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

Foundry Technology dNOA Factor ETF

ETF Foundry Research (hypothetical) · rebalanced monthly

FDNTHYPOTHETICAL MODEL
Since ’99
+49%
Expense Ratio
0.45%
placeholder
Holdings
80
cap-weighted
Inception
Nov 2020
placeholder
Full Sharpe
0.17
Ann. Return (LS)
3.3%
Ann. Volatility
19.4%
Max Drawdown
-71.9%
Test Sharpe ’19–26
0.34
Test FF5 α (ann.)
9.2%
vs Fama-French 5
Test FF5 α t-stat
1.26
not significant
Monthly turnover
17%
of the long leg, per rebalance
Cumulative return (LS)
49%
over 331 months
This fund holds the long leg only
Long leg Sharpe
0.57
what this fund holds
Long leg ann. return
15.8%
buyable, long-only
Long-short Sharpe
0.17
requires shorting
Bottom bucket ann. return
12.5%
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

80 of 80 · 100.0% of book
TickerCompanySectorMarket capWeight
1APP
APPLOVIN CORPTechnology$142.62B
26.72%
2WDAY
WORKDAY INCTechnology$35.76B
6.70%
3OKTA
OKTA INCTechnology$25.96B
4.86%
4VRSN
VERISIGN INCTechnology$25.27B
4.73%
5MDB
MONGODB INCTechnology$25.12B
4.71%
6CPAY
CORPAY INCTechnology$23.91B
4.48%
7FTV
FORTIVE CORPTechnology$18.83B
3.53%
8LOGI
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL SATechnology$14.76B
2.77%
9U
UNITY SOFTWARE INCTechnology$12.66B
2.37%
10GDDY
GODADDY INCTechnology$12.49B
2.34%
11AUR
AURORA INNOVATION INCTechnology$11.88B
2.23%
12HUBS
HUBSPOT INCTechnology$11.49B
2.15%
13CGNX
COGNEX CORPTechnology$10.66B
2.00%
14VSAT
VIASAT INCTechnology$9.76B
1.83%
15MANH
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INCTechnology$9.66B
1.81%
16IT
GARTNER INCTechnology$9.39B
1.76%
17ALGM
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS INCTechnology$8.66B
1.62%
18RAL
RALLIANT CORPTechnology$7.85B
1.47%
19DBX
DROPBOX INCTechnology$7.14B
1.34%
20CRUS
CIRRUS LOGIC INCTechnology$6.98B
1.31%
21CORZ
CORE SCIENTIFIC INCTechnology$6.66B
1.25%
22ST
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLCTechnology$6.55B
1.23%
23APPF
APPFOLIO INCTechnology$6.36B
1.19%
24ENPH
ENPHASE ENERGY INCTechnology$5.48B
1.03%
25VRNS
VARONIS SYSTEMS INCTechnology$5.46B
1.02%
26KLIC
KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INCTechnology$5.09B
0.95%
27EXLS
EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS INCTechnology$4.30B
0.81%
28POWI
POWER INTEGRATIONS INCTechnology$3.93B
0.74%
29RNG
RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology$3.46B
0.65%
30QTWO
Q2 HOLDINGS INCTechnology$3.43B
0.64%
31SEDG
SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$3.25B
0.61%
32PENG
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INCTechnology$3.10B
0.58%
33AGYS
AGILYSYS INCTechnology$3.00B
0.56%
34TDC
TERADATA CORPTechnology$2.87B
0.54%
35VISN
VISTANCE NETWORKS INCTechnology$2.74B
0.51%
36NVTS
NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology$2.68B
0.50%
37ROG
ROGERS CORPTechnology$2.36B
0.44%
38FLYW
FLYWIRE CORPTechnology$2.24B
0.42%
39INOD
INNODATA INCTechnology$1.99B
0.37%
40APPN
APPIAN CORPTechnology$1.92B
0.36%
41MQ
MARQETA INCTechnology$1.85B
0.35%
42BL
BLACKLINE INCTechnology$1.78B
0.33%
43ASAN
ASANA INCTechnology$1.77B
0.33%
44PRGS
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPTechnology$1.66B
0.31%
45DXC
DXC TECHNOLOGY COTechnology$1.55B
0.29%
46CNXC
CONCENTRIX CORPTechnology$1.49B
0.28%
47WBTN
WEBTOON ENTERTAINMENT INCTechnology$1.41B
0.26%
48AI
C3AI INCTechnology$1.37B
0.26%
49CXM
SPRINKLR INCTechnology$1.37B
0.26%
50HLIT
HARMONIC INCTechnology$1.31B
0.24%
51AMPL
AMPLITUDE INCTechnology$1.27B
0.24%
52SECZ
SECURITIZE CORPTechnology$1.11B
0.21%
53AOSL
ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR LTDTechnology$936M
0.18%
54MITK
MITEK SYSTEMS INCTechnology$857M
0.16%
55PUBM
PUBMATIC INCTechnology$591M
0.11%
56ALIT
ALIGHT INCTechnology$584M
0.11%
57PAYS
PAYSIGN INCTechnology$478M
0.09%
58CLFD
CLEARFIELD INCTechnology$416M
0.08%
59CRNC
CERENCE INCTechnology$390M
0.07%
60VELO
VELO3D INCTechnology$316M
0.06%
61OSS
ONE STOP SYSTEMS INCTechnology$313M
0.06%
62BKTI
BK TECHNOLOGIES CORPTechnology$307M
0.06%
63OPTX
SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS INCTechnology$302M
0.06%
64ALMU
AELUMA INCTechnology$267M
0.05%
65ASYS
AMTECH SYSTEMS INCTechnology$242M
0.05%
66QUIK
QUICKLOGIC CORPTechnology$237M
0.04%
67ALOT
ASTRONOVA INCTechnology$222M
0.04%
68IMMR
IMMERSION CORPTechnology$220M
0.04%
69LTRX
LANTRONIX INCTechnology$207M
0.04%
70KVHI
KVH INDUSTRIES INCTechnology$178M
0.03%
71EXOD
EXODUS MOVEMENT INCTechnology$152M
0.03%
72DMRC
DIGIMARC CORPTechnology$133M
0.02%
73OCC
OPTICAL CABLE CORPTechnology$130M
0.02%
74WYY
WIDEPOINT CORPTechnology$115M
0.02%
75TCX
TUCOWS INCTechnology$114M
0.02%
76SSTI
SOUNDTHINKING INCTechnology$111M
0.02%
77SOTK
SONO TEK CORPTechnology$86M
0.02%
78AIRG
AIRGAIN INCTechnology$76M
0.01%
79WFCF
WHERE FOOD COMES FROM INCTechnology$63M
0.01%
80STEM
STEM INCTechnology$56M
0.01%

