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"While it may be tempting to ditch an underperformer and jump onto the one that is running hot, it is unlikely to be a winning strategy over the long term." - So momentum over momentum ETF is a bad idea

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Timing any single factor is tricky. My attempts to replicate Factor Momentum has failed in the Indian context while being mildly successful in the US market.

India: https://stockviz.biz/theme-eq/5112F698-E8B0-491C-BFA4-F6CA47A6AEC8

https://us.stockviz.biz/theme-eq/597A212F-62A9-45FA-A49A-3C6C074CA5B9

Momentum does trend but depends on the implementation details. Have to dig into each to figure out if applying a trend overlay makes sense.

https://stockviz.biz/2022/11/27/trending-momentum/

https://stockviz.biz/2022/11/28/trending-momentum-models/

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