Short-Term Momentum factor

The 5-day return minus the 1-day return: the past week's move, excluding yesterday. Part of FactorPulse's FPUS1 model (Style).

The exposure shown is this measure standardized across stocks and taken net of the market and of International, Beta, Size, Long-Term Momentum, Residual Volatility, Liquidity, Growth, Value, Leverage, Profitability, Dividend Yield, Short Interest, Hedge-Fund Ownership and Medium-Term Momentum (position 15 of 18 style factors).

Oct 28, 2026
+0.06%
vs. 1-year daily volatility
z = +0.2
1M
+2.38%
3M
-1.04%
YTD
-6.26%
1Y
-4.45%

Last 12 months

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Cumulative return (sum of daily returns) of the Short-Term Momentum factor portfolio, through Oct 28, 2026.

Full history

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Since Jan 02, 2020. The shaded period is simulated history.

History before Jul 15, 2026 is simulated: it was regenerated on that date with the methodology adopted then, not recorded live, and charts shade that period. Later changes apply from their dates forward; see the revision log. Point-in-time risk forecasts begin Jul 30, 2026.

Statistics

PeriodReturnVolatility (ann.)Return / riskMax drawdown
1M+2.38%5.1%+5.60-0.45%
3M-1.04%5.6%-0.75-4.32%
YTD-6.26%6.0%-1.26-11.78%
1Y-4.45%5.7%-0.78-11.78%
Since Jul 2026 (live)-5.27%6.1%-2.92-8.55%
Since 2020 (incl. simulated)-18.16%5.4%-0.49-28.52%

Returns are summed daily long/short factor returns before costs. Volatility and return/risk are annualized from daily data. Each factor is measured net of other factors (see above), so its return can differ from familiar indexes built on the same idea. Section 9 of the methodology (Empirical Factor Behavior) discusses each factor's realized return.

Large companies most and least exposed today

Among the 500 largest US-listed companies (market cap above $26B). Exposure is in standard deviations across about 2,000 stocks, net of the factors ranked ahead of it. When the factor return is positive, 5-day moves trend; when it is negative, 5-day moves reverse.

Highest exposure

  1. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW +3.29 · $323B
  2. Zscaler, Inc. ZS +3.10 · $42B
  3. Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT +2.88 · $145B
  4. Rubrik, Inc. RBRK +2.58 · $28B
  5. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD +2.45 · $273B
  6. Crown Castle Inc. CCI +2.41 · $37B
  7. Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB +2.31 · $37B
  8. Roper Technologies, Inc. ROP +2.27 · $44B
  9. United Rentals, Inc. URI +2.24 · $73B
  10. Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN +2.09 · $283B

Lowest exposure

  1. Moderna, Inc. MRNA -3.62 · $86B
  2. Valero Energy Corporation VLO -2.87 · $108B
  3. Boeing Company BA -2.56 · $132B
  4. Cbre Group, Inc. CBRE -2.19 · $36B
  5. Revolution Medicines, Inc. RVMD -2.12 · $40B
  6. Medline Inc. MDLN -2.12 · $28B
  7. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras Ads PBR -2.00 · $142B
  8. Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC -1.94 · $124B
  9. Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM -1.94 · $78B
  10. Phillips 66 PSX -1.91 · $107B

What it moves with

Most positively correlated factors (1 year)

  1. Value +0.17
  2. Dividend Yield +0.15
  3. Short Interest +0.15

Most negatively correlated factors

  1. Bitcoin / Crypto -0.20
  2. Growth -0.16
  3. Liquidity -0.15

Correlation with ETFs

ETF1 year3 months
SPY S&P 500-0.13-0.10
IWM Small caps-0.03+0.06
TLT Long Treasuries+0.05+0.15
USO Oil+0.13+0.08
SMH Semiconductors-0.04-0.11
GLD Gold-0.05-0.10
XLU Utilities+0.12+0.22
BITO Bitcoin futures-0.08-0.09
KWEB China internet-0.10-0.02

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