MDY UCITS alternative: SPY4
European investors who cannot buy MDY directly can use SPY4 as BestFolio's exact match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00B4YBJ215.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap UCITS ETF
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
SPY4 tracks the same index or exposure as MDY in a UCITS wrapper.
What is SPY4?
SPY4 is SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap UCITS ETF, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating MDY into a European-broker-friendly allocation. UCITS funds are designed for EU and UK retail access and carry the required investor documents that US-listed ETFs usually lack.
Same S&P MidCap 400 index. TER 0.30%. Also available: iShares SP4S (IE000H444PH5, 0.20%). The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where MDY is used on BestFolio
MDY appears in 2 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
Build the full UCITS version of a TAA strategy
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