HealthyDirect · GrowthFit for a long SIP
Axis Arbitrage Fund
Axis Mutual FundHybrid Schemes - Arbitrage Fund12.2 years
The scheme aims to generate income through low volatility absolute return strategies that take advantage of opportunities in the cash and the derivative segments of the equity markets including the arbitrage opportunities available within the derivative segment, by using other derivative based strategies and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments.
- NAV
- 22.0546
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +6.6%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹10,167.62 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 1.0% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Fit for a long SIP
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
In three lines
Fits if · The fund beat the category median in 88% of rolling 3-year windows.
Fits if · Three-year return is above the category median.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
12.2 years of path to read.
Engine status
Pass
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
Expense ratio
Pass
1.40% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.6%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Pass
88% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
Pass
Sachin Jain · 5.0 years on the scheme.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Watch
Top 10 holdings ≈ 104.6% of the portfolio.
Evidence supports a shortlist - confirm with peers before you buy elsewhere.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
Drawdown rehearsal
This scheme’s worst fall on file is about 1%. Before you SIP, ask whether you would keep contributing through a similar drop - pausing on fear is the usual India MF failure mode.
SIP discipline
If you start a SIP here, diary a 90-day check and an annual review - don’t react to every NAV print.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+6.6%
- 3Y+7.2%
- 5Y+6.8%
- 10Y+6.4%
- SI+6.7%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+6.3%
- 3Y+6.9%
- 5Y+7.1%
- 10Y+6.5%
- Since inception
- +6.7%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +0.1%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +88%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 78
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +6.9%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +4.6%
- 2273 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +6.8%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 1781 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -0.6%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -0.2%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 6 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +45%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 2 days
- 674 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 72 days
- Trough to prior peak
16 Mar 2020 – 30 Mar 2020
Trough 25 Mar 2020 · recovered in 5 days
-0.6%
29 May 2020 – 14 Aug 2020
Trough 3 Jun 2020 · recovered in 72 days
-0.5%
3 Aug 2026 – 24 Aug 2026
Trough 6 Aug 2026 · recovered in 18 days
-0.4%
1 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2026
Trough 4 Sept 2026 · recovered in 6 days
-0.3%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
78
Vs category
51
Consistency
85
Risk-adjusted
58
Drawdown
98
Mean
74
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Healthy
Buying stance
Fit for a long SIP
Evidence supports keeping this on a shortlist for a multi-year equity SIP.
Why this status
- No material deterioration, cost shock, or persistent category underperformance in the current evidence set.
Supporting reads
- The fund beat the category median in 88% of rolling 3-year windows.
- Three-year return is above the category median.
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 156 holdings · top 10 are 104.6%.
- Top 5
- 93.2%
- Top 10
- 104.6%
- Largest holding
- 68.5%
- Effective holdings
- 2.0
Net Receivables
Unspecified
68.5%
Axis Money Market Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
13.1%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
4.1%
ICICI Bank Ltd
Financial
3.8%
Reliance Industries Ltd
Energy & Utilities
3.8%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
WhiteOak Capital Arbitrage Fund
WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +7.1%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 1.1%
- Max DD
- -0.4%
- Sharpe
- 1.00
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER · Lower trailing returns
Invesco India Arbitrage Fund
Invesco Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.8%
- 3Y
- +7.4%
- Vol
- 1.0%
- Max DD
- -0.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.92
- 3Y win
- +63%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER
Mirae Asset Arbitrage Fund
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.6%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 1.0%
- Max DD
- -0.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.22
- 3Y win
- +82%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Higher TER
Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund
Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.1%
- 3Y
- +6.3%
- Vol
- 1.1%
- Max DD
- -0.5%
- Sharpe
- -0.49
- 3Y win
- 0%
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
Caveat: Higher volatility · Lower trailing returns
Samco Arbitrage Fund
Samco Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +5.1%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 1.6%
- Max DD
- -0.6%
- Sharpe
- -0.50
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Shallower drawdown
- Lower TER
Caveat: Higher volatility · Lower trailing returns