On November 7, 2025, ODonnell Financial Services executed a transaction that speaks louder than quarterly reports: the disposal of 168,871 shares in Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF (PTNQ), valued at $11.74 million. This reduction slashed their holdings from 6.0% to 1.4% of reported assets, leaving a $3.94 million residue. The act itself-a quiet but unmistakable verdict on risk appetite in an era of manufactured certainty.
The SEC filing reveals more than numbers. It exposes a fund manager’s reckoning with an ETF designed to “follow trends” while charging a 0.65% fee-a cost justified by promises of algorithmic wisdom. PTNQ’s strategy, as described, is mechanical simplicity: when markets scream, buy treasuries; when they roar, chase NASDAQ-100 giants; when they murmur, split the difference. A system built for those who distrust their own judgment. Yet ODonnell, steward of other people’s capital, chose to abandon 77% of its position. Was this prudence or panic? The document remains silent.
PTNQ’s defenders will cite its 224% cumulative gain since 2015, its “systematic” approach to preserving capital. But figures divorced from context are bullets in the chamber. Over the past year, its 6.2% return trails the S&P 500 by 6.3 percentage points. Its 1.8% dividend yield gleams faintly, like a candle in a storm. And at $78.72 per share-4.3% below its 52-week high-the ETF now trades as a cautionary tale: algorithms cannot repeal gravity.
ODonnell’s new top holdings read like a roll call of conventional wisdom: SPLG ($59.54M), DSTL ($28.32M), RDVY ($23.44M). Familiar names, predictable risks. The message is clear: when markets grow strange, even trend-followers prefer the devil they know. For retail investors, the takeaway isn’t mimicry but introspection. ODonnell’s motives are opaque; your own should not be. Ask not what PTNQ’s 224% gain bought, but what it cost in missed opportunities. Ask whether “trend-following” is a strategy or an excuse for indecision. Ask who truly profits when fees compound like clockwork.
Markets demand vigilance, not algorithms. They punish those who outsource doubt to machines. PTNQ’s existence proves one truth: the desire to have it both ways-capital preservation and growth-is eternal. But as Orwell might mutter into his typewriter: “In a time of universal deceit, the only freedom is to hold an unprofitable position.” 🧭
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2025-11-11 04:53