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QQQ vs. SPY

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
$--

Correlation

0.96

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
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QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

What is QQQ?

Invesco QQQ is an exchange-traded fund based on the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Fund will, under most circumstances, consist of all of stocks in the Index. The Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.

Snapshot
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QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
Mar 10 1999
Jan 22 1993
Expense ratio
0.20%
0.09%
QQQ has a higher expense ratio than SPY by 0.11%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in QQQ than SPY.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
QQQ targets investing in US Equities, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Invesco
State Street (SPDR)
QQQ is managed by Invesco, while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$17,559,045,883
$33,257,618,740
Both QQQ and SPY are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$197,956,569,440
$400,404,126,565
QQQ has more assets under management than SPY by $202,447,557,125. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
S&P 500 Index
QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
QQQ and SPY use the same leverage ratio. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
QQQ and SPY both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
QQQ and SPY may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Both QQQ and SPY may issue a K1. You can find non-K1 alternatives in their respective “Related ETFs” section.
QQQ and SPY’s Correlation
When ETFs are correlated, there are 3 main topics to analyze that will help you build your automated trading strategy: liquidity, expense, and risk.
  • Liquidity: In an active trading strategy (trading multiple time per week), it’s important to consider the liquidity of the ETF you’re using. Lower liquidity can mean more money lost in slippage. AUM and average daily volume are both indicators of liquidity.
  • Expense: Some ETFs are more expensive to use than others. For strategies that are focused on longer holding periods, it’s important to factor in how expensive it is to hold this ETF. Expense ratio is the main indicator of how expensive an ETF is.
  • Risk: Some ETFs will be highly correlated, but have varying degrees of returns, due to leverage. It’s important to consider if an ETF is using leverage or not. The main indicators of a riskier ETF will be the use of leverage and higher standard deviation or max drawdown in a backtest.

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