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YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Apple Inc. (“AAPL” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to AAPL regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of AAPL, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of AAPL increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

● indirect exposure to the share price returns of AAPL,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of AAPL.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to AAPL equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AAPL.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Apple Inc.

 

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearable and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. Apple Inc. is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting stock held by non-affiliates of Apple Inc., as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (March 29, 2024), the last business day of Apple Inc.’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $2.6 trillion.

 

Apple Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Apple Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-36743 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Apple Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to AAPL or other securities of Apple Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Apple Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Apple Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Apple Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Apple Inc. (and therefore the price of Apple Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Apple Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of AAPL.

 

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH APPLE INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to AAPL. As of the date of the Prospectus, AAPL is assigned to the technology hardware, storage and peripherals industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AAPL.
YieldMax ABNB Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Airbnb, Inc. (“ABNB” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to ABNB regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of ABNB, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of ABNB increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of ABNB,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of ABNB.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to ABNB equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ABNB.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Airbnb, Inc. (“ABNB”)

 

ABNB provides an online marketplace for short- and long-term homestays and experiences. ABNB is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Per ABNB’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of the Class A common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), held by non-affiliates of ABNB was approximately $66.1 billion.

 

ABNB is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by ABNB pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-39778 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding ABNB may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to ABNB or other securities of ABNB. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding ABNB from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to ABNB. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ABNB is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of ABNB (and therefore the price of ABNB at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning ABNB could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of ABNB.

 

THE FUND, TRUST ANDADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ABNB.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industries as that assigned to ABNB. As of the date of the Prospectus, ABNB is assigned to the hotels, restaurants, and leisure.

  

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ABNB.
YieldMax ADBE Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Adobe Inc. (“ADBE” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to ADBE regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of ADBE, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of ADBE increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

● indirect exposure to the share price returns of ADBE,
● current income from the option premiums, and
● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of ADBE.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to ADBE equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ADBE.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Adobe Inc. (“ADBE”)

 

ADBE is a diversified software company, which offers a line of products and services for, among other things, creating, managing, and delivering content. ADBE is listed on NASDAQ. Per ADBE’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common equity, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (May 31, 2024), held by non-affiliates of ADBE was approximately $164.6 billion.

 

ADBE is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by ADBE pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 0-15175 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding ADBE may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to ADBE or other securities of ADBE. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding ADBE from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to ADBE. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ADBE is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of ADBE (and therefore the price of ADBE at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning ADBE could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of ADBE.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ADBE.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to ADBE. As of the date of the Prospectus, ADBE is assigned to the software industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ADBE.
YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of C3.ai, Inc. (“AI” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to AI regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of AI, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of AI increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

● indirect exposure to the share price returns of AI,
● current income from the option premiums, and
● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of AI.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AI.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

C3.ai, Inc. (“AI”)

 

AI is an “artificial intelligence” application software company. AI is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Per AI’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of AI as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (October 31, 2023) was approximately $1.7 billion.

 

AI is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by AI pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-39744 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding AI may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to AI or other securities of AI. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding AI from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to AI. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding AI is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of AI (and therefore the price of AI at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning AI could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of AI.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH AI.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to AI. As of the date of the Prospectus, AI is assigned to the software industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AI.
YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to AMD regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of AMD, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of AMD increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of AMD,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of AMD.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to AMD equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AMD.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”)

 

AMD is a global semiconductor company. Semiconductors are components used in a variety of electronic products and systems. AMD is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. Per AMD’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of AMD’s common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 28, 2024), held by its non-affiliates was approximately $261.4 billion.

 

AMD is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by AMD pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-07882 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding AMD may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to AMD or other securities of AMD. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding AMD from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to AMD. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding AMD is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of AMD (and therefore the price of AMD at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning AMD could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of AMD.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH AMD.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to AMD. As of the date of the Prospectus, AMD is assigned to the semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AMD.
YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. (“AMZN” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to AMZN regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of AMZN, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of AMZN increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of AMZN,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of AMZN.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to AMZN equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AMZN.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

Amazon.com, Inc. is an e-commerce company that operates retail websites and offers programs that enable third parties to sell products on their websites. Amazon.com, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of Amazon.com, Inc. as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024) was approximately $1.8 trillion.

