Key Takeaways
- • Quantified STF Fund (QSTFX) delivered 35.55% returns over the past 12 months, significantly outperforming its Morningstar Moderate Target Risk benchmark (+17.62 percentage points) and category average (+13.29 percentage points), ranking 8th in its category for annual returns.
- • The fund employs Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. as subadviser, utilizing a proprietary Self-Adjusting Trend Following Strategy with aggressive management and high portfolio turnover designed to generate high annual appreciation.
- • Expense ratio of 1.59% sits slightly above the category average of 1.45%, with management fees at an unspecified level relative to the category average of 0.84%, positioning fees as average within peer group.
- • Risk profile is materially above average compared to category peers according to Morningstar, reflecting the fund's aggressive positioning and trend-following approach, though volatility metrics were not detailed in available materials.
- • Multi-year performance shows sustained returns: 23.59% over three years and 7.36% over five years, demonstrating consistency of the trend-following strategy across different market cycles and time horizons.
Summary
Quantified STF Fund (QSTFX) demonstrated exceptional near-term performance as of April 30, 2026, posting a 35.55% one-year return that substantially exceeded both its benchmark and category peers. The fund's monthly return of 18.41% in the most recent reporting period placed it first in its category on a one-month basis, though longer-term consistency remains more mixed—the fund ranked 55th on a three-month basis and 95th on a six-month basis, suggesting performance volatility inherent to its strategy.
The fund's investment approach centers on a proprietary Self-Adjusting Trend Following Strategy executed by subadviser Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. The strategy is characterized as aggressively managed with high portfolio turnover, explicitly targeting high annual appreciation for investors with high risk tolerance. This positioning differentiates QSTFX from more conservative alternatives, as evidenced by Morningstar's classification of its risk profile as above average within its category.
Fee structure reflects moderate positioning within the peer group. The fund's net expense ratio of 1.59% exceeds the category average of 1.45% by 14 basis points, while management fees are indexed at an unstated level against a category average of 0.84%. Despite above-average fees, the fund's substantial one-year outperformance (+17.62 percentage points versus its Morningstar benchmark) provides quantifiable alpha to offset cost burden.
Longer-term performance metrics demonstrate the durability of the trend-following approach across extended market cycles. Over three years, QSTFX returned 23.59%, while five-year and ten-year returns stood at 7.36% and 16.42%, respectively. These results suggest the strategy generates alpha during favorable trend environments, though five-year results underperformance implies sensitivity to mean-reversion periods or choppy sideways markets typical of recent years.
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The fund's investment approach centers on a proprietary Self-Adjusting Trend Following Strategy executed by subadviser Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. The strategy is characterized as aggressively managed with high portfolio turnover, explicitly targeting high annual appreciation for investors with high risk tolerance. This positioning differentiates QSTFX from more conservative alternatives, as evidenced by Morningstar's classification of its risk profile as above average within its category.
Fee structure reflects moderate positioning within the peer group. The fund's net expense ratio of 1.59% exceeds the category average of 1.45% by 14 basis points, while management fees are indexed at an unstated level against a category average of 0.84%. Despite above-average fees, the fund's substantial one-year outperformance (+17.62 percentage points versus its Morningstar benchmark) provides quantifiable alpha to offset cost burden.
Longer-term performance metrics demonstrate the durability of the trend-following approach across extended market cycles. Over three years, QSTFX returned 23.59%, while five-year and ten-year returns stood at 7.36% and 16.42%, respectively. These results suggest the strategy generates alpha during favorable trend environments, though five-year results underperformance implies sensitivity to mean-reversion periods or choppy sideways markets typical of recent years.
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