−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
−Removed: Market Volatility Sensitivity
−Removed: of the Funds is exposed to certain risks pertaining to the use of Financial Instruments.
−Removed: Each Fund is exposed to equity market volatility
−Removed: risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments.
−Removed: tables below provide information about each Fund’s Financial Instruments.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, each
−Removed: of the Fund’s positions were as follows:
−Removed: VIX Futures ETF
−Removed: of September 30, 2023, SVIX was exposed to inverse equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in VIX futures contracts as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022,
−Removed: which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.
−Removed: Positions as of September 30, 2023
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: November, 2023
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
+Added: Quantitative Disclosure
+Added: Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity
+Added: Each of the Funds is exposed to certain
+Added: risks pertaining to the use of Financial Instruments.
+Added: Each Fund is exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holdings of Financial
+Added: The tables below provide information
+Added: about each Fund’s Financial Instruments.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023, each of the Fund’s positions
+Added: were as follows:
+Added: -1x Short VIX Futures ETF
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, SVIX was exposed
+Added: to inverse equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts.
+Added: The following tables provide information about
+Added: the Fund’s positions in VIX futures contracts as of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023, which were sensitive to equity
+Added: market volatility risk.
+Added: Futures Positions as of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
+Added: Long or Short
+Added: Notional Amount at
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
$ (56,245,250 )
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: October, 2023
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
(35,204,820 )
−Removed: Positions as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: Amount at Value
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: January, 2023
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: February, 2023
−Removed: short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract
−Removed: The short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures
−Removed: Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short
−Removed: notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs.
−Removed: The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its position
−Removed: in Financial Instruments each day to have -$1.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets.
−Removed: Future period returns,
−Removed: before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative one-half.
−Removed: Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer
−Removed: than a single day.
−Removed: VIX Futures ETF
−Removed: of September 30, 2023, UVIX was exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31,
−Removed: 2022, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.
−Removed: Positions as of September 30, 2023
−Removed: Amount at Value
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: November, 2023
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: October, 2023
−Removed: Positions as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: Amount at Value
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: January, 2023
+Added: Futures Positions as of December 31, 2023
+Added: Long or Short
+Added: Notional Amount at
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
$ (70,972,200 )
−Removed: VIX Futures (Cboe)
−Removed: February, 2023
−Removed: futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier.
−Removed: The swap notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index.
−Removed: These notional values
−Removed: will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as
−Removed: Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional
−Removed: values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs.
−Removed: The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial
−Removed: Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets.
−Removed: Future period returns, before fees and expenses,
−Removed: cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by one and one-half.
−Removed: See “Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors”
−Removed: in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
+Added: (54,096,020 )
+Added: The short futures notional values are
+Added: calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier.
+Added: The short notional
+Added: values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract.
+Added: Additional gains
+Added: (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before
+Added: accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs.
+Added: The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its position in Financial
+Added: Instruments each day to have -$1.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets.
+Added: Future period returns, before fees
+Added: and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative one-half.
+Added: Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a
+Added: 2x Lon g VIX Futures ETF
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, UVIX was exposed
+Added: to equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts.
+Added: The following tables provide information about the Fund’s
+Added: positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, which were sensitive to equity market volatility
+Added: Futures Positions as of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
+Added: Long or Short
+Added: Notional Amount at
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
+Added: Futures Positions as of December 31, 2023
+Added: Long or Short
+Added: Notional Amount at
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
+Added: CBOE Volatility Index
+Added: The futures notional values are calculated
+Added: by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier.
+Added: The swap notional values are calculated
+Added: by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index.
+Added: These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally
+Added: with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable.
+Added: Additional gains (losses) associated
+Added: with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction
+Added: or financing costs.
+Added: The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions
+Added: in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets.
+Added: Future period returns, before
+Added: fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by one and one-half.
+Added: Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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