 

Amazon.com, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Amazon.com, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 000-22513 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Amazon.com, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to AMZN or other securities of Amazon.com, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Amazon.com, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Amazon.com, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Amazon.com, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Amazon.com, Inc. (and therefore the price of Amazon.com, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Amazon.com, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of AMZN.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH AMAZON.COM, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to AMZN. As of the date of the Prospectus, AMZN is assigned to the broadline retail industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to AMZN.
YieldMax BA Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of The Boeing Company (“BA” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to BA regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of BA, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of BA increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of BA,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of BA.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to BA equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BA.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

The Boeing Company (“BA”)

 

BA develops, produces and markets commercial and military aircraft. BA is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per BA’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common shares outstanding held by non-affiliates of BA, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), was approximately $112 billion.

 

BA is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by BA pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 1-442 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding BA may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to BA or other securities of BA. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding BA from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to BA. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding BA is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of BA (and therefore the price of BA at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning BA could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of BA.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH BA.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to BA. As of the date of the Prospectus, BA is assigned to the aerospace & defense industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BA.
YieldMax BIIB Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Biogen Inc. (“BIIB” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to BIIB regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of BIIB, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of BIIB increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of BIIB,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of BIIB.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides investment exposure to BIIB equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BIIB.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Biogen Inc. (“BIIB”)

 

BIIB is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and delivering innovative therapies for treating neurological and neurodegenerative diseases worldwide. BIIB is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. Per BIIB’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), held by non-affiliates of BIIB was $33.7 billion.

 

BIIB is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by BIIB pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 0-19311 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding BIIB may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to BIIB or other securities of BIIB. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding BIIB from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to BIIB. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding BIIB is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of BIIB (and therefore the price of BIIB at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning BIIB could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of BIIB.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH BIIB.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to BIIB. As of the date of the Prospectus, BIIB is assigned to the biotechnology industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BIIB.
YieldMax BRK.B Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“BRK.B” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will seek to employ its investment strategy as it relates to BRK.B regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not seek to take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered or a synthetic covered call spread strategy call strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of BRK.B, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of BRK.B increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of BRK.B,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of BRK.B.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to BRK.B equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BRK.B.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in numerous diverse business activities. The most important of these are insurance businesses conducted on both a primary basis and a reinsurance basis, a freight rail transportation business and a group of utility and energy generation and distribution businesses. Berkshire also owns and operates numerous other businesses engaged in a variety of manufacturing, services, retailing and other activities. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2023) was approximately $625 billion.

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-14905 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Berkshire Hathaway Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to BRK.B or other securities of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (and therefore the price of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Berkshire Hathaway Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of BRK.B.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industries as that assigned to BRK.B. As of the date of the Prospectus, BRK.B is assigned to the financial services industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to BRK.B.
YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Coinbase Global, Inc. (“COIN” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to COIN regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses a either synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of COIN, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of COIN increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of COIN,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of COIN.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to COIN equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to COIN.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Coinbase Global, Inc.

 

Coinbase Global, Inc. offers a variety of products and services that enable individuals, businesses, and developers to participate in the cryptoeconomy. It provides customers around the world with a platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital assets. Coinbase Global, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting stock held by non-affiliates of Coinbase Global, Inc. as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), was approximately $44.6 billion based on the closing sales price of Coinbase Global, Inc.’s Class A common stock as reported on Nasdaq on that date.

 

Coinbase Global, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Coinbase Global, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-40289 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Coinbase Global, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to COIN or other securities of Coinbase Global, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Coinbase Global, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Coinbase Global, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Coinbase Global, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Coinbase Global, Inc. (and therefore the price of Coinbase Global, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Coinbase Global, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of COIN.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH COINBASE GLOBAL, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to COIN. As of the date of the Prospectus, COIN is assigned to the capital markets industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to COIN.
YieldMax DIS Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of The Walt Disney Company (“DIS” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to DIS regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of DIS, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of DIS increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of DIS,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of DIS.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to DIS equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to DIS.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

The Walt Disney Company (“DIS”)

 

DIS is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in two segments: Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP). DIS is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per DIS’ most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common stock as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (March 30, 2024) held by non-affiliates of DIS was approximately $223 billion.

 

DIS is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by DIS pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-38842 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding DIS may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to DIS or other securities of DIS. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding DIS from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to DIS. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding DIS is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of DIS (and therefore the price of DIS at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning DIS could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of DIS.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH DIS.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to DIS. As of the date of the Prospectus, DIS is assigned to the entertainment industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to DIS.
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The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the Class A common stock of Alphabet Inc. (“GOOGL” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to GOOGL regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of GOOGL, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of GOOGL increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of GOOGL,

  ● current income from the option premiums, and

  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of GOOGL.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to GOOGL equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to GOOGL.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Alphabet Inc.

