FMTM
MarketDesk Focused U.S. Momentum ETF
stock NASDAQ ETF

Sure, but it's quite a broad field, my own paper was an interdisciplinary analysis of momentum and modern political economy, my other research is heavier in modeling but not directly regarding momentum.
But some papers that overall explain that momentum diversification can be achieved via different momentum species that came to mind are:
Fang, J., Hao, W., & Wongchoti, U. (2022). Time-series momentum in individual stocks: is it there and where to look?. *Applied Economics*, *54*(18), 2048-2066.
Griffin, J. M., Ji, X., & Martin, J. S. (2005). Global momentum strategies. *The journal of portfolio management*, *31*(2), 23-39.
Baltas, N., & Kosowski, R. (2013). Momentum strategies in futures markets and trend-following funds. *Available at SSRN 1968996*.
Also indeed, FMTM has very little history, it is young, and its model is proprietary and would require latent variable modeling to infer it. I'm mostly just claiming that holding long momentum with shorter ones is not a bad idea.

Been using this strategy for a while now. It has performed pretty well, but I don’t know if it’s good enough for the future.
The thesis is pretty simple: combine U.S. momentum (SPMO/FMTM), international small-cap value (AVDV), emerging markets (EMEQ), and a small asymmetric Bitcoin allocation (MSTR) to capture multiple long-term return drivers rather than relying on a single market factor.

To me FMTM reads like any of the other active ETFs you find out there that have some strategy they claim can beat the market but barely any data to back that.
SPMO is built upon academic literature that tested dozens of national markets over decades with the best empirical methods, and it has a long successful history.
FMTM on the other hand features a bunch of novelties that I haven't seen the data to back. Its methodology is far out from what is called momentum in the academic literature.

My US portion is currently 25% SCHX, 25% FNDX, 25% SPMO, 25% AVUV.
This covers Large Caps by Market Weight, Large Caps by Fundamental Weight, Large Caps by Momentum, and Small Caps by Value.
I am considering an equal portion of FMTM not only because I like the idea, but also because it seems to cover the mid-cap portion. It's not an area of the market that is covered by my current allocations.

I don’t think so. I’m much older and more aggressive. Just be ready to ride the downturns and not to ver panic sell. I don’t have qqqm. I have SPMO FTEC FMTM AVUV and some other small satélite positions. I like the idea of having the barbell approach with some small value like avuv in there. You have a long time and I’ve observed people do very well with having discipline and time.

Quantitative financial research suggests that momentum is more so a structural element of stock market price action than your traditional factors, and there is alpha to be had at various species of momentum differentiated by a momentum's lookback window and rebalance timing mostly, a diversification strategy with momentum would include a diversification of momentum styles itself.
SPMO is largely slow long lookback momentum, FMTM is fast medium lookback momentum, they pair together well. Often SPMO is great at mitigating flash crashes, as it holds sector leaders with deep conviction which are the leaders that often recover first has happened during the Iran War flash crash, FMTM can outmaneuver however during large cap exhaustion during a bull market such as the Oct 2025 to Jan 2026 sideways market for SPMO.

FMTM's stated strategy is sound, but it is rather young, although it seems to be doing its job if you look at its holdings.

My bg is in data science and have done research.

I think it's fine? Since you're young, you can handle risks. And because the top caps are doing EXTREMELY well, at least right now, I don't see why not. When you get older, maybe look into stable funds.
I'm young and I have about 40% SPMO, 40% FMTM and 20% in individual stocks. The bogleheads will hate me, but I love me some momentum!

I had a tough time choosing between FMTM, SPMO, and SGRT but ultimately went with SPMO. The last 3 months SPMO has outperformed SGRT and FMTM while having a much less expense ratio I made the most money but Ironically I think I might have made the wrong decision because SGRT and FMTM seem better on paper. I was just afraid they are only around 30 stock compared to 100 and I actually llike the fact that SPMO is big caps only because large caps are less volatile on average. I like to have large cap momentum and small cap value (AVUV).

There are a lot of ways to define momentum and a lot of stock universes to apply them to. There's nothing structurally that prevents FMTM and SPMO from being identical but they do have different methodologies and current only have a 6% overlap.
The fuzzy nature of defining "momentum" make me careful of using ETF's for a "momentum strategy" but some are well built.

