Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk.
Quantitative Disclosure
Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity
Each of the Funds is exposed to certain risks
pertaining to the use of Financial Instruments. Each Fund is exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holdings of Financial
Instruments.
The tables below provide information about
each Fund’s Financial Instruments. As of March 31, 2022, each of the Fund’s positions were as follows:
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-1x Short VIX Futures ETF
As of March 31, 2022, SVIX was exposed to
inverse equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts. The following table provides information about the
Fund’s positions in VIX futures contracts as of March 31, 2022, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.
Futures Positions
as of March 31, 2022
Contract
Long or
Short
Expiration
Contracts
Valuation
Price
Contract
Multiplier
Notional
Amount at
Value
VIX Futures (Cboe)
Short
April 2022
107
$ 23.20
1,000
$ (2,482,400 )
VIX Futures (Cboe)
Short
May 2022
116
24.85
1,000
(2,882,600 )
The short futures notional values are calculated
by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional values will increase
(decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with
these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or
transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its position in Financial Instruments each day to have -$1.00
of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply
by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative one-half. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.
2x Long VIX Futures ETF
As of March 31, 2022, UVIX was exposed to
equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s
positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2022, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.
Futures Positions
as of March 31, 2022
Contract
Long or
Short
Expiration
Contracts
Valuation
Price
Contract
Multiplier
Notional
Amount at
Value
VIX Futures (Cboe)
Long
April 2022
159
$ 23.20
1,000
$ 3,688,800
VIX Futures (Cboe)
Long
May 2022
173
24.82
1,000
4,299,050
The futures notional values are
calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The swap notional
values are calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. These notional values will increase
(decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable.
Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional
values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in
Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before
fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by one and one-half. See
“Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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