 

Alphabet Inc. is a holding company of a collection of businesses, the largest of which is Google. Alphabet Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides web-based search, advertisements, maps, software applications, mobile operating systems, consumer content, enterprise solutions, commerce, and hardware products. Alphabet Inc. reports in three segments: (i) Google Services, (ii) Google Cloud, and (iii) Other Bets (all other non-Google businesses). Alphabet Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. As of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 28, 2024), the aggregate market value of shares held by non-affiliates of Alphabet Inc. (based upon the closing sale prices of such shares on Nasdaq on June 28, 2024) was approximately $2.0 trillion.

 

Alphabet Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Alphabet Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-37580 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Alphabet Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to GOOGL or other securities of Alphabet Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Alphabet Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Alphabet Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Alphabet Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Alphabet Inc. (and therefore the price of Alphabet Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Alphabet Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of GOOGL.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ALPHABET INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to GOOGL. As of the date of the Prospectus, GOOGL is assigned to interactive media & services industry.

 

Principal Investment Risks

 

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. As with any investment, there is a risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share, trading price, yield, total return, and/or ability to meet its objective. For more information about the risks of investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s Prospectus titled “Additional Information About the Funds—Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”

 

 

An investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective and there is a risk that you could lose all of your money invested in the Fund. The Fund is not a complete investment program. It is important that investors closely review all of the risks listed below and understand them before making an investment in the Fund.

 

Each risk summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which they appear.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to GOOGL.
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The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Intel Corporation (“INTC” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to INTC regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of INTC, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of INTC increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of INTC,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of INTC.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides investment exposure to INTC equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to INTC.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Intel Corporation (“INTC”)

 

INTC designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products worldwide. INTC is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Per INTC’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of INTC common stock held by non-affiliates as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 28, 2024) was approximately $132.4 billion.

 

INTC is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by INTC pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 000-06217 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding INTC may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to INTC or other securities of INTC. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding INTC from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to INTC. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding INTC is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of INTC (and therefore the price of INTC at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning INTC could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of INTC.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH INTC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to INTC. As of the date of the Prospectus, INTC is assigned to the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to INTC.
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Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPM” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to JPM regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of JPM, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of JPM increase. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of JPM,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of JPM.
     

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to JPM equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to JPM.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPM”)

 

JPM is a financial holding company and a leading financial services firm based in the U.S, with operations worldwide. It is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. JPM is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per JPM’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of JPM common stock held by non-affiliates as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024) was approximately $573.4 billion.

 

JPM is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by JPM pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 1-5805 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding JPM may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to JPM or other securities of JPM. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding JPM from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to JPM. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding JPM is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of JPM (and therefore the price of JPM at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning JPM could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of JPM.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH JPM.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to JPM. As of the date of the Prospectus, JPM is assigned to the banks industry.

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to JPM.
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Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Meta Platforms, Inc. (“META” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to META regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of META, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of META increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of META,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of META.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to META equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to META.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Meta Platforms, Inc.

 

Meta Platforms, Inc. is an operating company that operates a social technology company. Meta Platforms, Inc. builds technology that helps people connect, find communities and grow businesses. Its products enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality (VR) headsets, wearables, and in-home devices. Meta Platforms, Inc. also helps people cover and learn about what is going on in the world around them, enable people to share their opinions, ideas, photos and videos, and other activities with audiences ranging from their closest family members and friends to the public at large, and stay connected everywhere by accessing its products. Meta Platforms, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting stock held by non-affiliates of Meta Platforms, Inc. as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), was approximately $1,103 billion based upon the closing price reported for such date on Nasdaq.

 

Meta Platforms, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Meta Platforms, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-35551 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Meta Platforms, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to META or other securities of Meta Platforms, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Meta Platforms, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Meta Platforms, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Meta Platforms, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Meta Platforms, Inc. (and therefore the price of Meta Platforms, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Meta Platforms, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of META.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH META PLATFORMS, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to META. As of the date of the Prospectus, META is assigned to the interactive media & services industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to META.
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Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Moderna, Inc. (“MRNA” or the "Underlying Security"), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to MRNA regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of MRNA, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of MRNA increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of MRNA,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of MRNA.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

  

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to MRNA equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to MRNA.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Moderna, Inc. (“MRNA”)

 

MRNA is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, and focuses on medicines made of messenger RNA (mRNA). MRNA is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. Per MRNA’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2023), held by non-affiliates of MRNA was approximately $40.2 billion.

