QFRD - Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF
A strategy driven exchange traded fund that aims to provide capital appreciation by selecting 50 S&P 500 companies with the highest Research & Development (R&D)expenditures, screened for free cash flow (FCF) quality.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Market Cap
- $1.0M
- Beta
- 0.88
- 52-Week Range
- 22.399-27.945
- Dividend Yield
- $0.01
- IPO Date
- Jan 14, 2026
- Exchange
- CBOE
QFRD Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for QFRD is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The QFRD overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked QFRD overview questions
- What is QFRD?
- QFRD is the ticker symbol for Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. A strategy driven exchange traded fund that aims to provide capital appreciation by selecting 50 S&P 500 companies with the highest Research & Development (R&D)expenditures, screened for free cash flow (FCF) quality. Listed on CBOE. QFRD is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are QFRD's key statistics?
- Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF (QFRD) carries a market capitalization of $1.0M, 52-week range of 22.399-27.945. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does QFRD belong to?
- Pacer S&P 500 Quality FCF R&D Leaders ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Global industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare QFRD's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the QFRD data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for QFRD, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.