.75%
Fund size
$6M
1Y return
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Yield · Last 12 months
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Holdings
100
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$27.45
52W range
low $19.85high $27.66

The ETF.net FFF Grade

D

29/ 100

Rank 110 of 127 in US Active Equity⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for FFF. Scores out of 100: Cost 39, Risk 10, Mission not scored, Tradability 25, Holdings 49, Durability 5. Strongest: Holdings (49). Weakest: Durability (5). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 29 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.

Ceiling 40 · B and A out of reach

The pillars earned29This cap took−0Published score29 Grade D

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    DScore 39
    Category rank77/127 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 10
    Category rank123/126 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 25
    Category rank102/127 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 49
    Category rank79/124 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    FScore 5
    Category rank127/127 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on FFF

ETF.net Research

DFFF buys one idea: companies still run by the people who built them. It fishes in a pool of the 200 largest US founder-led firms, holds 100 of them, and keeps room to add founder-led IPOs between rebalances.

Stated mandate

The Fund is intended for investors with a generally five-year-or-longer horizon seeking capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

  1. 01A single-idea portfolio with no drift: at least 90% of assets sit in founder-led US common stocks and REITs, and at least 80% in the 100 biggest names from the founder-led 200.sec.gov
  2. 02Up to 20% of assets can go to founder-led IPOs and founder-run companies outside the top 100, so a newly public founder story can be added without waiting on an index reshuffle.sec.gov
  3. 03The prospectus is upfront about the shape of the bet: a growth style, capital appreciation as the goal, and a stated five-year-or-longer horizon. Mandate and pitch line up.

Worth knowing

  1. 010.75% a year is toward the pricey end for US equity. The broad core funds sitting at the top of this category (DFAU at 0.12%, AVLC at 0.15%) charge a fraction of it.
  2. 02Non-diversified by design, and the premise leans on specific people staying in the chair. Founder exits and single-company news land harder here than in a broad index fund.sec.gov
  3. 03It launched in December 2025, so the track record is thin, and the fund is small and lightly traded. Spreads at the point of trade can be wider than with category heavyweights.

FFF Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:29 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
100
Top-10 weight
55%
Largest holding
META8.3%

Geography

  • United States92.91%
  • Canada3.66%
  • Brazil1.19%
  • Netherlands1.12%
  • Cayman Islands0.56%
  • Australia0.29%
  • Switzerland0.16%
  • United Kingdom0.11%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 7.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001METAMeta Platforms Inc8.31%769$525K683
002NVDANVIDIA Corp7.43%2,137$469K828
003ORCLOracle Corp6.93%2,904$437K448
004DELLDell Technologies Inc6.78%727$428K427
005PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc6.63%2,373$418K503
006ANETArista Networks Inc4.48%1,418$283K490
007CRWDCrowdstrike Holdings Inc4.48%1,151$283K454
008CRMSalesforce Inc3.56%925$225K457
009BLKBlackrock Inc3.07%184$194K320
010SHOPShopify Inc2.96%1,452$187K111
011BXBlackstone Inc2.77%1,395$175K299
012COFCapital One Financial Corp2.21%690$139K350
013SNOWSnowflake Inc2.09%390$132K321
014APPAppLovin Corp1.92%376$121K407
015HOODRobinhood Markets Inc1.76%1,012$111K331

Showing 1–15 of 100 holdings

FFF Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

FFF$11,136
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,430
Dec 31, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. FFF $11,136. SPY $11,430. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$7,778$9,759$11,741Dec 2025May 2026Sep 2026

Dec 31, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for FFF. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodFFF
Year to date+11.4%
1 month+6.3%
3 months+13.0%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for FFF
YearReturn barFFF
2026 YTD+11.4%
2025−1.9%

Since listing, Dec 18, 2025

FFF in the news

ETF.net Research hasn’t filed on FFF yet — coverage lands here as it’s written.

FFF Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

Listed Dec 2025. No distributions yet.

FFF Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Dec 2025; fills in after 12 months
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.32
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FFF Cost

Expense ratio0.75%
  • The middle half of US Active Equity funds
  • Median 0.70%

70 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.

FFF costs $75.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Equity fund costs $70.00.