ETF Foundry
DRAFT — HYPOTHETICAL MODEL PORTFOLIO — NOT A REGISTERED FUND, NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES, NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
profitability factor · long-only model fund

Foundry Technology CBOperProf Factor ETF

ETF Foundry Research (hypothetical) · rebalanced monthly

FCBTHYPOTHETICAL MODEL
Since ’99
+1807%
Expense Ratio
0.45%
placeholder
Holdings
79
cap-weighted
Inception
Jul 2020
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Full Sharpe
0.68
Ann. Return (LS)
12.4%
Ann. Volatility
18.3%
Max Drawdown
-36.5%
Test Sharpe ’19–26
1.16
Test FF5 α (ann.)
17.8%
vs Fama-French 5
Test FF5 α t-stat
2.67
significant (|t| ≥ 2)
Monthly turnover
9%
of the long leg, per rebalance
Cumulative return (LS)
1807%
over 331 months
This fund holds the long leg only
Long leg Sharpe
0.60
what this fund holds
Long leg ann. return
15.4%
buyable, long-only
Long-short Sharpe
0.68
requires shorting
Bottom bucket ann. return
3.0%
the basket shorted

Every other metric on this page is the long-shortstrategy, which needs a short book. This fund is the long leg alone, so these are the figures for what it actually holds. The bottom-bucket number is that basket’s own return — not short P&L.

