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Factor Alpha: S&P Growth Trend or Top Monthly Factor ETFs vs Small Cap Value Quantitative US Stocks

At a glance

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These strategies report performance on different (OOS, Live). Live and composite results come from real accounts; out-of-sample, hypothetical and model results don't. Compare return and risk with care.

13.8%

21.7%Best

22.5%Best

9.0%

17.1%

16.2%Best

1.28Best

1.17

-18.8%

-9.1%Best

Fee

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0.20%

Minimum investment

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$100

Each source uses its own scale

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3(1-5 (Interactive Advisors))

Inception

2023-08-13

2016-12-22

Holdings

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60%

82%Best

Growth of $10,000

Each line starts at $10,000 on the first date all of them share, using the strategy's own published history. Bases are labelled and never mixed within a line.

Small Cap Value Quantitative US StocksLiveup 66.6%
S&P 500 ETFup 79.9%

No published history to chart: Factor Alpha: S&P Growth Trend or Top Monthly Factor ETFs.

Every published figureShow 76 attributes

Each row is one exact variant (window and basis), so a value appears only where a source publishes it.

Classification

AI categories (Composer)

factor rotation, growth tilt, low volatility, momentum, monthly rebalance, quality, small-cap, trend-following, us equities, value

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Asset classes / instruments

equities

Composition (ETFs / Stocks / Mixed)

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STOCKS

Curated collections (Interactive Advisors)

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Portfolios with the best risk adjusted returns, Undervalued companies

ESG / responsible flag

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Smart beta flag

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Yes

Theme keywords (Interactive Advisors)

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Small-cap, Value driven

Market-relative

Alpha vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

-0.00

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Beta vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

1.03

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Correlation (R) vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

0.92

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Returns

Annualized return since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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8.94%

Backtest length

3,306

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Out-of-sample length

986

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Return since inception (annualized) (live account)

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9.00%

Return since inception (cumulative) (live account)

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131.90%

Return vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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6.54%

Return, backtest period (annualized) (backtest)

16.13%

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Return, backtest period (cumulative) (backtest)

611.46%

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Return, last 30 days (live account)

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-3.50%

Return, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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24.57%

Return, last 365 days (live account)

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21.70%

Return, last 5 years (cumulative) (live account)

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50.90%

Return, last 90 days (live account)

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-0.80%

Return, out-of-sample period (annualized) (out-of-sample)

22.53%

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Return, out-of-sample period (cumulative) (out-of-sample)

121.62%

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Return, trailing 1 day (out-of-sample)

0.80%

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Return, trailing 1 month (out-of-sample)

4.34%

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Return, trailing 1 week (out-of-sample)

0.92%

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Return, trailing 1 year (backtest)

13.85%

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Return, trailing 1 year (out-of-sample)

13.85%

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Return, trailing 2 weeks (out-of-sample)

1.37%

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Return, trailing 3 months (out-of-sample)

5.52%

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Return, year to date (live account)

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17.90%

SPY annualized return over the backtest window (backtest)

14.44%

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Trading activity

Annualized turnover, backtest period (backtest)

2.57

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Annualized turnover, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

2.63

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Daily win rate, backtest period (backtest)

55.38%

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Daily win rate, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

55.27%

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Backtest

Backtest final value (from $10,000)

$71k

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Backtest regulatory fees

$23

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Backtest slippage cost

$187

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Risk metrics

Beta vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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0.81

Calmar ratio, backtest period (backtest)

0.47

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Calmar ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

1.20

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Maximum drawdown since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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-46.80%

Maximum drawdown, backtest period (backtest)

-34.32%

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Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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-9.07%

Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (live account)

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-9.10%

Maximum drawdown, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

-18.84%

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Sharpe ratio since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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0.36

Sharpe ratio, backtest period (backtest)

0.92

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Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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1.20

Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (live account)

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1.17

Sharpe ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

1.28

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Sortino ratio, backtest period (backtest)

1.30

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Sortino ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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1.90

Sortino ratio, last 365 days (live account)

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Sortino ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

1.87

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Standard deviation, backtest period (backtest)

18.00%

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Standard deviation, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

17.06%

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Value-at-risk 95% 1-week, last 365 days (live account)

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-3.80%

Volatility since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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23.58%

Volatility, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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15.57%

Volatility, last 365 days (live account)

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16.20%

Quality

Community review status

ACTIVE

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Holdings

Concentration (Herfindahl index, out-of-sample, as Composer reports it)

0.89

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Construction

Logic complexity (node count)

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Rebalance frequency

monthly

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Rebalancing (methodology text)

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Quarterly

Cost & access

Management / advisory fee

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0.20%

Minimum investment

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$100

Disclosure

Metrics calculated through

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2026-10-09

Popularity

Remixes (copies)

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Watchers

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Risk score

Risk label (Interactive Advisors)

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Growth plus

Risk score 1-5 (Interactive Advisors)

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At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources

Compare investment strategies

At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources