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QLV Northern Trust US Quality Low Volatility ETF
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About
Northern Trust US Quality Low Volatility ETF (QLV) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- ARCX
- Inception
- 2019-07-15
- Has Options
- No
Fund profile
holdings as of Jul 31, 2026SEC filingthrough Jul 2026flows, SEC filings
- Expense ratio
- 0.08% prospectus, filed Aug 14, 2026
- Assets
- $188M shares × price, Nov 6, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 1.46% paid quarterly
- Average daily volume
- $1.1M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 126 top 10 are 34.4%
- Listed
- Jul 15, 2019 NYSE Arca
- Last fee change
- -9 bp filed Dec 20, 2024
- Tracking difference
- -0.09 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Cost98
Liquidity35
Scale47
Diversification76
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (74% of its variance, beta 0.69). These factors explain 77% of its daily moves over the last year.
Stated objective. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Low Volatility Index SM (the Underlying Index). (from the fund's prospectus)
All 126 holdingsFlow historySimilar fundsOverlap toolAll Quality ETFs
Fund flows
through Jul 2026SEC filings- Jul 2026
- $0 latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- −$13M −8.0% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- +$823K +0.5% of assets
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| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | $0 |
| Jun 2026 | −$1.9M |
| May 2026 | −$11M |
| Apr 2026 | −$13M |
| Mar 2026 | +$29M |
| Feb 2026 | +$5.6M |
| Jan 2026 | +$1.8M |
| Dec 2025 | −$1.9M |
| Nov 2025 | −$3.7M |
| Oct 2025 | +$611 |
| Sep 2025 | −$7.1M |
| Aug 2025 | +$3.5M |
Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 84 months ago
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Ranked by how much of the two portfolios is the same securities.
Look-through: what the holdings say
weights as of Jul 31, 2026SEC filing- Holdings vs fair value
- +2.6% 21% under, 35% over · 96% covered
- Price / earnings
- 23.5 1% loss-making · 96% covered
- Price / book · sales
- 4.4 · 3.2 revenue growth +10.1%
- Above 200-day average
- 65% 66% above 50-day · by weight
- Short interest
- 2.5% of float, weighted · 3.7 days to cover
- Insider buying
- 4% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 63% net selling
- 13F holders
- +2.4% change in shares held by institutions, latest quarter
- Reporting earnings
- 1.5% of weight in 7 days; 11.0% in 14
Holdings reporting in the next 14 days · weighted implied move this week 0.20%
Each figure is the fund's holdings weighted by position size, using our data on those stocks, and covers only the share of the stock holdings stated. Positive fair value means the holdings trade below our estimate.
What changed in the portfolio
Apr 30, 2026 → Jul 31, 2026| Action | Holding | Weight before | Weight after | Shares vs flows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exit | NEMNewmont Corp. | 0.94% | — | — |
| Decrease | PGProcter & Gamble Co. (The) | 2.23% | 1.36% | −34.4% |
| Increase | ROPRoper Technologies, Inc. | 0.11% | 0.93% | +673.2% |
| Exit | NWENorthwestern Energy Group, Inc. | 0.78% | — | — |
| New position | DDSDillard's, Inc. | — | 0.75% | — |
| Decrease | COSTCostco Wholesale Corp. | 2.09% | 1.46% | −21.4% |
| Decrease | LMTLockheed Martin Corp. | 0.83% | 0.21% | −76.5% |
| New position | EOGEOG Resources, Inc. | — | 0.62% | — |
| Exit | Willis Towers Watson plc | 0.60% | — | — |
| New position | KLACKLA Corp. | — | 0.59% | — |
Under the hood
fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025SEC census- Authorized participants
- 5 active of 24 with agreements; top 3 did 90%
- Created · redeemed
- $52M · $51M over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 99% creations 99% in kind
- Creation unit
- 25,000 shares
- Securities lending
- 7.32% of assets on loan on average; earned 0.9 bp
- Return vs index
- -0.09 pts after fees; +0.00 before; daily s.d. 0.14
From the fund's annual census filing with the SEC. In-kind redemptions are what let an ETF shed appreciated securities without realising gains.