 

MRNA is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by MRNA pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-38753 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding MRNA may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to MRNA or other securities of MRNA. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding MRNA from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to MRNA. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding MRNA is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of MRNA (and therefore the price of MRNA at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning MRNA could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of MRNA.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MRNA.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to MRNA. As of the date of the Prospectus, MRNA is assigned to the biotechnology industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to MRNA.
YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Microsoft Corporation (“MSFT” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to MSFT regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not seek temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of MSFT, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. More precisely, the Fund aims to generate additional income from its options investments when MSFT rises in value. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of MSFT,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of MSFT.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to MSFT equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to MSFT.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Microsoft Corporation (“MSFT”)

 

MSFT is a technology company that develops and supports software, services, devices, and solutions. MSFT services include cloud-based solutions that provide customers with software, services, platforms, and content. Products include operating systems, cross-device productivity and collaboration applications, server applications, business solution applications, desktop and server management tools, software development tools, and video games. MSFT is listed on NASDAQ. Per MSFT’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (December 31, 2023), held by non-affiliates of MSFT was $2.8 trillion.

 

MSFT is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by MSFT pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-37845 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding MSFT may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to MSFT or other securities of MSFT. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding MSFT from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to MSFT. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding MSFT is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of MSFT (and therefore the price of MSFT at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning MSFT could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of MSFT.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MSFT.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to MSFT. As of the date of the Prospectus, MSFT is assigned to the software industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to MSFT.
YieldMax NFLX Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Netflix, Inc (“NFLX” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to NFLX regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of NFLX, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of NFLX increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of NFLX,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of NFLX.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to NFLX equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NFLX.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Netflix, Inc.

 

Netflix, Inc. is an operating company that provides entertainment services with TV series, documentaries, feature films and mobile games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Netflix, Inc. is a pioneer in the delivery of streaming entertainment. Netflix, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. As of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024) the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of Netflix, Inc., based upon the closing sales price for the registrant’s common stock, as reported on Nasdaq, was approximately $287 billion.

 

Netflix, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Netflix, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-35727 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Netflix, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to NFLX or other securities of Netflix, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Netflix, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Netflix, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Netflix, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Netflix, Inc. (and therefore the price of Netflix, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Netflix, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of NFLX. 

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISERARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH NETFLIX, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to NFLX. As of the date of the Prospectus, NFLX is assigned to the entertainment industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NFLX.
YieldMax NKE Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the Class A common stock of Nike, Inc. (“NKE” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to NKE regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of NKE, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of NKE increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of NKE,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of NKE.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to NKE equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NKE.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Nike, Inc. (“NKE”)

 

NKE designs, develops, markets, and sells men’s, women’s, and kids’ athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories worldwide. NKE is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per NKE’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (November 30, 2023), held by non-affiliates of NKE was approximately $140 billion.

 

NKE is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by NKE pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 1-10635 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding NKE may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to NKE or other securities of NKE. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding NKE from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to NKE. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding NKE is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of NKE (and therefore the price of NKE at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning NKE could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of NKE.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH NKE.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to NKE. As of the date of the Prospectus, NKE is assigned to the textiles, apparel & luxury goods industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NKE.
YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Nvidia Corporation (“NVDA” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to NVDA regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of NVDA, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of NVDA increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of NVDA,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of NVDA.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to NVDA equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NVDA.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Nvidia Corporation

 

Nvidia Corporation is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (“GPUs”). Nvidia Corporation has created GPU-based visual computing and accelerated computing platforms that address four separate markets: gaming, professional visualization, data center, and automotive. Nvidia Corporation is listed on Nasdaq. The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of Nvidia Corporation as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (July 28, 2023) was approximately $1.1 trillion billion (based on the closing sales price of Nvidia Corporation ‘s common stock as reported by Nasdaq on July 28, 2023).

