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HNDL

GradeBNASDAQ

Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7HANDL Index ETF

Multi-Asset & Alternatives · Strategy Shares · Inception 2018-01-17 · SEC filings

$21.88−0.23 (−1.06%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 69 prints from 22.11 to 21.88. Range 21.85 to 22.06. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$21.95$22.00$22.0510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.95%
Fund size
$635M
1Y return
+6.8%
Yield · Last 12 months
7.12%
Holdings
20
Volume · 30D
0.1M sh
NAV per share
$22.11
52W range
low $21.53high $23.00

The ETF.net HNDL Grade

B

58/ 100

Rank 6 of 15 in Multi-Asset Income

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for HNDL. Scores out of 100: Cost 36, Risk 40, Mission 75, Tradability 93, Holdings 55, Durability 71. Strongest: Tradability (93). Weakest: Cost (36). Leans toward Tradability.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 58 of 100 sits in the B 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 36
    Category rank10/15 · mid-pack
  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 75
    Category rank5/11 · top 45%
  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 40
    Category rank11/15 · mid-pack
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 93
    Category rank1/15 · top 7%
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 55
    Category rank6/13 · top 46%
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 71
    Category rank6/15 · top 40%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on HNDL

ETF.net Research

BMost income funds pick holdings and hope a yield shows up. HNDL flips it: the Nasdaq 7HANDL Index is built around a 7% annualized distribution target, paid monthly, spread across a multi-asset mix.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ 7 HANDLTM Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The payout is the design spec, not a byproduct: a stated 7% annualized target, delivered monthly rather than in lumpy quarterly drops.
  2. 02One ticker for a stocks-and-bonds blend, run against a published Nasdaq index instead of a manager's hunch, inside a standard 1940 Act fund.
  3. 03Trading since 2018, so the record covers real rate shocks and drawdowns, and it sits in the upper half of a crowded multi-asset allocation field.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.95% a year it costs more than the typical multi-asset allocation fund, and plain index blends like AOA (0.19%) run for a fraction of it.
  2. 02The 7% figure is a payout rule, not earned income. Filings disclose distributions can include return of capital, meaning part of a payment is your own money back.
  3. 03Several asset classes under one hood, so it behaves like neither a stock fund nor a bond fund. The index methodology is the document to read.

HNDL Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:24 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
20
Top-10 weight
95%
Largest holding
RECV HNDL TRS N7HNDLT EQ18.0%

Sectors

Geography

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001RECV HNDL TRS N7HNDLT EQ17.97%65,730$113M1
002BNDVANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKE11.54%1,022,254$73M7
003AGGISHARES CORE U.S. AGGREGA11.54%758,076$73M13
004SCHZSCHWAB U.S. AGGREGATE BON11.52%3,239,088$73M1
005RECV HNDL TRS N7HNDLT EQ8.54%31,251$54M1
006MLPXGLOBAL X MLP & ENERGY INF7.52%640,350$47M2
007QQQMINVESCO NASDAQ 100 ETF7.44%157,938$47M12
008NTSXWISDOMTREE US EFFICIENT C6.97%740,859$44M1
009VIGVANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECI6.26%166,547$39M14
010XLUSTATE STREET UTILITIES5.63%864,327$36M23
011SCHHSCHWAB U.S. REIT ETF4.96%1,375,454$31M2
012JEPIJPMORGAN EQUITY PREMIUM I4.38%491,032$28M4
013PFFDGLOBAL X US PREFERRED ETF3.79%1,326,645$24M3
014VCITVANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TER3.16%249,811$20M9
015DFCFDIMENSIONAL CORE FIXED IN2.53%390,524$16M1

Showing 1–15 of 25 holdings

HNDL Performance

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

HNDL$10,684
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. HNDL $10,684. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 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 HNDL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodHNDL
Year to date+5.8%
1 month−1.4%
3 months−0.9%
1 year+6.8%
3 years+11.9%per year
5 years+4.3%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper 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 HNDL
YearReturn barHNDL
2026 YTD+5.8%
2025+10.7%
2024+10.7%
2023+13.3%
2022−19.1%
2021+9.1%
2020+12.6%

HNDL in the news

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HNDL 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.
7.12%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.57Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.13 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 45 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Jan 13, 2023 $0.12; Feb 13, 2023 $0.12; Mar 13, 2023 $0.11; Apr 14, 2023 $0.12; May 11, 2023 $0.12; Jun 13, 2023 $0.12; Jul 14, 2023 $0.12; Aug 11, 2023 $0.12; Sep 14, 2023 $0.12; Oct 12, 2023 $0.11; Nov 13, 2023 $0.11; Dec 13, 2023 $0.12; Jan 12, 2024 $0.12; Feb 13, 2024 $0.12; Mar 13, 2024 $0.12; Apr 11, 2024 $0.12; May 13, 2024 $0.12; Jun 13, 2024 $0.12; Jul 12, 2024 $0.13; Aug 13, 2024 $0.12; Sep 13, 2024 $0.13; Oct 11, 2024 $0.13; Nov 13, 2024 $0.13; Dec 12, 2024 $0.13; Jan 14, 2025 $0.12; Feb 13, 2025 $0.13; Mar 13, 2025 $0.12; Apr 11, 2025 $0.12; May 13, 2025 $0.12; Jun 12, 2025 $0.12; Jul 14, 2025 $0.13; Aug 13, 2025 $0.13; Sep 12, 2025 $0.13; Oct 14, 2025 $0.13; Nov 13, 2025 $0.13; Dec 11, 2025 $0.13; Jan 14, 2026 $0.13; Feb 12, 2026 $0.13; Mar 12, 2026 $0.13; Apr 14, 2026 $0.13; May 13, 2026 $0.13; Jun 11, 2026 $0.13; Jul 14, 2026 $0.13; Aug 13, 2026 $0.13; Sep 14, 2026 $0.13. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 14, 2026Sep 15, 2026$0.13
Aug 13, 2026Aug 14, 2026$0.13
Jul 14, 2026Jul 15, 2026$0.13
Jun 11, 2026Jun 12, 2026$0.13
May 13, 2026May 14, 2026$0.13
Apr 14, 2026Apr 15, 2026$0.13
Mar 12, 2026Mar 13, 2026$0.13
Feb 12, 2026Feb 13, 2026$0.13
Jan 14, 2026Jan 15, 2026$0.13
Dec 11, 2025Dec 12, 2025$0.13
Nov 13, 2025Nov 14, 2025$0.13
Oct 14, 2025Oct 15, 2025$0.13

HNDL Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
10.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.
0.68
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.
−23.7%
Trough Oct 2022
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.
1.01
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.

HNDL Cost

Expense ratio0.95%
  • The middle half of Multi-Asset Income funds
  • Median 0.65%

9 of the 15 Multi-Asset Income funds charge less.

HNDL costs $95.00 a year on $10,000. The median Multi-Asset Income fund costs $65.00.