ETF Profile
holdings as of 2026-07-31
Holdings
126
AUM
$169.9M
Provider
Nport
Inception
2019-07-15
Exchange
ARCX
Data As Of
2026-07-31
Expense Ratio
0.08%
Dividend Yield
1.46%
Distribution
Quarterly
Recent distributions
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-24 | $0.2757 | CD |
| 2026-06-18 | 2026-06-25 | $0.3146 | CD |
| 2026-03-20 | 2026-03-26 | $0.2286 | CD |
| 2025-12-19 | 2025-12-26 | $0.3566 | CD |
| 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-25 | $0.2887 | CD |
| 2025-06-20 | 2025-06-26 | $0.2791 | CD |
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 126 holdings
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp. | 5.96% | Equity (common) | US |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 5.89% | Equity (common) | US |
| AAPL | Apple, Inc. | 5.64% | Equity (common) | US |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 4.30% | Equity (common) | US |
| — | CF SECURED LLC | 3.69% | Repurchase agreement | US |
| ABBV | AbbVie, Inc. | 2.43% | Equity (common) | US |
| XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. | 2.33% | Equity (common) | US |
| V | Visa, Inc. | 2.18% | Equity (common) | US |
| GOOGL | Alphabet, Inc. | 2.01% | Equity (common) | US |
| BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.89% | Equity (common) | US |
| AVGO | Broadcom, Inc. | 1.76% | Equity (common) | US |
| MA | Mastercard, Inc. | 1.62% | Equity (common) | US |
| GOOG | Alphabet, Inc. | 1.56% | Equity (common) | US |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.53% | Equity (common) | US |
| KO | Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 1.53% | Equity (common) | US |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1.46% | Equity (common) | US |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1.36% | Equity (common) | US |
| MCD | McDonald's Corp. | 1.35% | Equity (common) | US |
| MRK | Merck & Co., Inc. | 1.34% | Equity (common) | US |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | 1.33% | Equity (common) | US |
| ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | 1.26% | Equity (common) | US |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. | 1.23% | Equity (common) | US |
| PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 1.00% | Equity (common) | US |
| TJX | TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 0.97% | Equity (common) | US |
| ROP | Roper Technologies, Inc. | 0.93% | Equity (common) | US |
| WM | Waste Management, Inc. | 0.87% | Equity (common) | US |
| QLYS | Qualys, Inc. | 0.87% | Equity (common) | US |
| SO | Southern Co. (The) | 0.87% | Equity (common) | US |
| LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 0.85% | Equity (common) | US |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp. | 0.84% | Equity (common) | US |
| EA | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 0.82% | Equity (common) | US |
| TDY | Teledyne Technologies, Inc. | 0.81% | Equity (common) | US |
| AIZ | Assurant, Inc. | 0.80% | Equity (common) | US |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 0.80% | Equity (common) | US |
| DLB | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | 0.79% | Equity (common) | US |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 0.77% | Equity (common) | US |
| — | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 0.77% | Equity (common) | BM |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US, Inc. | 0.77% | Equity (common) | US |
| AFG | American Financial Group, Inc. | 0.77% | Equity (common) | US |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 0.77% | Equity (common) | US |
| DDS | Dillard's, Inc. | 0.75% | Equity (common) | US |
| TXN | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 0.74% | Equity (common) | US |
| VZ | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 0.73% | Equity (common) | US |
| VRSN | VeriSign, Inc. | 0.73% | Equity (common) | US |
| ED | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 0.73% | Equity (common) | US |
| TRV | Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 0.71% | Equity (common) | US |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 0.71% | Equity (common) | US |
| HSY | Hershey Co. (The) | 0.70% | Equity (common) | US |
| — | Chubb Ltd. | 0.68% | Equity (common) | CH |
| CALM | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 0.67% | Equity (common) | US |
Non-Equity Breakdown
FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund ·
NPORT-P period 2026-07-31
(filed 2026-09-25)
Net assets:
$164M
· 126 total positions
· equity 99.30%
· non-equity 4.51%
Non-equity holdings
— 9 positions,
4.51% of NAV
| Category | Weight | Value | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repurchase agreement | 4.30% | $7.0M | 2 |
| Short-term investment | 0.20% | $332338 | 5 |
| Derivative (equity) | 0.00% | $4447 | 2 |
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.38% | -5.55% | 2.36% | 2.36% | 1.92% | 2.50% | 0.66% |
| Feb | -1.30% | -3.01% | -3.49% | 2.17% | 1.55% | 1.65% | -0.41% |
| Mar | 2.49% | 6.11% | 3.45% | 2.02% | -1.59% | -4.59% | 1.32% |
| Apr | 4.19% | -5.62% | 1.69% | -3.33% | -1.31% | 3.55% | -0.14% |
| May | -0.20% | -0.50% | -2.59% | 3.85% | 3.60% | 2.08% | 1.04% |
| Jun | 2.71% | -4.21% | 3.69% | 2.05% | 1.19% | -0.77% | 0.78% |
| Jul | 3.80% | 3.89% | 1.81% | 1.67% | 0.30% | 2.64% | 2.35% |
| Aug | 2.83% | -3.09% | -0.81% | 3.38% | 3.47% | 1.93% | 1.28% |
| Sep | -5.98% | -7.45% | -4.31% | 2.37% | 2.13% | -1.69% | -2.49% |
| Oct | 7.10% | 5.72% | 0.07% | -0.98% | -0.95% | 4.94% | 2.65% |
| Nov | -0.59% | 5.97% | 5.79% | 3.91% | 2.74% | -0.04%* | 2.96% |
| Dec | 5.77% | -4.82% | 1.87% | -4.19% | -0.59% | -- | -0.39% |
| Total | 22.56% | -13.12% | 9.39% | 15.94% | 12.99% | 12.50% | 10.04% |
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $81.54
SMA 50: $80.20
SMA 200: $76.59
Current: $81.92
EMA 12: $81.65
EMA 26: $81.17
MACD: 0.4799 | Signal: -0.1168
BULLISH
ADX (14): 27.73
TREND
+DI: 34.51
−DI: 30.66
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 55.96
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 27.12
Stoch %D: 40.67
Williams %R: -44.81
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $82.93
BB Lower: $80.16
NEUTRAL
OBV: 502,626
Vol SMA 20: 18,247
Vol ROC: 71.66%
ATR: $0.71
True Range: $1.23
HV 20: 13.3%
HV 30: 11.2%
HV 60: 9.5%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-11-11T00:00:00 – 2026-11-09T00:00:00
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QLV Options Activity & IV Rank
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Spread Scanner
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Calendars: the long leg is valued at the short leg’s expiration (Black-Scholes at its current IV) across the range of prices the short leg’s IV implies, giving the best-case profit (R/R = that over the debit) and P(profit).
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
Scanning bull put, bear call, iron condor and calendar spreads…
Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
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Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 0.4070
Alpha: 9.61%
Correlation: 0.6634
R-Squared: 44.0%
Stock Volatility: 8.4%
Market Volatility: 13.8%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
QLV Institutional Ownership (13F)
Filings for 2026-06-30 · 17 already for 2026-09-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
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Constituent Performance
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Constituents
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