 

Nvidia Corporation is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Nvidia Corporation pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 0-23985 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Nvidia Corporation may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to NVDA or other securities of Nvidia Corporation. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Nvidia Corporation from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Nvidia Corporation None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Nvidia Corporation is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Nvidia Corporation (and therefore the price of Nvidia Corporation at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Nvidia Corporation could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of NVDA.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH NVIDIA CORPORATION.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to NVDA. As of the date of the Prospectus, NVDA is assigned to the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to NVDA.
YieldMax ORCL Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Oracle Corporation (“ORCL” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to ORCL regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of ORCL, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of ORCL increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of ORCL,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of ORCL.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to ORCL equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ORCL.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Oracle Corporation (“ORCL”)

 

Oracle offers a collection of cloud technologies, applications, databases, storage and servers to empower modern business. ORCL is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per ORCL’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of common stock as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (May 31, 2024) held by non-affiliates of ORCL was approximately $186 billion.

 

ORCL is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by ORCL pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-35992 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding ORCL may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to ORCL or other securities of ORCL. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding ORCL from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to ORCL. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ORCL is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of ORCL (and therefore the price of ORCL at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning ORCL could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of ORCL.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER NOT AFFILIATED WITH ORCL.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to ORCL. As of the date of the Prospectus, ORCL is assigned to the software industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ORCL.
YieldMax PYPL Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the Class A common stock of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (“PYPL” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to PYPL regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of PYPL, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of PYPL increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of PYPL,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of PYPL.

 

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to PYPL equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to PYPL.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (“PYPL”)

 

PYPL is a financial technology company operating an online payments system. PYPL is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Per PYPL’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of the common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024), held by non-affiliates of PYPL was approximately $59.8 billion.

 

PYPL is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by PYPL pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-36859 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding PYPL may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to PYPL or other securities of PYPL. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding PYPL from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to PYPL. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding PYPL is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of PYPL (and therefore the price of PYPL at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning PYPL could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of PYPL.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH PYPL.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to PYPL. As of the date of the Prospectus, PYPL is assigned to the financial services industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to PYPL.
YieldMax ROKU Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of ROKU, Inc. (“ROKU” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to ROKU regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of ROKU, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of ROKU increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of ROKU,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of ROKU.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides investment exposure to ROKU equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ROKU.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

ROKU, Inc. (“ROKU”)

 

ROKU is a TV streaming platform in the United States and internationally. ROKU is listed on the The Nasdaq Global Select Market. Per ROKU’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of ROKU as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2024) was approximately $6.8 billion.

 

ROKU is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by ROKU pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-38211 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding ROKU may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to ROKU or other securities of ROKU. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding ROKU from publicly available documents None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to ROKU. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ROKU is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of ROKU (and therefore the price of ROKU at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning ROKU could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of ROKU.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ROKU.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to ROKU. As of the date of the Prospectus, ROKU is assigned to the entertainment industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ROKU.
YieldMax SNOW Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Snowflake Inc. (“SNOW” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to SNOW regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of SNOW, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of SNOW increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of SNOW,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of SNOW.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to SNOW equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to SNOW.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Snowflake Inc. (“SNOW”)

 

SNOW is a cloud-based data platform for various organizations in the United States and internationally. SNOW is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per SNOW’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of the voting stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (July 31, 2023), held by non-affiliates of SNOW was approximately $56.6 billion.

 

SNOW is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by SNOW pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-39504 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding SNOW may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to SNOW or other securities of SNOW. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding SNOW from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to SNOW. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding SNOW is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of SNOW (and therefore the price of SNOW at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning SNOW could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of these securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of SNOW.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH SNOW.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industries as that assigned to SNOW. As of the date of the Prospectus, SNOW is assigned to the information technology services industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to SNOW.
YieldMax SQ Option Income Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
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The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Block, Inc. (“XYZ” (formerly "SQ") or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to XYZ regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of XYZ, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of XYZ increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of XYZ,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of XYZ.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to XYZ equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to XYZ.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Block, Inc.

 

Block, Inc. provides software, hardware and financial services to sellers and individuals. Block, Inc. operates two reportable segments: (i) Square; and (ii) Cash App. Square offers a cohesive commerce ecosystem that helps Block, Inc.’s sellers start, run, and grow their businesses. Cash App provides an ecosystem of financial products and services to help individuals manage their money. Block, Inc. is listed on the NYSE. The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of Block, Inc., based on the closing price of a share of Block, Inc.’s Class A common stock as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 30, 2023), as reported by the NYSE on such date was approximately $38.5 billion.

 

Block, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Block, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-37622 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Block, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to XYZ or other securities of Block, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Block, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Block, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Block, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Block, Inc. (and therefore the price of Block, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Block, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of XYZ.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH BLOCK, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to XYZ. As of the date of the Prospectus, XYZ is assigned to the financial services industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to XYZ.
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Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Target Corporation (“TGT” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to TGT regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of TGT, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of TGT increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of TGT,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of TGT.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to TGT equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to TGT.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Target Corporation (“TGT”)

 

TGT is merchandise retailer in the United States. TGT is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per TGT’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of TGT, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (July 28, 2023), was approximately $62 billion.

 

TGT is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by TGT pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 1-6049 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding TGT may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to TGT or other securities of TGT. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding TGT from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to TGT. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding TGT is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of TGT (and therefore the price of TGT at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning TGT could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of TGT.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH TGT.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to TGT. As of the date of the Prospectus, TGT is assigned to the consumer staples distribution and retail industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to TGT.
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Prospectus [Line Items]  
Strategy [Heading] Principal Investment Strategies
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The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Tesla, Inc. (“TSLA” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to TSLA regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of TSLA, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of TSLA increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of TSLA,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of TSLA.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides investment exposure to TSLA equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to TSLA.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Tesla, Inc.

 

Tesla, Inc. is an operating company that designs develops, manufactures, leases and sells high performance fully electric vehicles, solar energy generation systems and energy storage products. Tesla, Inc. operates two segments: (i) automotive and (ii) energy generation and storage. The automotive segment includes the design, development, manufacturing, sales and leasing of electric vehicles as well as sales of automotive regulatory credits. The energy generation and storage segment includes the design, manufacture, installation, sales and leasing of solar energy generation and energy storage products and related services and sales of solar energy systems incentives. Tesla, Inc. is listed on Nasdaq. The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of Tesla, Inc., as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 28, 2024), was approximately $550.17 billion (based on the closing price for shares of Tesla, Inc.’s common stock as reported by Nasdaq on June 28, 2024).

 

Tesla, Inc. is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by Tesla, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-34756 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Tesla, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to TSLA or other securities of Tesla, Inc. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding Tesla, Inc. from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to Tesla, Inc. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Tesla, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of Tesla, Inc. (and therefore the price of Tesla, Inc. at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Tesla, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

  

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of TSLA.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER, ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH TESLA, INC.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to TSLA. As of the date of the Prospectus, TSLA is assigned to the automobiles industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to TSLA.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Exxon Mobil Corporation (“XOM” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to XOM regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of XOM, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive gains when the value of XOM increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of XOM,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of XOM.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to XOM equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to XOM.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Exxon Mobil Corporation (“XOM”)

 

XOM’s principal business involves exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas; manufacture, trade, transport and sale of crude oil, natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemicals, and a wide variety of specialty products; and pursuit of lower-emission business opportunities including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and lower-emission fuels. XOM is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Per XOM’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of XOM, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (June 28, 2024), was approximately $511 billion.

 

XOM is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by XOM pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 1-2256 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding XOM may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to XOM or other securities of XOM. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding XOM from the publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to XOM. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding XOM is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of XOM (and therefore the price of XOM at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning XOM could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of XOM.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH XOM.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to XOM. As of the date of the Prospectus, XOM is assigned to the oil, gas & consumable fuels industry.

 

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to XOM.
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Prospectus [Line Items]  
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The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while providing indirect exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the common stock of Zoom Communications, Inc. (“ZM” or the “Underlying Security”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The Fund will employ its investment strategy as it relates to ZM regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not take temporary defensive positions during such periods. As further described below, the Fund uses either a synthetic covered call strategy or a synthetic covered call spread strategy to provide income and indirect exposure to the share price returns of ZM, subject to a limit on potential investment gains as a result of the nature of the options strategy it employs. That is, the Fund not only seeks to generate income from its options investments but also aims to derive additional income when the value of ZM increases. The Fund’s options contracts provide:

 

  ● indirect exposure to the share price returns of ZM,
  ● current income from the option premiums, and
  ● a limit on the Fund’s participation in gains, if any, of the share price returns of ZM.

 

For more information, see sections “The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts,” “Synthetic Covered Call Strategy” and “Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy” below.

 

Why invest in the Fund?

 

  ● The Fund seeks to generate monthly income, which is not dependent on the price appreciation of the Underlying Security.
  ● The Fund seeks to participate in a portion of the gains experienced by the Underlying Security.

 

That is, although the Fund may not fully participate in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price, the Fund’s portfolio is designed to generate income.

