ODonnell Dumps 169K PTNQ Shares Worth $11.7 Million

Sold 168,871 shares, reducing position value by $11.74 million Transaction represented 4.4% of 13F AUM Post-trade holding: 50,782 shares valued at $3.94 million Position now 1.4% of fund AUM, down from 6.0% in the previous quarter

The Motley Fool • Nov 11, 2025

PTNQ: The Trend Following Nasdaq

PTNQ is an equities ETF tracking the Pacer NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot Index with trend-following strategies using technical analysis. The ETF works best in traditional bear markets, automatically switching to cash to reduce drawdowns, but struggles in vertical market moves. Passive investors seeking Nasdaq exposure with reduced drawdowns and risk-averse investors may benefit from using PTNQ in their portfolios.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 3, 2024

PTNQ: An Expensive Risk Mitigation Tool

The Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF aims to provide investors with long exposure to the Nasdaq 100 during rising markets while avoiding market downturns. PTNQ has significantly underperformed the Nasdaq 100 since its inception in 2015 but has shown relative strength during the 2022 bear market and the recent stock market sell-off. While PTNQ offers downside protection, its significant underperformance over the long term makes it an expensive risk mitigation tool.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 30, 2023

PTNQ: A Low-Yielding Tech Sector Focused ETF Poised For Strong Growth

Pacer Trendpilot™ 100 ETF has generated a low yield but a strong annual average total return over the long run. It has a high AUM and is trading at a marginal discount. The core portfolio of software services stocks and semiconductor stocks also had a strong price performance both over the short run and over the long run.

Seeking Alpha • May 8, 2023

PTNQ: Great Concept, But I Can't Un-See Its 2020 Debacle

Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF, or PTNQ, is based on a great risk-management concept. But it has a fatal flaw in its execution. The ETF is a hedged version of the Nasdaq 100 Index, and uses the 200-Day Simple Moving Average of that index to shift into defense mode when markets get rough.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 15, 2022

Adapt to Market Changes With a Dynamic, Trend-Following ETF Strategy

Investors can utilize a dynamic trend-based exchange traded fund strategy to follow the price movement of an investment over time by using an unbiased approach to stay in or out of the markets.

ETF Trends • Dec 15, 2022

How Trend-Following Can Help Your Investment Participate in Positive Trends and Minimize Losses

Instead of feeling left behind in an ever-changing market environment, investors can turn to an equity trend-following investment strategy that can adapt to the shifts as they come.

ETF Trends • Dec 13, 2022

Pacer Advisors Announces PTNQ Moving to Nasdaq Stock Market

Pacer Advisors, Inc. (“Pacer”) announces plans to transfer the listing of Pacer Trendpilot® 100 ETF (PTNQ), an exchanged-traded fund (“ETF”), managed by Pacer from Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. to The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC. The transfer is expected to occur on or about November 1, 2022. No shareholder action is expected because of this change, nor is the transfer expected to affect the trading of fund shares.

Business Wire • Oct 18, 2022

PTNQ Is Better Than QQQX For Investing In Volatile Tech Unless You Favor Income

For those who want to invest in tech names of the Nasdaq 100 somewhat like Cathie Wood, but, at the same time, get some protection against volatility, there are QQQX and PTNQ. For this purpose, I make a comparison with the Nasdaq's tracking QQQ ETF which has hit a one-year low of 22% after a succession of interest rate hikes.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 23, 2022

Downside Protection Diverges For ETFs

ETFs that promise downside protection have important differences that show up in performance.

ETFcom • Feb 3, 2022