Hypothetical growth of $1 — long-short backtest

Gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs · not investor results

331 months

Holdings

Every constituent of the long leg — sort, search or filter by sector

79 of 79 · 100.0% of book
TickerCompanySectorMarket capWeight
1NVDA
NVIDIA CORPTechnology$4.91T
35.44%
2AAPL
APPLE INCTechnology$4.90T
35.40%
3MU
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology$958.80B
6.92%
4AMAT
APPLIED MATERIALS INCTechnology$420.53B
3.04%
5LRCX
LAM RESEARCH CORPTechnology$391.80B
2.83%
6KLAC
KLA CORPTechnology$277.91B
2.01%
7SNDK
SANDISK CORPTechnology$200.63B
1.45%
8QCOM
QUALCOMM INCTechnology$181.06B
1.31%
9STX
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLCTechnology$176.62B
1.28%
10WDC
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPTechnology$164.49B
1.19%
11APP
APPLOVIN CORPTechnology$142.62B
1.03%
12FTNT
FORTINET INCTechnology$118.40B
0.86%
13ADBE
ADOBE INCTechnology$94.31B
0.68%
14DDOG
DATADOG INCTechnology$92.08B
0.66%
15CDNS
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INCTechnology$91.05B
0.66%
16CIEN
CIENA CORPTechnology$53.00B
0.38%
17ALAB
ASTERA LABS INCTechnology$52.04B
0.38%
18TER
TERADYNE INCTechnology$50.46B
0.36%
19GRMN
GARMIN LTDTechnology$48.13B
0.35%
20ADSK
AUTODESK INCTechnology$46.07B
0.33%
21CRDO
CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTDTechnology$37.80B
0.27%
22WDAY
WORKDAY INCTechnology$35.76B
0.26%
23UI
UBIQUITI INCTechnology$33.04B
0.24%
24FICO
FAIR ISAAC CORPTechnology$29.15B
0.21%
25VRSN
VERISIGN INCTechnology$25.27B
0.18%
26MDB
MONGODB INCTechnology$25.12B
0.18%
27TEAM
ATLASSIAN CORPTechnology$23.67B
0.17%
28P
EVERPURE INCTechnology$23.06B
0.17%
29TOST
TOAST INCTechnology$17.45B
0.13%
30LSCC
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology$17.16B
0.12%
31NTNX
NUTANIX INCTechnology$14.89B
0.11%
32LOGI
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL SATechnology$14.76B
0.11%
33GDDY
GODADDY INCTechnology$12.49B
0.09%
34SMTC
SEMTECH CORPTechnology$11.64B
0.08%
35HUBS
HUBSPOT INCTechnology$11.49B
0.08%
36RMBS
RAMBUS INCTechnology$10.97B
0.08%
37DOCU
DOCUSIGN INCTechnology$10.07B
0.07%
38MANH
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INCTechnology$9.66B
0.07%
39SLAB
SILICON LABORATORIES INCTechnology$7.17B
0.05%
40DBX
DROPBOX INCTechnology$7.14B
0.05%
41CRUS
CIRRUS LOGIC INCTechnology$6.98B
0.05%
42MXL
MAXLINEAR INCTechnology$6.43B
0.05%
43APPF
APPFOLIO INCTechnology$6.36B
0.05%
44DUOL
DUOLINGO INCTechnology$6.24B
0.05%
45QLYS
QUALYS INCTechnology$5.61B
0.04%
46PEGA
PEGASYSTEMS INCTechnology$5.39B
0.04%
47KVYO
KLAVIYO INCTechnology$5.29B
0.04%
48RELY
REMITLY GLOBAL INCTechnology$5.08B
0.04%
49BOX
BOX INCTechnology$4.22B
0.03%
50PI
IMPINJ INCTechnology$4.21B
0.03%
51EXTR
EXTREME NETWORKS INCTechnology$3.97B
0.03%
52CLBT
CELLEBRITE DI LTDTechnology$3.81B
0.03%
53RNG
RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology$3.46B
0.03%
54AGYS
AGILYSYS INCTechnology$3.00B
0.02%
55ADEA
ADEIA INCTechnology$2.80B
0.02%
56AMBA
AMBARELLA INCTechnology$2.71B
0.02%
57GRND
GRINDR INCTechnology$2.71B
0.02%
58ALRM
ALARMCOM HOLDINGS INCTechnology$2.63B
0.02%
59CALX
CALIX INCTechnology$2.50B
0.02%
60INTA
INTAPP INCTechnology$2.24B
0.02%
61APPN
APPIAN CORPTechnology$1.92B
0.01%
62SONO
SONOS INCTechnology$1.80B
0.01%
63ASAN
ASANA INCTechnology$1.77B
0.01%
64DV
DOUBLEVERIFY HOLDINGS INCTechnology$1.75B
0.01%
65AIP
ARTERIS INCTechnology$1.43B
0.01%
66HLIT
HARMONIC INCTechnology$1.31B
0.01%
67BLZE
BACKBLAZE INCTechnology$793M
0.01%
68DSP
VIANT TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology$754M
0.01%
69MNTN
MNTN INCTechnology$661M
0.00%
70YEXT
YEXT INCTechnology$535M
0.00%
71NVEC
NVE CORPTechnology$418M
0.00%
72CRNC
CERENCE INCTechnology$390M
0.00%
73XPER
XPERI INCTechnology$352M
0.00%
74BKKT
BAKKT INCTechnology$323M
0.00%
75MKTW
MARKETWISE INCTechnology$314M
0.00%
76EGAN
EGAIN CORPTechnology$180M
0.00%
77INSG
INSEEGO CORPTechnology$122M
0.00%
78SOTK
SONO TEK CORPTechnology$86M
0.00%
79TACT
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$54M
0.00%

Full long-leg book as of July 2026 · cap-weighted · total market cap $13.85T. Hypothetical model holdings — not a registered fund’s portfolio.

Sector Breakdown

1 sectors
Technology
100.0%

Portfolio Style

Size × value map of the long-leg book

79 classified
Value
Blend
Growth
Large
Mid
Small
1%2
10%11
88%24
<1%5
<1%8
<1%8
<1%10
·
<1%5

Share of long-leg capital by market cap × book-to-market, using terciles of the 421-name universe at July 2026. Rows: Large ≥ $8.9B, Small < $1.9B. Columns: Value ≥ 0.63, Growth < 0.38 B/M. The dot marks the capital-weighted centroid of the book — 100% toward Large, 94% toward Growth. Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not realized P&L.

Tilt over time
Size tilt100% → Large
SmallLarge
Value ↔ growth tilt94% → Growth
ValueGrowth

Capital-weighted centroid of the long leg, December 1998July 2026; the right-hand end is the same value as the box’s dot. 79 names now. Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not P&L.

