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RSST — Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF

RSST targets roughly dollar-for-dollar large-cap U.S. equity alongside a systematic managed-futures sleeve—return stacking in a single ticker.

Equity Efficiency:A+Capital Efficiency grades how well this ETF delivers equity-side returns relative to the capital and beta it uses, with SPY as the B baseline. Leveraged ETFs score higher when they free up capital for an alpha sleeve. Long/short and factor ETFs are graded on excess return versus SPY, net of costs. RSST puts a dollar of U.S. large-cap equity and a dollar of systematic managed futures on the same capital (Return Stacked® structure).Alpha Efficiency:DAlpha Efficiency grades the non-equity sleeve of this stacked ETF on return above its borrowing cost: that's the true hurdle for a futures overlay. A sleeve that only matches its financing cost adds no value; grades above B mean the overlay is genuinely earning its keep. The alpha sleeve is trend-following managed futures across rates, FX, commodities, and equity indices.Stacked Efficiency:B+Stacked Efficiency blends Capital- and Alpha-bucket grades using the configured sleeve weights (50% capital / 50% alpha).

RSST price history

Range
+48.11%
Total return (1Y)
RSST

Total return (Yahoo adjusted close—dividends and splits per Yahoo), normalized to $10,000 at first available trade date. Educational only.

Strategy

RSST holds roughly a dollar of U.S. large-cap equity and a dollar of systematic managed-futures exposure per dollar invested: futures, swaps, and cash collateral bring both sleeves to the same capital before fees and roll costs.

The CTA sleeve trend-follows across rates, FX, and commodities. When equity and trend signals disagree, the real question is whether trends are big enough to offset the financing and roll costs that come with leveraged futures.

Manager and Issuer Pedigree

Return Stacked® ETFs package ReSolve / Newfound-style capital-efficiency research through Tidal’s ETF platform, with transparent notional sleeves rather than opaque alternatives wrappers.

The complex is smaller than mega-index issuers, but purpose-built around sleeve-level implementation and disclosure. Read holdings and shareholder reports because gross and net exposures can move with volatility targeting and futures conditions.

Outperformance

Outperforms when equities grind higher while managed futures harvest directional trends elsewhere, rates breaking one way, dollar trends, or commodity curves, so the second sleeve diversifies equity path risk instead of doubling it.

Underperforms in fast mean-reversion or liquidity shocks that invert signals. Favorable: growth environment (persistent macro trends across rates, FX, and commodities with orderly futures markets). Hostile: choppy tape where equity and futures signals reverse together.

Similar ETFs

TickerNameScoreMERAUM
RSSTReturn Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETFB+1.04%~$340M
CTAPSimplify US Equity PLUS Managed Futures Strategy ETFB+~0.95%~$167M
HOLDHarbor Alpha Layering ETFB0.70%~$20M
MATEMan Active Trend Enhanced ETFB+0.97%~$37M

Official ETF page

Read the official ETF page for current NAV, holdings, and documents: Return Stacked ETFs (RSST).

Beta and MER may not be accurate.
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