Investment Strategy - PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund	Mar. 31, 2025
Prospectus [Line Items]
Strategy [Heading]	<span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span>
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of mortgage-related Fixed Income Instruments of varying maturities (such as mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and mortgage dollar rolls), which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. “Fixed Income Instruments” include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The average portfolio duration of this Fund normally varies from one to seven years based on PIMCO’s market forecasts. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The Fund may invest without limit in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. Until March 31, 2025, a majority (on a gross market value basis) of the Fund’s total assets were invested in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in investment grade securities rated below Aaa by Moody’s Ratings (“Moody’s”), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality, subject to a minimum rating of Baa by Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality; provided that, investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises are not subject to this limit. The Fund may also invest up to an additional 5% of its total assets in mortgage-related high yield instruments (“junk bonds”) rated below Baa by Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality; provided that, investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises are not subject to this limit. In the event that ratings services assign different ratings to the same security, PIMCO will use the highest rating as the credit rating for that security. The Fund may not invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies, but may invest without limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries. In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, PIMCO expects to emphasize investment strategies with respect to security selection that are more strategic, or long-term in nature, with less emphasis on short-term, tactical trading strategies. In addition, PIMCO will utilize an approach to seek to identify securities that are undervalued. The Fund’s investment program with respect to security selection may involve a longer investment horizon designed to minimize trading volume and distinct investment strategies as compared with other PIMCO-advised funds with names, investment objectives, policies and/or portfolio management teams similar to the Fund. As a result, investments made by the Fund and the results achieved by the Fund at any given time are not expected to be the same as or similar to those made by such other PIMCO-advised funds. In implementing certain trading strategies, such as the call and put writing strategy, described below, the Fund may use more tactical trading. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts, or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund’s investments in asset-backed securities (excluding mortgage-related Fixed Income Instruments) are, under normal circumstances, expected to be limited to 20% of its assets. The Fund may sell (write) options (including, but not limited to, call options and put options), buy options (including, but not limited to, call options and put options), and invest in asset-linked notes (including, but not limited to, rate-linked and/or mortgage-linked notes, which may count towards the Fund’s 80% policy). An asset-linked note generally is a debt investment the performance of which is, by its terms, intended to track the performance of one or more reference instruments. Such notes may have, imbedded within them, a call writing strategy, put writing strategy, call purchasing strategy and/or put purchasing strategy. The Fund may write calls and/or puts on instruments the Fund owns or otherwise has exposure to (covered calls or covered puts) or write calls and/or puts on instruments to which the Fund has no exposure (naked calls or naked puts) in return for a premium. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls). The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred securities. The “total return” sought by the Fund generally is expected to consist of income earned on the Fund’s investments, plus capital appreciation, if any, which generally arises from decreases in interest rates or improving credit fundamentals for a particular sector or security.

Investment Strategy - PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Mar. 31, 2025

<span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span>

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of mortgage-related Fixed Income Instruments of varying maturities (such as mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and mortgage dollar rolls), which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. “Fixed Income Instruments” include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The average portfolio duration of this Fund normally varies from one to seven years based on PIMCO’s market forecasts. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The Fund may invest without limit in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. Until March 31, 2025, a majority (on a gross market value basis) of the Fund’s total assets were invested in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in investment grade securities rated below Aaa by Moody’s Ratings (“Moody’s”), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality, subject to a minimum rating of Baa by Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality; provided that, investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises are not subject to this limit. The Fund may also invest up to an additional 5% of its total assets in mortgage-related high yield instruments (“junk bonds”) rated below Baa by Moody’s, or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch, or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality; provided that, investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises are not subject to this limit. In the event that ratings services assign different ratings to the same security, PIMCO will use the highest rating as the credit rating for that security. The Fund may not invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies, but may invest without limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries. In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, PIMCO expects to emphasize investment strategies with respect to security selection that are more strategic, or long-term in nature, with less emphasis on short-term, tactical trading strategies. In addition, PIMCO will utilize an approach to seek to identify securities that are undervalued. The Fund’s investment program with respect to security selection may involve a longer investment horizon designed to minimize trading volume and distinct investment strategies as compared with other PIMCO-advised funds with names, investment objectives, policies and/or portfolio management teams similar to the Fund. As a result, investments made by the Fund and the results achieved by the Fund at any given time are not expected to be the same as or similar to those made by such other PIMCO-advised funds. In implementing certain trading strategies, such as the call and put writing strategy, described below, the Fund may use more tactical trading. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts, or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund’s investments in asset-backed securities (excluding mortgage-related Fixed Income Instruments) are, under normal circumstances, expected to be limited to 20% of its assets. The Fund may sell (write) options (including, but not limited to, call options and put options), buy options (including, but not limited to, call options and put options), and invest in asset-linked notes (including, but not limited to, rate-linked and/or mortgage-linked notes, which may count towards the Fund’s 80% policy). An asset-linked note generally is a debt investment the performance of which is, by its terms, intended to track the performance of one or more reference instruments. Such notes may have, imbedded within them, a call writing strategy, put writing strategy, call purchasing strategy and/or put purchasing strategy. The Fund may write calls and/or puts on instruments the Fund owns or otherwise has exposure to (covered calls or covered puts) or write calls and/or puts on instruments to which the Fund has no exposure (naked calls or naked puts) in return for a premium. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls). The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred securities. The “total return” sought by the Fund generally is expected to consist of income earned on the Fund’s investments, plus capital appreciation, if any, which generally arises from decreases in interest rates or improving credit fundamentals for a particular sector or security.