Constraint checks

How this book measures against the concentration and liquidity rules — as implemented here

How this book was built

These are UNCONSTRAINED factor sleeves: the construction pipeline sorts on a signal and cap-weights the top bucket, applying no issuer cap, no industry cap and no liquidity screen beyond the universe filter. A failing test therefore reports a constraint that was never applied during construction — it is not a defect in the strategy and not an error in the data. The same signal can be solved subject to these constraints.

Passed
4
Failed
2
Not tested
1
Independent checks
7

7 independent checks plus 1 arithmetically implied by another check (RIC / IRC 851(b)(3)(A) 50% bucket), which is reported separately so the tally cannot overstate scrutiny.

1 of 7 checks could not be tested. Those are neither passes nor failures — they are gaps in what the data can answer, and they are excluded from the passed count above rather than folded into it.

  • With respect to 75% of total assets, no more than 5% may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    >= 75.0%
    Actual
    37.2%
    Margin
    -37.8%
  • No more than 25% of total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    <= 25.0%
    Actual
    35.4%
    Margin
    -10.4%
Reported separately — arithmetically implied
  • At least 50% of total assets must sit in cash, government securities, other RICs, and other securities limited to 5% of assets and 10% of the issuer's voting securities per issuer.

    Required
    >= 50.0%
    Actual
    37.2%
    Margin
    -12.8%

    Arithmetically entailed by '40 Act 5(b)(1) diversification (75%/5% asset leg) — it cannot fail independently, so it is reported outside the tally rather than counted as a separate check.

Engineering approximation of the cited rules for a DRAFT / HYPOTHETICAL model portfolio that is not a registered fund. This reports whether the portfolio passes the stated test AS IMPLEMENTED HERE; it is not a compliance opinion and is not a statement that any fund is compliant. Real filings need securities counsel.

No verdict sits within 1.0pp of its limit.

Data version — panel=20260719T025334 rows=2239262 asof=202607 issuers=20260719T014536 rates=20260804T224700

Measured on the 2026-07 formation date across 79 holdings (cap-weighted). A different formation date can produce different verdicts.

Derivatives risk (Rule 18f-4)

Whether this long-only book is subject to the VaR tests at all

This assessment describes the long-only book this fund holds — the top bucket only.

Governing rule
Rule 18f-4(c)(4) limited derivatives user exception

This fund QUALIFIES for the limited-derivatives-user exception, so it is excepted from the VaR tests; the ratio below is informational, not the operative limit.

Limited derivatives user exceptionby construction

Rule 18f-4(c)(4): a fund whose derivatives exposure (gross notional, including the value of assets sold short) is <= 10% of net assets is excepted from the VaR tests and the full derivatives risk management program.

Qualifies
Required
<= 10% of net assets
Exposure
0% of net assets
Margin
+10pp

No confidence interval: this follows from portfolio construction, not from an estimate.

Rule 18f-4(c)(2)(i): fund VaR at 99% over 20 trading days must not exceed 200% of the designated reference portfolio's VaR on the same basis.

Informational — does not govern

This fund is excepted from the VaR tests, so the ratio below is context rather than the operative limit. It is shown because it is still a description of the book’s risk, not because it decides anything.

Measured
1.9 (95% CI 1.2-2.1)
x reference VaR
Limit
2.00x
<= 2.00x reference VaR
Fund VaR
18.0%
99% / 20d
Reference
9.6%
FF5 market (mkt)

historical method · 331 monthly observations · about 3.3 in the 99% tail · paired percentile bootstrap over months

Same test, three estimators
historical
1.87x
within
parametric
1.62x
within
cornish fisher
1.47x
within

The estimators agree, which is mild evidence the number isn’t an artefact of one method.

Engineering approximation of SEC Rule 18f-4 for research display. Not a compliance opinion and not a determination that any fund is compliant. Hypothetical model portfolio, not a registered fund.

The research long-short construction behind this factor does not qualify for this exception — a dollar-neutral book counts its full short notional, which is 100% of net assets against a 10% threshold. This product sidesteps that by holding the long leg alone, which is also why the long-leg Sharpe is reported separately throughout the site.