Full long-leg book as of July 2026 · cap-weighted · total market cap $533.74B. 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

80 classified
Value
Blend
Growth
Large
Mid
Small
9%3
20%6
44%6
4%4
5%8
8%9
2%15
1%11
1%10

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 — 86% toward Large, 71% toward Growth. +6% unclassified (8 missing size/value). Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not realized P&L.

Tilt over time
Size tilt86% → Large
SmallLarge
Value ↔ growth tilt71% → 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. 80 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.

  • No more than 25% of total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    <= 25.0%
    Actual
    26.7%
    Margin
    -1.7%
  • Days required to liquidate the largest position at 20% of one day's dollar volume.

    Required
    <= 7.0 days
    Actual
    unbounded
    Margin
Reported separately — arithmetically implied

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 80 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
1.8 (95% CI 1.2-2.3)
x reference VaR
Limit
2.00x
<= 2.00x reference VaR
Fund VaR
16.9%
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
1.75x
within
parametric
1.74x
within
cornish fisher
1.63x
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 2004
Before publication (pre-2004)
0.33
Sharpe · 9.7% p.a.
January 1999December 2004 · 72 mo
Since publication
0.10
Sharpe · 1.5% p.a.
January 2005July 2026 · 259 mo
Change in Sharpe−0.23Sharpe weakened since publication84% of the prior annual return given up

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
58%
15 of 26 3-year windows made money
Worst window
-0.88
Sharpe, January 2007 – December 2009
January 1999July 2026
Median Sharpe
0.17
Dispersion
0.47
Best window
1.05

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.55.6%41.1%
3 yearsp.a.29.0%-6.9%
5 yearsp.a.24.9%4.8%
10 yearsp.a.28.3%3.4%
Since inceptionp.a.12.8%1.5%
Calendar years
YearLong legLong-short
20267 mo16.8%8.2%
202535.8%-1.3%
202420.7%-29.5%
202390.2%31.9%
2022-22.8%35.9%
202121.9%-10.6%
202057.3%3.9%
201955.0%14.0%
20183.6%1.6%
201729.2%-4.4%
201621.0%7.0%
2015-7.7%5.8%
201410.5%-5.0%
201356.7%30.2%
201210.6%-15.6%
20112.8%-6.5%
201015.6%-1.6%
200952.9%-13.7%
2008-48.0%1.3%
20072.5%-16.2%
200615.0%6.4%
2005-5.1%-8.6%
2004-4.0%-11.2%
200362.6%4.0%
2002-50.8%-4.6%
2001-21.2%13.0%
2000-22.8%37.3%
1999133.2%1.4%

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)FDNT
IssuerETF Foundry Research (hypothetical)
SeriesHypothetical Model Portfolio Series (not a registered trust)
Expense ratio0.45% (placeholder)
Inception2020-11-12 (placeholder)
Listing exchangeNot listed (hypothetical)
CUSIPNot applicable (hypothetical model portfolio)
RebalanceMonthly
Holdings as ofJuly 2026
Total mkt cap (long leg)$533.74B

Methodology

The Foundry Technology dNOA Factor ETF tracks a rules-based model that ranks Technology common stocks each month by a dNOA signal and holds the top quintile with the lowest 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.