EZMO vs PTLC

EZMODAlphaDroid Broad Markets Momentum ETF

PTLCAPacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF

In short

EZMO Trend-following with a wider escape hatch: hold momentum-leading broad-market ETFs in bull mode, rotate into defensive ETFs like treasuries, bonds or gold when its bull/bear signal flags risk.

PTLC Most index funds ride out every drawdown. PTLC tracks an index with an exit ramp: a rules-based trend signal that shifts its large-cap exposure toward 3-month Treasury bills and back, with no manager judgment in the loop.

Stated mandate

EZMO The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the AlphaDroid EZMO Broad Markets Momentum Index. That index uses momentum strategies to select ETFs and can shift between bull and bear modes, including defensive ETFs when risk rises.

PTLC The Fund seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap Index. That index uses a rules-based trend-following approach that alternates exposure between equities and 3-Month US Treasury bills.

Why people hold it

• EZMO Most trend funds toggle between stocks and cash. This index can also sit in treasuries, bonds or gold, picking one momentum leader from each category of candidate ETFs.teucrium.comsec.gov
• The index rebuilds at each month-end and again whenever the bull/bear indicator shifts, so the rotation happens inside the fund instead of in your brokerage account.teucrium.com
• One ticker, many sleeves: the candidate pool spans US and emerging-market equity plus defensive funds, all held as other ETFs in a fund-of-funds structure.teucrium.com

• PTLC The switch is mechanical. A rules-based trend signal alternates exposure between US large-cap equities and 3-month Treasury bills, so nobody is making a gut call mid-panic.paceretfs.com
• Underneath the signal sits plain large-cap America: roughly 500 stocks benchmarked to the S&P 500, not a niche factor slice.paceretfs.com
• Trading since 2015 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, so the rules have run through live markets, not just backtests.
• Among the index-tracking funds we cover, it lands in the upper half, and it follows its own index closely.

Worth knowing

• EZMO Pricier than most trend peers: 0.83% net of a waiver through April 30, 2027, on a 0.98% gross fee. WAMA charges 0.32%, ONOF 0.39% and PTLC 0.60%, none waived.
• Launched October 2025, so the signal has a short live record and has not yet run through a full market cycle.
• A small, thinly traded fund, so spreads can run wider than in the category's biggest names, and underlying ETF costs stack on top of the management fee.teucrium.com

• PTLC 0.60% a year is real money next to vanilla large-cap trackers like SCHK (0.03%) or VOOV (0.07%). The trend rules are what the extra buys.
• Trend signals read past prices. Moves into T-bills, or back into stocks, arrive after a market shift is already underway rather than ahead of it.
• Distributions land once or twice a year, so it isn't structured as a steady income drip.

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