EZMO vs PTMC

EZMODAlphaDroid Broad Markets Momentum ETF

PTMCAPacer Trendpilot US Mid 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.

PTMC A mid-cap index fund with a seatbelt built in. PTMC tracks a rules-based trend index that shifts the portfolio between roughly 400 US mid-cap stocks and defensive positioning, with no manager judgment in the loop. Running since 2015.

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.

PTMC The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Pacer Trendpilot US Mid Cap Index.

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

• PTMC The trend rules do the deciding, not a portfolio manager's gut: the index itself dictates when to hold mid-cap equities and when to shift defensive.paceretfs.com
• Under the overlay sits a plain, broad basket of roughly 400 US mid caps, not a handful of concentrated picks.
• Live since 2015, so the signal has run through real market drawdowns and recoveries rather than a backtest.

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

• PTMC The 0.60% fee buys the rules, not more stocks. Plain index wrappers in the same peer group, like VXF at 0.05%, simply hold the market and skip the overlay.
• Trend systems move on sustained direction, so a sharp drop and fast snapback can whipsaw the signal in both directions.paceretfs.com
• It trades lightly next to vanilla mid-cap index funds, which tends to mean wider bid-ask spreads at the moment of the trade.

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