I read that because of the way it's structured FMTM doesn't generate a lot of taxable events. SPMO more, but I don't think it's prohibitive in brokerage necessarily.

I’m currently 65% SPYM / 25% FMTM / 10% SGRT

SPMO and FMTM are a nice pairing. And virtually no overlap.

Another thing to consider is how FMTM spreads the balance across holdings more evenly (no single stock with more than 4% of the total). The top 10 FMTM holdings make up 35%...meanwhile SPMO has 25% of its balance in just three stocks (MU, NVDA, AVGO) and the top 10 holdings exceed 51% of the total. I don't know if I have a point to that statement but my intuition leads me to think that MU carried SPMO on its shoulders in 2026, while FMTM was a group effort. There are advantages and disadvantages to each strategy I suppose.

Thoughts on FMTM?

You should enjoy life while you’re young. If you’re dead set on investing I think you should do something like 100% SPMO or FMTM

You have a long time horizon. Broad based index funds and chill. If your the active type that likes investing and trying to beat the market still put 80% in the market and play with that 20% to try and beat the market but realize that you usually loose and don't win which is why you have most in the market.
I'm 26. This is my personal allocation I think it would be mostly applicable for you based on your age. I do 15% SPMO / 10% FMTM/ 20% SCHF/ 45% VOO/ 10% special stocks or etfs to play and beat the market. Currently play allocations are equal amounts of AI ETFs like CHAT, QTUM, SOXQ, AIS, AIQ.
If your not the play type. Just go extra into spmo or voo. It's aggressive but your have the time horizon to make it work.

I keep a relatively boring Roth IRA (VTI, VXUS, AVGV and some FMTM for fun.) I maxed out my contribution 5 months ago but that doesn’t mean I can’t buy and sell what I have and “rebalance.” I’m like a Boglehead who’s gone a little nuts - I stay diversified, I have specific ratios I want try to hold on to, I don’t take huge risks and focus more on profit taking and I don’t mess with individual stocks, just ETFs but I do like to buy and sell instead of set and forget.
As an example, my VXUS ratio got way too high this week. I was happy to see that my sell order for 10 shares at $85.75 executed because I was looking to shave the position anyway. Put in a buy order for 20 shares at $40.05 for FMTM at lunchtime, that executed in the afternoon. Saving the leftover cash for the next opportunity.
Earlier this week I also sold 20 shares of FMTM at just shy of $44. Used that to buy AVGV yesterday at a recent low of $84.35. Every move I made this week, the ETF I sold went down, everything I bought went up and I’ve rarely had a week where that wasn’t the case. I’m holding some cash and I’m not getting greedy. It’s been like this for months. Maybe I’m just lucky, but I do try to be very disciplined - I only sell at near ATHs and I only buy when the price is at an unusual low and I truly believe the etf will go back up in the short term.
I’ve been similarly taking profits from VTI when one hits an exceptional high, hold it, wait for the market to lose 2-5%, buy low in something else, rinse and repeat. I keep an eye on the day trade rules and do my best to spread out my trades - I try to only buy and sell the same etf once a week. I’m usually holding around $1500-2000 cash at any time. I don’t let any buy or sell more than about $1000 because that throws the ratios I want to stick to way out of whack.
I’ve made a little over $2500 doing over the past 2 months vs. just setting and forgetting. I happened to have a Rollover IRA that was nearly the same amount in April as my Roth IRA and was set to the same starting portfolio that I started with in the Roth, so I use that as my benchmark and don’t touch it to keep me honest. It’s currently trailing by $2700.
It takes only a few minutes a day and it’s been fun to make money just by shifting things around a little. My goal is to beat the other portfolio by $7500 by December 31st. I started my Roth IRA 18 years later than I should have, so would love catch up by doubling it Roth contribution every year.

Not terrible, but it reads more like a collection of factor bets than a simple core portfolio. SPMO plus FMTM plus AVUV is a lot of style tilting in one basket, so I would first ask what role each fund is meant to play and whether you actually want that much complexity. If the goal is long-term compounding, I would rather keep the core broader and make the tilts smaller.

You’re probably gonna hear a lot of people say no, but I do believe it could for someone who has an aggressive portfolio. I’ll probably get down voted for this, but I think SPMO and FMTM together work really well. I have VOO, but I really keep it more as a benchmark.

# 40% SPMO + 20% FMTM + 20% AVUV + 20% SCHD