 

An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Security.

 

  ● The Fund’s strategy will capture only a portion of its potential gains if the Underlying Security’s stock price increase in value.
  ● The Fund’s strategy is subject to all potential losses if the Underlying Security’s stock price decrease in value, which may not be offset by income received by the Fund.
  ● The Fund does not invest directly in the Underlying Security.
  ● Fund shareholders are not entitled to any Underlying Security dividends.

 

Additional information regarding the Underlying Security is also set forth below.

 

The Fund’s Use of Underlying Security Option Contracts

 

As part of the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy and synthetic covered call spread strategy, the Fund will purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) call and put option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

  ● In general, an option contract gives the purchaser of the option contract the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (like shares of the Underlying Security) at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● If exercised, an option contract obligates the seller to deliver shares (for a sold or “short” call) or buy shares (for a sold or “short” put) of the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”).
  ● Options contracts must be exercised or traded to close within a specified time frame, or they expire. See the chart in section “Fund Portfolio” below for a description of the option contracts utilized by the Fund.

 

Standardized exchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms (e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX options, see “Additional Information about the Funds – Exchange Traded Options Portfolio.”

 

The Fund’s options contracts are based on the value of the Underlying Security, which gives the Fund the right or obligation to receive or deliver shares of the Underlying Security on the expiration date of the applicable option contract in exchange for the stated strike price, depending on whether the option contract is a call option or a put option, and whether the Fund purchases or sells the option contract.

 

Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

 

In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options described above.

 

  ● A traditional covered call strategy is an investment strategy where an investor (the Fund) sells a call option on an underlying security it owns.
  ● A synthetic covered call strategy is similar to a traditional covered call strategy in that the investor sells a call option that is based on the value of the underlying security. However, in a synthetic covered call strategy, the investor (the Fund) does not own the underlying security, but rather seeks to synthetically replicate 100% of the price movements of the underlying security through the use of various investment instruments.

 

 

The Fund’s synthetic covered call strategies consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail farther below:

 

  ● Synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of shares of the Underlying Security.
  ● Covered call writing (where the Underlying Security’s call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income.
  ● U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

 

  1. Synthetic Long Exposure

 

To achieve a synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security, the Fund will buy the Underlying Security’s call options and, simultaneously, sell the Underlying Security’s put options to try to replicate the price movements of the Underlying Security. The call options purchased by the Fund and the put options sold by the Fund will generally have one-month to six-month terms and strike prices that are approximately equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time the contracts are purchased and sold, respectively. The combination of the long call options and sold put options provides the Fund with indirect investment exposure equal to approximately 100% of the Underlying Security for the duration of the applicable options exposure.

 

  2. Covered Call Strategies

 

Covered Call Strategy

 

As part of its strategy, the Fund will write (sell) call option contracts on the Underlying Security to generate income. Since the Fund does not directly own the Underlying Security, these written call options will be sold short (i.e., selling a position it does not currently own). The Fund will seek to participate in the share price appreciation of the Underlying Security, if any. However, due to the nature of covered call strategies, the Fund’s participation may be subject to a cap (as described below). In this strategy, the call options written (sold) by the Fund will generally have 1- month or less expiration dates (the “Call Period”) and generally have a strike price that is approximately 0%-15% above the then-current share price of the Underlying Security.

 

It is important to note that the sale of the Underlying Security call option contracts will limit the Fund’s participation in the appreciation in the Underlying Security’s stock price. If the stock price of the Underlying Security increases, the above-referenced synthetic long exposure alone would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if the Underlying Security’s stock price appreciates beyond the strike price of one or more of the sold (short) call option contracts, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s synthetic long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the synthetic long exposure to the Underlying Security and the sold (short) the Underlying Security call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains in the Underlying Security’s stock price beyond a certain point.

 

Covered Call Spread Strategy

 

The Adviser will employ the Covered Call Spread Strategy when it believes it is a better strategy for the Fund as compared to the Covered Call Strategy. The Fund may write (sell) credit call spreads (described below) rather than stand-alone call option contracts to seek greater participation in the potential appreciation of its Underlying Security’s share price, while still generating net premium income. The Adviser will primarily employ this covered call spread strategy when it believes that the share price of its Underlying Security is likely to rise significantly in the short term (e.g., following a substantial selloff or overall positive market news). Additionally, the Adviser may use this strategy in other scenarios (e.g., if the market is undervaluing further out-of-the-money options relative to near-the-money options), where it believes the use of credit call spreads may prove more advantageous to the Fund’s total return than the covered call strategy.