See the long-short verdict on the factor page →

Since publication

Did the edge survive the paper coming out?

published 2016
Before publication (pre-2016)
0.49
Sharpe · 9.1% p.a.
January 1999December 2016 · 216 mo
Since publication
1.03
Sharpe · 18.6% p.a.
January 2017July 2026 · 115 mo
Change in Sharpe+0.53Sharpe strengthened since publication105% stronger in annual return

Split at January of the year after the factor was published. The post-publication stretch IS genuinely out-of-sample relative to the original study -- the predictor was public by then -- so it speaks to whether the effect survived being known. Nothing is fitted here, so this is performance SINCE PUBLICATION, not validation of a model. Note the 'pre' side is our data before publication (our panel starts ~1999), NOT the study's original in-sample period, which usually ran decades earlier; a decay figure compares before-vs-after within our sample and is not a comparison against the published result.

Consistency across eras

Is this record broadly durable, or one regime?

26 windows
Positive windows
77%
20 of 26 3-year windows made money
Worst window
-0.51
Sharpe, January 2011 – December 2013
January 1999July 2026
Median Sharpe
0.40
Dispersion
0.67
Best window
1.93

3-year rolling windows, stepping 1 year (26 windows). Dispersion is the spread of window Sharpes — higher means the record depends more on which era you look at.

Rules-based factors fit no parameters, so these windows are not out-of-sample tests and do not validate a fitted model. They show whether the factor's record is consistent across eras or driven by one regime.

Returns

Long leg is what this fund holds — long-short is shown for reference

since January 1999
Trailing
PeriodLong legLong-short
1 yearcum.33.9%42.5%
3 yearsp.a.31.7%26.2%
5 yearsp.a.23.8%32.9%
10 yearsp.a.28.1%18.1%
Since inceptionp.a.12.8%11.3%
Calendar years
YearLong legLong-short
20267 mo14.6%18.9%
202525.9%28.5%
202447.8%28.5%
202364.5%29.9%
2022-30.4%23.6%
202142.9%67.3%
202044.9%-14.4%
201944.5%2.1%
20184.2%2.6%
201739.5%6.4%
201628.3%10.6%
2015-4.9%6.3%
201425.1%17.3%
201317.1%-23.1%
20126.1%0.5%
2011-3.5%2.9%
20104.9%-6.4%
200966.2%13.8%
2008-43.0%-2.2%
200715.7%7.0%
20068.7%2.5%
2005-0.3%-0.1%
2004-14.3%-2.6%
200338.7%-15.9%
2002-32.3%31.6%
20012.8%90.0%
2000-37.2%22.8%
1999118.5%20.4%

Long leg = the top bucket this fund holds; long-short additionally shorts the bottom bucket and is not achievable in a long-only vehicle. Trailing figures run through July 2026: 1 year is a plain cumulative 12-month return (cum.), 3 years and longer are annualised (p.a.). Years marked with a month count are partial. These match the fact sheet’s tables by construction. Hypothetical backtest, gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs — not investor results.

Fund Facts

Ticker (pseudo)FCBT
IssuerETF Foundry Research (hypothetical)
SeriesHypothetical Model Portfolio Series (not a registered trust)
Expense ratio0.45% (placeholder)
Inception2020-07-11 (placeholder)
Listing exchangeNot listed (hypothetical)
CUSIPNot applicable (hypothetical model portfolio)
RebalanceMonthly
Holdings as ofJuly 2026
Total mkt cap (long leg)$13.85T

Methodology

The Foundry Technology CBOperProf Factor ETF tracks a rules-based model that ranks Technology common stocks each month by a CBOperProf signal and holds the top quintile with the highest values. Signals are computed from point-in-time Sharadar fundamentals and total-return prices. The portfolio reconstitutes monthly and is cap-weighted within the long leg.

This is a hypothetical model portfolio for research display only — not a registered fund, not an offer, and not investment advice.

Documents (draft — hypothetical)

Auto-generated from the model’s metrics and current holdings. Every document is labeled DRAFT / hypothetical.

Summary Prospectus

Objective, fees, strategy, and key risks.

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Prospectus

Full strategy, model methodology, and risks.

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Statement of Additional Information

Policies, construction, and governance.

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Fact Sheet

One-page snapshot with top holdings.

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Daily Holdings

Full current constituent list.

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DRAFT — HYPOTHETICAL MODEL PORTFOLIO — NOT A REGISTERED FUND, NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES, NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.