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