
Chesapeake Trend-Following Fixed Income ETF
$21.53+0.01 (+0.02%)
- 1.01%
- $41M
- 0M sh
- $21.54
- low $19.00high $22.15
The ETF.net TFFI Grade
Score 18 out of 100
- 15 of 16
Score 18 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F7 out of 100Rank 15 of 16Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F7 out of 100Rank 15 of 15Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C49 out of 100Rank 9 of 16Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D28 out of 100Rank 14 of 16
Our read on TFFI
FTrend-following usually means chasing every market at once. TFFI aims the same playbook at global fixed income, wrapped as a commodity pool, with a prospectus that puts capital preservation ahead of growth.
The Fund seeks to preserve capital and generate long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Narrow by design: a trend system pointed at global fixed income instead of the usual grab bag of commodities, currencies and stock index futures.
- The stated objective leads with preserving capital, then long-term appreciation. That ordering is unusual in a corner of the market built on chasing big moves.
- Cohort leaders DBMF and CTA trade the whole futures board. TFFI's bonds-and-rates lane makes it a different exposure rather than another copy of the same trade.
Worth knowing
- At 1.01% a year it costs more than the managed futures cohort median of 0.95%, and more than DBMF at 0.85% or CTA at 0.75%.
- A 2026 launch that is still small and lightly traded: live history is thin, spreads can be wide, and it sits behind the cohort's established names for now.
- Filed as a commodity pool rather than a standard 1940 Act fund, a wrapper with its own reporting and tax rules. The prospectus spells them out.
TFFI Holdings
- Stocks
- 37
- 67%
- 3MO TONA OSE Jun27
TFFI 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 Oct 12, 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 | TFFI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | +7.8% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | TFFI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.3% |
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TFFI Dividends
Listed Feb 2026. No distributions yet.
TFFI Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.19
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TFFI Cost
- The middle half of Managed Futures funds
- Median 0.82%
13 of the 15 Managed Futures funds charge less.
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