 

A credit call spread involves selling a call option while simultaneously buying a call option with a higher strike price, both with the same expiration date. By writing credit call spreads, the Fund can potentially offset losses incurred from its short call positions if the Underlying Security's share price rises above the strike price.

 

  3. U.S. Treasuries

 

The Fund will hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s synthetic covered call strategy.

 

The Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Underlying Security through the use of options contracts. As the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it may enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s practice of rolling options may result in high portfolio turnover.

 

 

Fund’s Monthly Distributions

 

The Fund will seek to provide monthly income in the form of cash distributions. The Fund will seek to generate such income in the following ways:

 

  ● Writing (selling) call option contracts on its Underlying Security as described above. The income comes mainly from the option premiums received from these option sales. A premium, in this context, refers to the price the option buyer pays to the option seller (the Fund) for the rights granted by the option. The amount of these premiums is largely affected by the fluctuations in the Underlying Security’s stock prices. However, other elements like interest rates can also influence the income level.
  ● Investing in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment.
  ● In addition to the income-seeking methodologies stated in the Prospectus, the Fund’s use of the Synthetic Covered Call Spread Strategy may occasionally allow it to capture a substantial portion of any significant increase in the price of its Underlying Security. When this happens, the Fund could receive profits exceeding the initial cost of the call options, and the Fund’s distributions may include some of those profits.

 

Fund’s Return Profile vs its Underlying Security

 

For the reasons stated above, the Fund’s performance will differ from that of the Underlying Security’s stock price. The performance differences will depend on, among other things, the price of the Underlying Security, changes in the value of the the Underlying Security options contracts the Fund holds, and changes in the value of the U.S. Treasuries.

 

Fund Portfolio

 

Principal Holdings

Portfolio Holdings
(All options are based
on the value of the
Underlying Security)

Investment Terms Expected Target Maturity
Purchased call option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of purchase) to provide indirect exposure to positive price returns of the Underlying Security.

 

If the Underlying Security share price increases, these options will generate corresponding increases to the Fund.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold put option contracts

“at-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is equal to the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale).

 

They are sold to help pay for the purchased call options described above.

 

However, the sold put option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any share price losses experienced by the Underlying Security.

1-month to 6-month expiration dates
Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Strategy)

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

They generate current income. However, they also limit some potential positive returns that the Fund may have otherwise experienced from gains in the Underlying Security’s share price.

1-month or less expiration dates

Sold (short) call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

 

The strike price is approximately 0%-15% more than the then-current share price of the Fund’s Underlying Security at the time of sale.

 

Sold call option contracts provide inverse exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security, minus the premium received.

1-month or less expiration dates
Purchased call option contracts
(Covered Call Spread Strategy)

“out-of-the-money” (i.e., the strike price is above the strike price of the corresponding Covered Call Spread Strategy sold call).

 

Bought call option contracts provide exposure to the full extent of any increases in the value experienced by the Fund’s Underlying Security above the option’s strike price.

1-month or less expiration dates
U.S Treasury Securities and Cash

Multiple series of U.S. Treasury Bills supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

These instruments are used as collateral for the Fund’s derivative investments.

 

They will also generate income.

6-month to 2-year maturities

 

The market value of the cash and treasuries held by the Fund is expected to be between 50% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets and the market value of the options package is expected to be between 0% and 50% of the Fund’s net assets. In terms of notional value, the combination of these investment instruments provides indirect investment exposure to ZM equal to at least 100% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ZM.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment.

 

Zoom Communications, Inc. (“ZM”)

 

ZM provides a global video communications platform. ZM is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. Per ZM’s most recent Form 10-K filing, the aggregate market value of ZM’s Class A common stock, as of the most recent available data at time of drafting this prospectus (July 31, 2023), held by its non-affiliates was approximately $18.6 billion.

 

ZM is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the SEC by ZM pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the SEC file number 001-38865 through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding ZM may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.

 

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to ZM or other securities of ZM. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding ZM from publicly available documents. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such publicly available offering documents or made any due diligence inquiry regarding such documents with respect to ZM. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ZM is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of ZM (and therefore the price of ZM at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning ZM could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

 

None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of ZM.

 

THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ZM.

 

Due to the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in (or substantially exposed to) the same industry as that assigned to ZM. As of the date of the Prospectus, ZM is assigned to the software industry.

 

Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and financial instruments that provide indirect exposure to ZM.