Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF
$89.42−0.73 (−0.81%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Fund size
- $1.3B
- 1Y return
- +16.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.77%
- Holdings
- 103
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $89.43
- 52W range
The ETF.net PTNQ Grade
Score 55 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 39Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 48Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 89Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 55Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on PTNQ
BThe Nasdaq-100 with an automatic ejector seat: PTNQ holds the index while it sits above its 200-day average, then shifts half or all of the money into 3-month T-bills when the trend breaks. Rules decide, not a manager's gut.
The fund seeks to track the total return of the Pacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index before fees and expenses. Its rules-based trend-following strategy changes exposure among the NASDAQ-100 Index and 3-Month U.S. Treasury bills using three indicators.
Why people hold it
- Three states, all rules-based: all Nasdaq-100, 50/50 with 3-month T-bills, or all T-bills. Each switch needs five straight closes on the wrong side of the 200-day average.paceretfs.compaceretfs.com
- No discretion, no gut calls. Pacer publishes the Trendpilot rules and the current position for the series, so you can see what moves the exposure and where it sits.paceretfs.compaceretfs.com
- Live since 2015, so the rulebook has run through real market stress rather than a backtest, and it has grown into a multi-billion-dollar fund along the way.
- At 0.65%, the fee sits right at the median for active US equity funds, so the signal machinery costs no premium over the typical active peer.
Worth knowing
- That 0.65% is still several times what plain core index funds charge (DFAU 0.12%, AVLC 0.15%). The rulebook is the thing you are paying for.
- The 200-day signal lags by design. A sharp V-shaped rebound can catch it in T-bills, and it cannot go from all-T-bills back to 50/50 without first hitting the equity trigger.paceretfs.compaceretfs.com
- It trades lighter than the largest Nasdaq-100 trackers, so spreads can run wider; limit orders are the usual fix. Payouts arrive annually or semiannually, not quarterly.
PTNQ Holdings
- Stocks
- 103
- 47%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology59.1%
- Communication12.7%
- Consumer Discr.11.1%
- Cons. Staples6.2%
- Industrials4.1%
- Health Care4.0%
- Utilities1.1%
- Materials1.0%
- Energy0.5%
- Financials0.2%
Geography
- United States94.77%
- United Kingdom1.62%
- Netherlands1.29%
- Canada0.89%
- Singapore0.78%
- Uruguay0.42%
- Ireland0.23%
PTNQ 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 | PTNQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.6% |
| 1 month | +4.8% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +16.9% |
| 3 years | +15.2% |
| 5 years | +10.8% |
| 10 years | +15.4% |
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 | PTNQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.6% | |
| 2025 | +7.2% | |
| 2024 | +15.5% | |
| 2023 | +34.7% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | +13.2% | |
| 2020 | +29.4% |
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PTNQ Dividends
- 0.77%
- $0.69
- $0.69 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.69 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $1.45 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 3, 2024 | $0.96 |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | $0.31 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | $0.08 |
| Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | $0.18 |
| Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | $0.15 |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.10 |
| Dec 28, 2016 | Jan 3, 2017 | $0.07 |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Jan 4, 2016 | $0.03 |
| Sep 22, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | $0.02 |
PTNQ Risk
- 13.5%
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.
- 0.61
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.
- −18.5%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PTNQ Cost
- The middle half of Trend-Following / Tactical Index funds
- Median 0.60%
11 of the 20 Trend-Following / Tactical Index funds charge less.