PFIX

Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF

Simplify · $217.5m in assets, October 8, 2026

Buys options on interest rates, including swaptions and Treasury futures options, and holds bonds for income, so it tends to gain when long-term US interest rates rise sharply.

PFIX, the Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF, is a $217 million ETF whose main story is the rate regime. Over the past year it returned +49.4%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

PFIX · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+21.7% a yearTotal return since launch, May 2021
+49.4%Last 12 months
+38.4%Year to date
38.0%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

Its main narrative, at 0.8 of its exposure.

The rate regime →

Bonds, cash and Treasuries: the interest rates every other asset is priced against.

The rate regime · the narrative this week
57.8HOT level, 3 of 22
last four weeks
424ETFs carry it
27.8%held by the top five
BNDlargest holder, 7.6%
$1,607 bncapital, 2nd of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
BND 7.6%SGOV 7.5%AGG 6.3%BIL 3.3%TLT 3.1%419 other ETFs 72.2%27.8%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1BND7.6%$161.78bn−2.1%0.03%
2SGOV7.5%$112.26bn+3.8%0.09%
3AGG6.3%$135.65bn−2.2%0.03%
4BIL3.3%$49.79bn+3.7%0.14%
5TLT3.1%$46.23bn−9.5%0.15%
419 other ETFs72.2%
PFIX: 0.0%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 424 ETFs on the narrative page →

Also carries: The fear layer →

Hedges, buffered ETFs, volatility and trend strategies: the products built around market falls.

Exposure 0.2 · level 42.3 WARM, 18th of 22 · PFIX holds 0.0% of its capital

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
PFIX+25.9%+47.3%+38.4%+49.4%+12.6%+28.9%
The rate regimeits narrative−1.6%−2.2%−1.2%−0.6%+4.3%+0.5%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on May 11, 2021: +21.7% a year.

$10,000 invested May 31, 2021

PFIX $29,497The rate regime $10,370The market $19,087
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000May 2021May 2022May 2023May 2024May 2025May 2026$0$10,000$20,000$30,000May 2021May 2023May 2025

Year by year

PFIXThe rate regimeThe market
-25%0%25%50%75%100%PFIX 2022: +92.0%Narrative 2022: -9.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022PFIX 2023: +5.6%Narrative 2023: +5.4%The market 2023: +27.9%2023PFIX 2024: +35.9%Narrative 2024: +2.6%The market 2024: +23.1%2024PFIX 2025: +0.7%Narrative 2025: +6.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025PFIX YTD: +38.4%Narrative YTD: -1.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-25%0%25%50%75%100%PFIX 2022: +92.0%Narrative 2022: -9.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022PFIX 2023: +5.6%Narrative 2023: +5.4%The market 2023: +27.9%2023PFIX 2024: +35.9%Narrative 2024: +2.6%The market 2024: +23.1%2024PFIX 2025: +0.7%Narrative 2025: +6.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025PFIX YTD: +38.4%Narrative YTD: -1.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if PFIX traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is PFIX selling?

PFIX’s main story is the rate regime, which covers bonds, cash and Treasuries: the interest rates every other asset is priced against. Its second is the fear layer.

Which ETFs compete with PFIX?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like PFIX’s over the past 3 years are RINF (0.67), CPII (0.55) and CLOB (0.34).

How has PFIX performed against its story?

Over the past year PFIX returned +49.4%, the ETFs carrying the rate regime −0.6% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of -0.89 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →