Subject
to Completion
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Funds may
not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer
to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities
in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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PROSPECTUS
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2026
This
prospectus describes the following exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") which are each
authorized to offer one class of shares by this prospectus.
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The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved
these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
TUTTLE
CAPITAL CONCENTRATED MEMORY STACK ETF
Investment
Objective
The
investment objective of the Tuttle Capital Concentrated Memory Stack ETF (the
"Fund") is to seek long-term capital appreciation.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
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table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund.
You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to
financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and
examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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(1)Under
the Investment Advisory Agreement, Tuttle Capital Management LLC (the
“Adviser”), at its own expense and without reimbursement from the Fund, pays all
of the expenses of the Fund, excluding the advisory fees, interest expenses,
taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and any other
portfolio transaction-related expenses and fees arising out of transactions
effected on behalf of the Fund, credit facility fees and expenses, including
interest expenses, and litigation and indemnification expenses and other
extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s
business.
(2)Other
Expenses are estimated for the Fund’s initial fiscal year.
Example
This
example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all
of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a five percent (5%) return each year and that the Fund’s
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and
therefore does not have any portfolio turnover information
available.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The
Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks long-term capital appreciation. The
Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in equity
securities of companies that the Adviser believes are “pure play” participants
in the memory semiconductor ecosystem (“Memory Stack Companies”). The Fund is
designed to provide focused exposure to companies positioned to benefit from
structural growth in memory-intensive technologies, including artificial
intelligence (“AI”), high-performance computing, cloud infrastructure, and data
center expansion.
The
Adviser defines the “memory stack” as the ecosystem of companies involved in the
development, manufacture, enablement, packaging, testing, and commercialization
of memory semiconductors and related technologies. Memory technologies include,
but are not limited to, dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”), NAND flash
memory, high-bandwidth memory (“HBM”), 3D-stacked and chiplet-based memory
architectures, and emerging or next-generation memory technologies. The Adviser
expects AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth and high-performance memory
solutions to be a significant driver of industry growth, although the Fund’s
exposure is broader and thematic across the memory semiconductor
ecosystem.
Under
normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of Memory Stack
Companies and in derivatives and other instruments that provide economic
exposure to such companies (collectively, “Memory Stack Investments”). A company
generally qualifies as a Memory Stack Company if it derives at least 25% of its
revenues from memory-related products or services, or if the Adviser determines
that the company has a substantial strategic focus on memory-related
technologies, including material capital investment, product development, or
competitive positioning in memory semiconductor markets.
Memory
Stack Companies may include companies engaged in the design, fabrication, or
production of memory semiconductors such as DRAM, NAND, and HBM, as well as
companies that derive a substantial portion of their revenues from enabling
advanced memory architectures. These may include companies involved in advanced
semiconductor packaging and assembly, 2.5D and 3D packaging and integration
technologies, through-silicon via (“TSV”) and chiplet integration, outsourced
semiconductor assembly and test (“OSAT”) services, substrates, interconnects and
advanced materials, and inspection, metrology, and semiconductor testing
equipment with material exposure to memory production. The Fund may invest in
diversified semiconductor or semiconductor equipment companies if they meet the
25% revenue threshold or otherwise meet the Adviser’s strategic qualification
criteria. The Fund will not invest in pre-revenue or development-stage
companies.
The
Fund is constructed as a high-conviction, concentrated portfolio and is expected
to hold approximately 20 to 35 securities, although the number of holdings may
vary. The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and therefore may invest a greater
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.
The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, including micro-,
small-, mid-, and large-capitalization companies. The Fund does not seek to
track the performance of any index and relies on the Adviser’s active security
selection process.
Memory
Stack Companies may be domiciled in the United States or in non-U.S. developed
markets. The Fund does not intend to invest directly in China A-shares or in
securities listed on exchanges in Taiwan or South Korea. The Fund does not
anticipate that investments in emerging markets will exceed 20% of its net
assets.
The
Fund may obtain exposure to Memory Stack Investments through direct investments
and/or through derivatives. The Fund may invest in total return swaps, options,
futures, and other instruments, including instruments that reference an index or
a basket of securities selected by the Adviser. Derivatives may be used as a
substitute for direct investment in Memory Stack Companies, to obtain efficient
exposure to Memory Stack Investments, to equitize cash positions, or to manage
portfolio exposures during creations and redemptions. The Fund will not use
derivatives to create notional exposure in excess of 100% of its net assets.
Derivatives that provide economic exposure to Memory Stack Companies will count
toward the Fund’s 80% investment policy. The Fund’s use of derivatives may
create economic leverage and may increase the volatility of the Fund’s returns.
The Fund will comply with Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act with respect to its use
of derivatives.
During
adverse market, economic, or political conditions, the Fund may hold a
significant portion of its assets in cash, cash equivalents, or short-term
instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may hold more than 20% of its net
assets in cash or cash equivalents, which may prevent the Fund from achieving
its investment objective.
Principal
Risks
An
investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund may not achieve its leveraged
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.
In addition,
the
Fund presents risks not traditionally associated with other mutual funds and
ETFs. It is important that investors closely review all of the risks listed
below and understand them before making an investment in the
Fund.
Market
Risk. The
Fund’s investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions,
overall market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities
markets. Investment markets can be volatile and the prices of securities may
decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular
industries represented in the markets. Local, regional or global events such as
war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness, social unrest, natural
disasters or other events could have a significant negative impact on the Fund
and its investments.
Semiconductor
and Technology Industry Risk. Memory
Stack Companies are generally in the semiconductor and/or technology industries,
which are subject to rapid technological change, product obsolescence, short
product cycles, pricing pressure, high research and development costs and
significant capital expenditures. These companies face intense competition and
may be highly dependent on intellectual property, supply chain stability and
manufacturing capacity. Semiconductor companies may be particularly sensitive to
supply and demand imbalances, inventory corrections, capacity expansions and
contractions, and changes in end-market demand. The performance of companies in
this industry may be highly volatile.
Memory
Semiconductor Risk (DRAM/NAND/HBM). Companies
exposed to memory semiconductors, including DRAM, NAND and high-bandwidth memory
(“HBM”), are often affected by cyclical pricing, rapid shifts in supply and
demand conditions and customer concentration. Periods of oversupply may result
in significant pricing declines and margin compression. Growth in HBM and other
advanced memory technologies may depend on adoption of specific compute
architectures, packaging technologies and the pace of artificial intelligence
infrastructure deployment. If demand for AI-driven computing or related
technologies slows or fails to meet expectations, companies exposed to HBM and
related memory products may be adversely affected.
Advanced
Packaging and OSAT Risk. Companies
involved in advanced semiconductor packaging, outsourced semiconductor assembly
and test (“OSAT”), substrates, interconnect technologies and related equipment
may be affected by technological transitions, qualification cycles, customer
concentration and capital spending patterns of semiconductor manufacturers and
foundries. Demand for advanced packaging solutions may fluctuate based on
product cycles and end-market demand, and such companies may face execution
risks associated with scaling new packaging technologies.
Concentration
Risk. The
Fund focuses on a relatively narrow theme within the semiconductor ecosystem. As
a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds with more diversified
portfolios and may be adversely affected by developments impacting Memory Stack
Companies or the semiconductor industry generally. The Fund’s performance may be
closely tied to trends affecting memory semiconductor markets and related
technologies.
Active
Management Risk. The
Fund is actively managed and does not seek to track an index. The Fund’s
performance depends on the Adviser’s ability to identify and select investments
that achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Adviser’s judgments about the
attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of Memory Stack Companies may
prove to be incorrect.
Equity
Securities Risk. The
Fund invests primarily in equity securities, which are subject to market risks
that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. The value of equity
securities may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or
factors affecting specific issuers or industries. Equity markets historically
have experienced periods of significant volatility.
Micro-,
Small- and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, including micro-,
small- and mid-capitalization companies. These companies may be more volatile,
less liquid and more susceptible to adverse developments than larger companies.
They may have more limited product lines, operating histories and financial
resources.
Foreign
Securities Risk. The
Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Investments in foreign
securities involve risks not typically associated with U.S. securities,
including differences in accounting standards, less publicly available
information,
less liquidity, political instability, economic uncertainty, and potential
government intervention. Foreign markets may be more volatile than U.S.
markets.
Emerging
Markets Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests in emerging markets, such investments involve
additional risks, including less developed legal and regulatory systems, greater
market volatility, lower trading volumes and greater political and economic
instability.
Depositary
Receipts Risk. Depositary
receipts, including ADRs and GDRs, are subject to many of the risks associated
with investing directly in foreign securities, including political and currency
risks. Depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities perfectly.
Derivatives
Risk. The
Fund may use derivatives, including total return swaps, options and other
instruments, to obtain exposure to Memory Stack Investments or to equitize cash
positions. Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from an
underlying reference asset. Investing in derivatives may expose the Fund to
risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing
in securities, including market risk, leverage risk, imperfect correlation,
counterparty risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk and legal or regulatory risk.
Because derivatives may require only a limited initial investment relative to
their economic exposure, losses may exceed the amount initially invested. The
use of derivatives may increase the volatility of the Fund’s
returns.
Swap
Agreements Risk. The
Fund expects to use swap agreements to achieve its investment objective. Swap
agreements are generally entered into with financial institutions for a
specified period and are typically traded over-the-counter. The Fund bears the
risk that a counterparty to a swap agreement may default or fail to perform its
obligations. Over-the-counter swaps may be less liquid than exchange-traded
instruments and may be more difficult to value. Changes in interest rates and
other market conditions may increase the costs associated with swap agreements
and reduce the Fund’s returns.
Cash
Transaction Risk.
The Fund intends to effect creations and redemptions for cash rather than for
in-kind securities. As a result, the Fund may not be tax efficient and may incur
brokerage costs related to buying and selling securities to achieve its
investment objective thus incurring additional expenses than if it had effected
creations and redemptions in kind. To the extent that such costs are not offset
by transaction fees paid by an authorized participant, the Fund may bear such
costs, which will decrease the Fund’s net asset value.
ETF
Trading Risk. Shares
of the Fund are listed for trading on an exchange and may be bought and sold in
the secondary market at market prices. The market price of Shares may be above
(premium) or below (discount) the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). There can be
no guarantee that an active trading market for Shares will develop or be
maintained, or that the Shares will trade with any volume, or at
all.
Cyber
Security Risk.
The Fund is susceptible to operational risks through breaches in cyber security.
A breach in cyber security refers to both intentional and unintentional events
that may cause the Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption
or lose operational capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur
regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs
associated with corrective measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security
breaches may involve unauthorized access to the Fund’s digital information
systems through hacking or malicious software coding but may also result from
outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make
network services unavailable to intended users. In addition, cyber security
breaches of the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests or the Fund’s
third-party service providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent,
custodian, or sub-advisor, as applicable, can also subject the Fund to many of
the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches. Although the Fund
has established risk management systems designed to reduce the risks associated
with cyber security, there is no guarantee that such efforts will succeed,
especially because the Fund does not directly control the cyber security systems
of issuers or third-party service providers.
Tax
Risk. In
order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a regulated
investment company (“RIC”) and its shareholders, the Fund must derive at least
90% of its gross income for each taxable year from “qualifying income,” meet
certain asset diversification tests at the end of each taxable quarter, and meet
annual distribution requirements. The Fund’s pursuit of its investment strategy
will potentially be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify for such
treatment
and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to so qualify. The Fund may make
certain investments, the treatment of which for these purposes is unclear. If,
in any year, the Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment
accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or were not to cure
such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary
corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income at the
fund level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce the Fund’s net assets
and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to
requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund could be required to recognize
unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions. Please see the section entitled “Taxes” in the Statement of
Additional Information for more information.
ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it
is exposed to the following risks:
•Authorized
Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Limitation Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as
Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of
market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent
either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to
NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become
unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step
forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity
providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities
and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
•Cash
Redemption Risk.
The Fund intends to redeem Shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part
of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio
investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This
may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it might not have recognized
if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher
annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was
used.
•Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares.
Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions
imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may
significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be
advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small
investments.
•Shares
May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at
market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will
approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares
is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day
(discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market
volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility and volatility
in the Fund’s portfolio holdings, periods of steep market declines, and periods
when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in
which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. If an investor
purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV of
the Shares or sells at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV
of the Shares, then the investor may sustain losses that are in addition to any
losses caused by a decrease in NAV.
•Trading.
Although Shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, and
may be traded on other U.S. exchanges, there can be no assurance that Shares
will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market
conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the
Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid
than Fund Shares.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The
Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. This means it has the ability to invest a relatively high
percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers or in
financial instruments with a single counterparty or a few counterparties. This
may increase the Fund’s volatility and increase the risk that the Fund’s
performance will decline based on the performance of a single issuer or the
credit of a single counterparty and make the Fund more susceptible to risks
associated with a single economic, political, or regulatory occurrence than a
diversified fund.
New
Fund Risk. As
of the date of this prospectus, the Fund has no operating history and currently
has fewer assets than larger funds. Like other new funds, large inflows and
outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure for limited periods of time. This
impact may be positive or negative, depending on the direction of market
movement during the period affected.
The
Shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
The Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Performance
History
The
Fund has not yet commenced operations and does not have a full calendar year of
performance history. In the future, performance information will be presented in
this section of the Prospectus. Performance information will contain a bar chart
and table that provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by
showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing the
Fund’s average annual returns for certain time periods as compared to a broad
measure of market performance. Investors should be aware that past performance
before and after taxes is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future.
Updated
performance information for the Fund, including its current net asset value per
share, is available by calling toll-free at (833) 759-6110.
Investment
Adviser
Tuttle
Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Manager
Matthew
Tuttle, Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since its inception.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
The
Fund will issue (or redeem) shares to certain institutional investors (typically
market makers or other broker-dealers) only in large blocks of at least XX,XXX
shares known as “Creation Units.” Creation Unit transactions are typically
effected in cash, but the Fund reserves the right to accept in-kind securities.
Individual shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities
exchange through a broker-dealer. You can purchase and sell individual shares of
the Fund throughout the trading day like any publicly traded security. The
Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange (i.e.,
[__________]). The price of the Fund’s shares is based on market price, and
because exchange-traded fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV,
shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount). When buying or selling shares through a broker, most investors will
incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and you may pay some or all of
the spread between the bid and the offered prices in the secondary market for
shares. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Fund’s shares are not
redeemable securities. Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV,
market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the
Fund’s website at www.[__________].com.
Tax
Information
The
Fund’s distributions will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gain, unless
you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or
an individual retirement account in which case withdrawals from such
arrangements generally will be taxed.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial
intermediary (e.g.,
a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the
sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict
of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and
your salesperson to
recommend
the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial
intermediary’s website for more information.
TUTTLE
CAPITAL MEMORY STACK INCOME BLAST ETF
Investment
Objective
The
investment objective of the Tuttle Capital Memory Stack Income Blast ETF (the
“Fund”) is to seek current income.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
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and sell shares of the Fund.
You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to
financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and
examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses(3) |
0.95% |
(1)Under
the Investment Advisory Agreement, Tuttle Capital Management LLC (the
“Adviser”), at its own expense and without reimbursement from the Fund, pays all
of the expenses of the Fund, excluding the advisory fees, interest expenses,
taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and any other
portfolio transaction-related expenses and fees arising out of transactions
effected on behalf of the Fund, credit facility fees and expenses, including
interest expenses, and litigation and indemnification expenses and other
extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s
business.
(2)Other
Expenses are estimated for the Fund’s initial fiscal year.
Example
This
example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all
of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a five percent (5%) return each year and that the Fund’s
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance.
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and
therefore does not have any portfolio turnover information
available.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The
Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to provide current income. The Fund
seeks to provide current income while maintaining exposure to the memory
semiconductor ecosystem.
Under
normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in Memory Stack
Investments. Memory Stack Investments include equity securities of Memory Stack
Companies and/or derivatives that provide investment exposure to Memory Stack
Companies. The Fund is designed to provide exposure to companies positioned to
benefit from structural growth in memory-intensive
technologies,
including artificial intelligence (“AI”), high-performance computing, cloud
infrastructure and data center expansion.
The
Adviser defines the “memory stack” as the ecosystem of companies involved in the
development, manufacture, enablement, packaging, testing and commercialization
of memory semiconductors and related technologies. Memory technologies include,
but are not limited to, dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”), NAND flash
memory, high-bandwidth memory (“HBM”), 3D-stacked and chiplet-based memory
architectures and emerging memory technologies.
A
company generally qualifies as a Memory Stack Company if it derives at least 25%
of its revenues from memory-related products or services, or if the Adviser
determines that the company has a substantial strategic focus on memory-related
technologies, including material capital investment, product development or
competitive positioning in memory semiconductor markets. Memory Stack Companies
may include companies engaged in the design, fabrication or production of memory
semiconductors, as well as companies involved in advanced semiconductor
packaging and assembly, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (“OSAT”)
services, substrates, interconnects, inspection, metrology and semiconductor
testing equipment with material exposure to memory production. The Fund will not
invest in pre-revenue or development-stage companies.
The
Fund expects to obtain its equity exposure through a basket of Memory Stack
Companies selected by the Adviser. The Fund expects to hold a concentrated
portfolio of Memory Stack Companies and is classified as non-diversified under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which means it
may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers
than a diversified fund. The Fund may invest in companies of any market
capitalization, including micro-, small-, mid- and large-capitalization
companies. The Fund does not intend to invest directly in China A-shares or in
securities listed on exchanges in Taiwan or South Korea. The Fund may obtain
exposure to Memory Stack Investments through direct investments and/or through
derivatives, including instruments that provide exposure to an index or basket
of securities selected by the Adviser.
In
addition to its equity exposure, the Fund seeks to generate current income by
employing a systematic put credit spread strategy (“Put Spreads”). A Put Spread
generally consists of selling a put option at one strike price and
simultaneously purchasing a put option at a lower strike price with the same
expiration date. The premium received from selling Put Spreads, net of the cost
of the purchased put options, transaction costs and Fund expenses, is a source
of distributable income for the Fund.
The
Fund may sell Put Spreads on one or more “Reference Instruments,” which may
include exchange-traded products, broad-based or sector-based indexes,
individual securities, baskets of securities or other instruments that the
Adviser believes are sufficiently liquid and that generally reflect the risk
characteristics of Memory Stack Investments. The Reference Instruments are
expected to be closely related to the memory semiconductor or broader
semiconductor ecosystem. The Adviser will select Reference Instruments, strike
prices, notional exposure levels and option tenors based on factors such as
implied volatility, market conditions, liquidity and overall portfolio risk. The
strike prices may be selected to be in-the-money, at-the-money or
out-of-the-money depending on market conditions.
The
Fund intends to implement and roll Put Spreads on a recurring basis. The Fund
may close, roll or replace option positions prior to expiration. These option
transactions may result in realized gains and losses and may increase portfolio
turnover. While the purchased put option is intended to define downside exposure
associated with each spread, the Fund may experience significant losses if the
value of a Reference Instrument declines substantially.
To
collateralize its derivatives positions, including its options positions, the
Fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, including
U.S. Treasury securities, money market instruments or other short-term
instruments. To maintain or adjust investment exposure while holding such
collateral, the Fund may use derivatives, including total return swaps, futures
contracts and options, to obtain investment exposure to Memory Stack Investments
or to equitize cash. The Fund’s derivatives transactions may create economic
leverage; however, the Fund does not intend to create total notional exposure in
excess of 100% of its net assets.
The
Fund intends to make weekly distribution payments to shareholders. Distributions
are expected to be derived primarily from net option premiums and may also
include dividends, capital gains and, if necessary, return of capital.
There
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to make weekly distributions or that
the level of distributions will be maintained over time.
There
is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented
or that the Fund will achieve its objective, and an investor may lose some or
all of its investment.
Principal
Risks
An
investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund may not achieve its leveraged
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.
In addition, the Fund presents risks not traditionally associated with
other mutual funds and ETFs. It is important that investors closely review all
of the risks listed below and understand them before making an investment
in the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk. Since
it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock
prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the
equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s equity
securities may fluctuate from day to day. Individual companies may report poor
results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and
developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a
decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is a
principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Investment
Risk.
As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to loss, including
the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or
long periods of time.
Market
Risk. The
trading prices of securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a
variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact
the entire market, market segments, or specific issuers. The Fund’s NAV and
market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors.
As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
Semiconductor
and Technology Industry Risk. Memory
Stack Companies are generally in the semiconductor and/or technology industries,
which are subject to rapid technological change, product obsolescence, short
product cycles, pricing pressure, high research and development costs and
significant capital expenditures. These companies face intense competition and
may be highly dependent on intellectual property, supply chain stability and
manufacturing capacity. Semiconductor companies may be particularly sensitive to
supply and demand imbalances, inventory corrections, capacity expansions and
contractions, and changes in end-market demand. The performance of companies in
this industry may be highly volatile.
Memory
Semiconductor Risk (DRAM/NAND/HBM). Companies
exposed to memory semiconductors, including DRAM, NAND and high-bandwidth memory
(“HBM”), are often affected by cyclical pricing, rapid shifts in supply and
demand conditions and customer concentration. Periods of oversupply may result
in significant pricing declines and margin compression. Growth in HBM and other
advanced memory technologies may depend on adoption of specific compute
architectures, packaging technologies and the pace of artificial intelligence
infrastructure deployment. If demand for AI-driven computing or related
technologies slows or fails to meet expectations, companies exposed to HBM and
related memory products may be adversely affected.
Advanced
Packaging and OSAT Risk. Companies
involved in advanced semiconductor packaging, outsourced semiconductor assembly
and test (“OSAT”), substrates, interconnect technologies and related equipment
may be affected by technological transitions, qualification cycles, customer
concentration and capital spending patterns of semiconductor manufacturers and
foundries. Demand for advanced packaging solutions may fluctuate based on
product cycles and end-market demand, and such companies may face execution
risks associated with scaling new packaging technologies.
Concentration
Risk. The
Fund focuses on a relatively narrow theme within the semiconductor ecosystem. As
a result, the Fund may be more volatile than funds with more diversified
portfolios and may be adversely affected by developments impacting Memory Stack
Companies or the semiconductor industry generally. The Fund’s performance may be
closely tied to trends affecting memory semiconductor markets and related
technologies.
Derivatives
Risk.
Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their performance from an
underlying reference asset, such as an index, interest rate or inflation rate.
Generally, derivatives are sophisticated investments that may pose risks that
are different from or greater than those posed by investing directly in the
underlying reference asset. For example, the return on a derivative instrument
may not correlate with that of its underlying reference asset, and minimal
requisite initial investments necessary to purchase derivatives positions may
expose the Fund to losses in excess of those amounts. Derivatives also can be
volatile and may be less liquid than other investments. As a result, the value
of an investment in the Fund may change quickly and without warning and you may
lose money. The Fund expects to use put options to implement its principal
investment strategies. Other risks specific to put options, as well as other
risks of derivatives, generally, such as counterparty and issuer credit risk,
interest rate risk, market risk and issuer-specific risk, are described in
greater detail elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Options
Risk. The
prices of options may change rapidly over time and do not necessarily move in
tandem with the price of their underlying securities. Writing call options may
reduce the Fund’s ability to profit from increases in the value of the Fund’s
portfolio securities. When writing call options on a portfolio security, the
Fund receives a premium; however, the premium may not be enough to offset a loss
incurred by the Fund if the price of the portfolio security is above the strike
price by an amount equal to or greater than the premium. The Fund’s option
strategy is designed to provide the Fund with income by taking in options
premiums, but it is not designed to mitigate losses to the Fund in the event of
a market decline.
•Put
Spread Strategy Risk.
The
Fund’s put spread strategy substantial risks, including the potential for losses
if the underlying security declines below the lower strike price, market
volatility impacting option premiums, and the possibility of assignment on the
sold puts, which could require the Fund to purchase the underlying securities at
unfavorable prices.
Counterparty
Risk. The
Fund is subject to counterparty risk by virtue of its investments in options
contracts. Transactions in some types of derivatives, including options, are
required to be centrally cleared (cleared derivatives). In a transaction
involving cleared derivatives, the Fund’s counterparty is a clearing house
rather than a bank or broker. Since the Fund is not a member of clearing houses
and only members of a clearing house (clearing members) can participate directly
in the clearing house, the Fund will hold cleared derivatives through accounts
at clearing members. In cleared derivatives positions, the Fund will make
payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing
house through their accounts at clearing members. Customer funds held at a
clearing organization in connection with any options contracts are held in a
commingled omnibus account and are not identified to the name of the clearing
members individual customers. As a result, assets deposited by the Fund with any
clearing member as margin for options may, in certain circumstances, be used to
satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund’s clearing member. In addition,
although clearing members guarantee performance of their clients’ obligations to
the clearing house, there is a risk that the assets of the Fund might not be
fully protected in the event of the clearing members bankruptcy, as the Fund
would be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds
segregated on behalf of the clearing members customers for the relevant account
class. The Fund is also subject to the risk that a limited number of clearing
members are willing to transact on the Fund’s behalf, which heightens the risks
associated with a clearing members default. This risk is greater for the Fund as
it seeks to hold options contracts on a single security, and not a broader range
of options contracts, which may limit the number of clearing members that are
willing to transact on the Fund’s behalf. If a clearing member defaults, the
Fund could lose some or all of the benefits of a transaction entered into by the
Fund with the clearing member. If the Fund cannot find a clearing member to
transact with on the Fund’s behalf, the Fund may be unable to effectively
implement its investment strategy.
Liquidity
Risk. The
Fund is subject to liquidity risk primarily due to its investments in
derivatives. Investments in illiquid assets involve the risk that the Fund may
be unable to sell such assets or sell them at a reasonable price. Derivatives,
especially when traded in large amounts, may not always be liquid. In such
cases, in volatile markets the Fund may not be able to close out a position
without incurring a loss. Daily limits on price fluctuations and speculative
position limits on exchanges on which the Fund may conduct its transactions in
derivatives may prevent profitable liquidation of positions, subjecting the Fund
to potentially greater losses.
FLEX
Options Risk.
The
FLEX Options held by the Fund will be exercisable at the strike price only on
their expiration date. Prior to the expiration date, the value of the FLEX
Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other
recognized pricing methods. The value of the FLEX Options prior to the
expiration date may vary because of related factors other than the value of the
reference asset. Factors that may influence the value of the FLEX Options, other
than gains or losses in the reference asset, may include interest rate changes,
changing supply and demand, decreased liquidity of the FLEX Options and changing
volatility levels of the reference asset.
FLEX
Options are listed on an exchange; however, it is not guaranteed that a liquid
secondary trading market will exist. In the event that trading in the FLEX
Options is limited or absent, the value of the FLEX Options may
decrease.
Non-U.S.
Investments Risk. The
Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. issuers or in derivatives that provide
exposure to non-U.S. companies. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve risks
that may not be present when investing in U.S. securities, including
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; differences in accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards; less publicly available information;
more limited liquidity; greater market volatility; and political, economic or
regulatory instability. Foreign markets may operate differently from U.S.
markets, including with respect to trading hours, settlement practices and
regulatory oversight, which may increase operational and liquidity risks. These
risks may be heightened in emerging markets.
Transaction
Cost Risk. The
Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions or mark-ups in the
bid/offer spread on an option position, when it writes options. Because the Fund
“turns over” its option positions every week (or more frequently), it will incur
high transaction costs. While the turnover of the option positions sold by the
Fund is not deemed “portfolio turnover” for accounting purposes, the economic
impact to the Fund is similar to what could occur if the Fund experienced high
portfolio turnover (e.g., in excess of 100% per year). The Fund’s high levels of
transaction costs may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses
or in the example thereunder, may affect the Fund’s performance.
Active
Management Risk.
The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on
the Adviser’s success or failure to implement its investment strategies for the
Fund. The success of the Fund’s investment program depends largely on the
investment techniques applied by the Adviser. It is possible the investment
techniques employed on behalf of the Fund will not produce the desired results.
Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund generally redeems shares for cash or otherwise includes cash as part of its
redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio
investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This
may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it might not have recognized
if it had made a redemption in kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher
annual capital gain distributions than if the Fund redeemed shares in kind.
ETF
Trading Risk. Shares
of the Fund are listed for trading on an exchange and may be bought and sold in
the secondary market at market prices. The market price of Shares may be above
(premium) or below (discount) the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). There can be
no guarantee that an active trading market for Shares will develop or be
maintained, or that the Shares will trade with any volume, or at
all.
Cyber
Security Risk.
The Fund is susceptible to operational risks through breaches in cyber security.
A breach in cyber security refers to both intentional and unintentional events
that may cause the Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption
or lose operational capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur
regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs
associated with corrective measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security
breaches may involve unauthorized access to the Fund’s digital information
systems through hacking or malicious software coding but may also result from
outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make
network services unavailable to intended users. In addition, cyber security
breaches of the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests or the Fund’s
third-party service providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent,
custodian, or sub-advisor, as applicable, can also subject the Fund to many of
the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches. Although the Fund
has established risk management systems designed to reduce the risks associated
with cyber security, there is no guarantee that such efforts will succeed,
especially because the Fund does not directly control the cyber security systems
of issuers or third-party service providers.
Tax
Risk. In
order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a regulated
investment company (“RIC”) and its shareholders, the Fund must derive at least
90% of its gross income for each taxable year from “qualifying income,” meet
certain asset diversification tests at the end of each taxable quarter, and meet
annual distribution requirements. The Fund’s pursuit of its investment strategy
will potentially be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify for such
treatment and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to so qualify. The Fund
may make certain investments, the treatment of which for these purposes is
unclear. If, in any year, the Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax
treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or were
not to cure such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an
ordinary corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income
at the fund level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce the Fund’s net
assets and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in
order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund could be required to
recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions. Please see the section entitled “Taxes” in the Statement of
Additional Information for more information.
ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it
is exposed to the following risks:
•Authorized
Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Limitation Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as
Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of
market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent
either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to
NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become
unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step
forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity
providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities
and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
•Cash
Redemption Risk.
The Fund intends to redeem Shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part
of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio
investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This
may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it might not have recognized
if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher
annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was
used.
•Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares.
Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions
imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may
significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be
advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small
investments.
•Shares
May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at
market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will
approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares
is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day
(discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market
volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility and volatility
in the Fund’s portfolio holdings, periods of steep market declines, and periods
when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in
which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. If an investor
purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV of
the Shares or sells at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV
of the Shares, then the investor may sustain losses that are in addition to any
losses caused by a decrease in NAV.
•Trading.
Although Shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, and
may be traded on other U.S. exchanges, there can be no assurance that Shares
will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market
conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the
Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid
than Fund Shares.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The
Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. This means it has the ability to invest a relatively high
percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers or in
financial instruments with a single counterparty or a few counterparties. This
may increase the
Fund’s
volatility and increase the risk that the Fund’s performance will decline based
on the performance of a single issuer or the credit of a single counterparty and
make the Fund more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic,
political, or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
New
Fund Risk. As
of the date of this prospectus, the Fund has no operating history and currently
has fewer assets than larger funds. Like other new funds, large inflows and
outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure for limited periods of time. This
impact may be positive or negative, depending on the direction of market
movement during the period affected.
The
Shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
The Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Performance
History
The
Fund has not yet commenced operations and does not have a full calendar year of
performance history. In the future, performance information will be presented in
this section of the Prospectus. Performance information will contain a bar chart
and table that provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by
showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing the
Fund’s average annual returns for certain time periods as compared to a broad
measure of market performance. Investors should be aware that past performance
before and after taxes is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future.
Updated
performance information for the Fund, including its current net asset value per
share, is available by calling toll-free at (833) 759-6110.
Investment
Adviser
Tuttle
Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Manager
Matthew
Tuttle, Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser, has served as the Fund’s
portfolio manager since its inception.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
The
Fund will issue (or redeem) shares to certain institutional investors (typically
market makers or other broker-dealers) only in large blocks of at least XX,XXX
shares known as “Creation Units.” Creation Unit transactions are typically
effected in cash, but the Fund reserves the right to accept in-kind securities.
Individual shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities
exchange through a broker-dealer. You can purchase and sell individual shares of
the Fund throughout the trading day like any publicly traded security. The
Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange (i.e.,
[__________]). The price of the Fund’s shares is based on market price, and
because exchange-traded fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV,
shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount). When buying or selling shares through a broker, most investors will
incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and you may pay some or all of
the spread between the bid and the offered prices in the secondary market for
shares. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Fund’s shares are not
redeemable securities. Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV,
market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is available on the
Fund’s website at www.[__________].com.
Tax
Information
The
Fund’s distributions will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gain, unless
you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or
an individual retirement account in which case withdrawals from such
arrangements generally will be taxed.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial
intermediary (e.g.,
a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the
sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict
of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and
your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS’ INVESTMENTS
Each
Fund’s investment objective is described in the summary section for each Fund.
The summary section also describes each Fund’s principal investment strategies,
including the types of securities in which each Fund invests, and the principal
risks of investing in each Fund. The principal investment strategies are not the
only investment strategies available to each Fund, but they are the ones each
Fund primarily uses to achieve its investment objective.
The
Funds’ investment objectives may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the
“Board”) of Truth Social Funds (the “Trust”) without shareholder approval upon
60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
ETFs
are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. Unlike shares of a
mutual fund, which can be bought and redeemed from the issuing fund by all
shareholders at a price based on NAV, shares of the Fund may be purchased or
redeemed directly from the Fund at NAV solely by APs and only in aggregations of
a specified number of shares Creation Units. Also, unlike shares of a mutual
fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade
in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the
day.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT RISK
It
is important that you closely review and understand the risks of investing in
each Fund. The principal risks of investing in each Fund are described in the
“Principal Risks” section in the applicable Fund Summary above. Each Fund’s net
asset value (“NAV”) and investment return will fluctuate based upon changes in
the value of its portfolio securities. You could lose money on your investment
in a Fund, and a Fund could underperform other investments. There is no
guarantee that either Fund will meet its investment objective.
Each
Fund focuses on companies within the memory semiconductor ecosystem and may
maintain a concentrated portfolio of Memory Stack Companies. As a result, each
Fund may be subject to greater volatility than funds with broader investment
mandates, and performance may be closely tied to trends affecting memory
semiconductors, advanced packaging technologies, artificial intelligence
infrastructure, data center demand and related end markets.
Each
Fund is classified as non-diversified and may invest a significant portion of
its assets in a limited number of issuers. Accordingly, each Fund may be more
sensitive to the performance of a smaller number of issuers and to developments
affecting the semiconductor and technology industries.
Each
Fund may use derivatives, including options and swaps, to obtain or manage
investment exposure. The use of derivatives may create economic leverage,
increase volatility and expose a Fund to additional risks, including
counterparty and liquidity risks.
An
investment in the Funds is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.
MANAGEMENT
The
Investment Adviser.
Tuttle Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), 155 Lockwood Rd., Riverside, CT
06878, is the investment adviser for the Funds. The Adviser is registered as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The
Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company and was organized in
2012.
Under
the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust, on behalf
of the Funds (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), the Adviser is responsible
for the day-to-day management of each Fund’s investments. The Adviser also: (i)
furnishes the Funds with office space and certain administrative services; and
(ii) provides guidance and policy direction in connection with its daily
management of each Fund’s assets, subject to the authority of the Board. For its
services, the Adviser is entitled to receive an annual management fee calculated
daily and payable monthly, as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net
assets, at the following rates:
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Management
Fee |
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CAPITAL CONCENTRATED MEMORY STACK ETF |
0.95% |
| TUTTLE
CAPITAL MEMORY STACK INCOME BLAST ETF |
0.95% |
Under
the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser has agreed, at its own expense
and without reimbursement from the Fund, to pay all expenses of the Funds,
except for: the fee paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory
Agreement, interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage
commissions and any other portfolio transaction related expenses and fees
arising out of transactions effected on behalf of the Funds, credit facility
fees and expenses, including interest expenses, and litigation and
indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the
ordinary course of the Funds’ business.
A
discussion regarding the basis for the Board approving the Investment Advisory
Agreement for the Funds will be available in each Fund’s semi-annual report
filed on Form N-CSR once that report is produced.
The
Portfolio Manager
Matthew
Tuttle, Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser, has served as each Fund’s
portfolio manager since their inception in 2026. Matthew Tuttle has been
involved in the financial services industry since 1990. He has an MBA in finance
from Boston University and is the author of two financial books, Financial
Secrets of My Wealthy Grandparents
and How
Harvard and Yale Beat the Market.
He has been launching and managing ETFs since 2015.
The
SAI provides additional information about the portfolio manager’s compensation,
other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, and the portfolio manager’s
ownership in each Fund.
The
Trust
Each
Fund is a non-diversified series of the ETF Opportunities Trust, an open-end
management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March
18, 2019. The Board supervises the operations of the Funds according to
applicable state and federal law, and the Board is responsible for the overall
management of the Funds’ business affairs.
Portfolio
Holdings
A
description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure
of each Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Funds’ SAI. Complete
holdings are published on the Funds’ website on a daily basis. Please visit the
Fund’s website at www.[______].com. In addition, each Fund’s complete holdings
(as of the dates of such reports) are available in reports on Form N-PORT and
Form N-CSR filed with the SEC.
DISTRIBUTION
(12B-1) PLAN
The
Board has adopted a Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan (the “Plan”)
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the Plan, each
Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets
each year for certain distribution-related activities and shareholder
services.
No
Rule 12b-1 fees are currently paid by the Funds, and there are no current plans
to impose these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees are charged in the
future, because the fees are paid out of each Fund’s assets, over time these
fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than
certain other types of sales charges.
HOW
TO BUY AND SELL SHARES
Most
investors will buy and sell shares of the Funds through broker-dealers at market
prices. Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the Exchange and on the
secondary market during the trading day and can be bought and sold throughout
the trading day like other shares of publicly traded securities. Shares may only
be purchased and sold on the secondary market when the Exchange is open for
trading. The following table shows the trading symbol of each Fund.
The
trading symbols for Funds that have not commenced operations are not currently
available, but this Prospectus will be supplemented to reflect the trading
symbol prior to the commencement of operations.
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FUND |
TICKER |
| TUTTLE
CAPITAL CONCENTRATED MEMORY STACK ETF |
MEMC |
| TUTTLE
CAPITAL MEMORY STACK INCOME BLAST ETF |
MEMO |
When
buying or selling shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage
commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the
bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip
(purchase and sale) transaction.
The
NAV of the Funds’ shares is calculated at the close of regular trading on the
Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m. New York time, on each day the Exchange is open.
The NAV of the Funds’ Shares is determined by dividing the total value of the
Funds’ portfolio investments and other assets, less any liabilities, by the
total number of Shares outstanding of the Funds.
In
calculating its NAV, the Funds generally value their assets on the basis of
market quotations, last sale prices, or estimates of value furnished by a
pricing service or brokers who make markets in such instruments.
Fair
value pricing is used by the Funds when market quotations are not readily
available or are deemed to be unreliable or inaccurate based on factors such as
evidence of a thin market in the security or a significant event occurring after
the close of the market but before the time as of which the Funds’ NAV is
calculated. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used
by the Funds to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for
the same securities.
APs
may acquire shares directly from the Funds, and APs may tender their shares for
redemption directly to the Funds, at NAV per share only in large blocks, or
Creation Units, of at least 10,000 shares. Purchases and redemptions directly
with the Funds must follow the Funds’ procedures, which are described in the
SAI.
Under
normal circumstances, the Funds will pay out redemption proceeds to a redeeming
AP within two (2) days after the AP’s redemption request is received, in
accordance with the process set forth in the Funds’ SAI and in the agreement
between the AP and the Funds’ distributor. However, the Funds reserve the right,
including under stressed market conditions, to take up to seven (7) days after
the receipt of a redemption request to pay an AP, all as permitted by the 1940
Act. Each Fund anticipates regularly meeting redemption requests primarily in
cash, although each Fund reserves the right to pay all or portion of the
redemption proceeds to an AP in-kind. Cash used for redemptions will be raised
from the sale of portfolio assets or may come from existing holdings of cash or
cash equivalents.
Each
Fund may liquidate and terminate at any time without shareholder
approval.
Book
Entry
Shares
are held in book entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued.
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record owner of all
outstanding shares and is recognized as the owner of all shares for all
purposes.
Investors
owning shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its
participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all shares.
Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations and other institutions that directly or
indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of
shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates
or to have shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a
registered owner of shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of
shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These
procedures are the same as those that apply to any other securities that you
hold in book entry or “street name” form.
FREQUENT
PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES
Shares
can only be purchased and redeemed directly from the Funds in Creation Units by
APs, and the vast majority of trading in shares occurs on the secondary market.
Because the secondary market trades do not directly involve the Funds, it is
unlikely those trades would cause the harmful effects of market timing,
including dilution, disruption of portfolio management, increases in the Funds’
trading costs and the realization of capital gains. With regard to the purchase
or redemption of Creation Units directly with each Fund, to the extent effected
in-kind (i.e.,
for securities), those trades do not cause the harmful effects that may result
from frequent cash trades. To the extent trades are effected in whole or in part
in cash, those trades could result in dilution to the Funds and increased
transaction costs, which could negatively impact a Fund’s ability to achieve its
investment objective. However, direct trading by APs is critical to ensuring
that shares trade at or close to NAV. The Funds also employ fair valuation
pricing to minimize potential dilution from market timing. In addition, the
Funds impose transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares to cover
the custodial and other costs incurred by the Funds in effecting trades. These
fees increase if an investor substitutes cash in part or in whole for
securities, reflecting the fact that a Fund’s trading costs increase in those
circumstances. Given this structure, the Trust has determined that it is not
necessary to adopt policies and procedures to detect and deter market timing of
the shares.
DIVIDENDS,
OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Shares
are traded throughout the day in the secondary market on a national securities
exchange on an intra-day basis and are created and redeemed in-kind and/or for
cash in Creation Units at each day’s next calculated NAV. The Funds currently
intend to create and redeem Creation Units in cash. Satisfying redemptions in
cash may result in the Fund selling portfolio securities to obtain cash to meet
net Fund redemptions which can have an adverse tax impact on taxable
shareholders. These sales may generate taxable gains for the ongoing
shareholders of the Fund. In-kind arrangements are designed to protect ongoing
shareholders from the adverse effects on a Fund’s portfolio that could arise
from frequent cash redemption transactions. In the event that a Fund redeems
Creation Units in-kind, the shares’ in-kind redemption mechanism generally will
not lead to a tax event for the Fund or its ongoing shareholders.
Ordinarily,
the Funds will distribute any net investment income and any net realized capital
gains weekly. The Funds may also pay a special distribution at the end of a
calendar year to comply with U.S. federal income tax requirements.
No
dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Funds. Broker-dealers may make
available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial
owners of the Funds for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial
owners should contact their broker to determine the availability and costs of
the service and the details of participation therein. Brokers may require
beneficial owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this
service is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and
realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole shares of
the Fund purchased in the secondary market.
Distributions
in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole shares only if the
broker through whom you purchased shares makes such option
available.
Taxes
As
with any investment, you should consider how your investment in shares will be
taxed. The tax information in this Prospectus is provided as general
information. You should consult your own tax professional about the tax
consequences of an investment in shares.
Unless
your investment in shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred
account, such as an individual retirement account, you need to be aware of the
possible tax consequences when:
-A
Fund makes distributions,
-You
sell your shares listed on the Exchange, and
-You
purchase or redeem Creation Units.
Taxes
on Distributions
Distributions
from each Fund’s net investment income, including net short-term capital gains,
if any, are taxable to you as ordinary income, except that each Fund’s dividends
attributable to its “qualified dividend income” (e.g.,
dividends received on stock of most domestic and certain foreign corporations
with respect to which the Fund satisfies certain holding period and other
requirements), if any, generally are subject to U.S. federal income tax for U.S.
non-corporate shareholders who satisfy those restrictions with respect to their
shares at the rate for net capital gain. A part of each Fund’s dividends also
may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to U.S.
corporations subject to similar requirements. However, dividends a U.S.
corporate shareholder deducts pursuant to that deduction are subject indirectly
to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax. A higher portfolio turnover rate
may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual Fund operating expenses affect each Fund’s performance.
In
general, distributions received from each Fund are subject to U.S. federal
income tax when they are paid, whether taken in cash or reinvested in the Fund
(if that option is available). Distributions reinvested in additional shares
through the means of a dividend reinvestment service, if available, will be
taxable to shareholders acquiring the additional shares to the same extent as if
such distributions had been received in cash. Distributions of net long-term
capital gains, if any, in excess of net short-term capital losses are taxable as
long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you have held the shares in a
Fund.
Distributions
in excess of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated
as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your basis in the shares and as
capital gain thereafter. A distribution will reduce a Fund’s NAV per share and
may be taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gain (as described above)
even though, from an investment standpoint, the distribution may constitute a
return of capital.
The
Funds are required to backup withhold twenty-four percent (24%) of your
distributions and redemption proceeds if you have not provided the Fund with a
correct Social Security number for individual(s) in the required manner and in
certain other situations.
Taxes
on Exchange-Listed Share Sales
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of shares is generally treated as
long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one
year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for one
year or less. The ability to deduct capital losses from sales of shares may be
limited.
Taxes
on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units
An
Authorized Participant who exchanges securities for Creation Units generally
will recognize a gain or a loss equal to the difference between the market value
of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and the sum of the exchanger’s
aggregate basis in the securities surrendered plus any cash it pays. An
Authorized Participant who exchanges Creation Units for securities will
generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the
exchanger’s basis in the Creation Units and the sum of the aggregate market
value of the securities received plus any cash received. The Internal Revenue
Service (“Service”), however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange
of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules
governing “wash sales” or for other reasons. Persons exchanging securities
should consult their own tax adviser with respect to whether the wash sale rules
apply and when a loss might be deductible.
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally
treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Creation Units have been held
for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the Creation
Units have been held for one year or less.
If
you purchase or redeem Creation Units, you will be sent a confirmation statement
showing how many Creation Units you purchased or sold and at what price. See
“Taxes” in the SAI for a description of the requirement regarding basis
determination methods applicable to share redemptions (including redemptions of
Creation Units) and each Fund’s obligation to report basis information to the
Service.
At
the time that this prospectus is being prepared, various administrative and
legislative changes to the U.S. federal tax laws are under consideration, but it
is not possible at this time to determine whether any of these changes will take
place or what the changes might entail.
The
foregoing discussion summarizes some of the possible consequences under current
U.S. federal income tax law of an investment in the Funds. It is not a
substitute for personal tax advice. Consult your personal tax adviser about the
potential tax consequences of an investment in the shares under all applicable
tax laws. See “Taxes” in the SAI for more information.
FUND
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Commonwealth
Fund Services, Inc.
(the “Administrator”) is the Funds’ administrator. The firm is primarily in the
business of providing administrative services to retail and institutional mutual
funds and exchange-traded funds.
____________
(“____________ ”)serves
as the Fund’s fund accountant, and it provides certain other services to the
Fund not provided by the Administrator. ____________
is primarily in the business of providing administrative, fund accounting
services to retail and institutional exchange-traded funds and mutual
funds.
As
transfer agent, ____________ ,
has, among other things, agreed to: issue and redeem shares of the Fund; make
dividend and other distributions to shareholders of the Fund; effect transfers
of shares; mail communications to shareholders of the Funds, including account
statements, confirmations, and dividend and distribution notices; facilitate the
electronic delivery of shareholder statements and reports; and maintain
shareholder accounts.
____________
acts
as custodian for the Fund. As such, ____________
holds
all securities and cash of the Fund, delivers and receives payment for
securities sold, receives and pays for securities purchased, collects income
from investments, and performs other duties, all as directed by officers of the
Trust.____________
does
not exercise any supervisory function over management of the Fund, the purchase
and sale of securities, or the payment of distributions to
shareholders.
Foreside
Fund Services, LLC (the
“Distributor”) serves as the Distributor of Creation Units for the Fund on an
agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in
shares.
Practus,
LLP serves
as legal counsel to the Trust and the Fund.
____________ serves
as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The independent
registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual
financial statements of the Fund.
OTHER
INFORMATION
Continuous
Offering
The
method by which Creation Units of shares are created and traded may raise
certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of
shares are issued and sold by the Funds on an ongoing basis, a “distribution,”
as such term is used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned
that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result
in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could
render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery
requirement and liability provisions of the Securities Act.
For
example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory
underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the
Distributor, breaks them down into constituent shares and sells the shares
directly to customers or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new
shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market
demand for shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes
of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances
pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the
particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a
complete description of all the activities that could lead to a characterization
as an underwriter.
Broker-dealer
firms should also note that dealers who are not “underwriters” but are effecting
transactions in shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of
shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the
prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act is not
available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the
1940 Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not
“underwriters” but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted with
engaging in ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with the
shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C)
of the Securities Act, will be unable to take advantage of the prospectus
delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the
Securities
Act. For delivery of prospectuses to exchange members, the prospectus delivery
mechanism of Rule 153 under the Securities Act is only available with respect to
transactions on a national exchange.
Dealers
effecting transactions in the shares, whether or not participating in this
distribution, are generally required to deliver a Prospectus. This is in
addition to any obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus when acting as
underwriters.
Premium/Discount
Information
When
available, information regarding how often the shares of each Fund traded on the
Exchange at a price above (i.e., at
a premium) or below (i.e., at
a discount) the NAV of each Fund will be available at
www.[_________].com.
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Because
the Funds have not yet commenced operations as of the date hereof, no financial
highlights are available. In the future, financial highlights will be presented
in this section of the Prospectus.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION
You
will find more information about the Funds in the following
documents:
Statement
of Additional Information: For
more information about the Fund, you may wish to refer to the Funds’ SAI dated
__________________, 2026, which is on file with the SEC and incorporated by
reference into this prospectus.
Annual/Semi-Annual
Reports: Additional
information about each Fund’s investments, once available, will be available in
the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders and in Form N-CSR. In
each Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions
and investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds’ performance
during its last fiscal year. In Form N-CSR, you will find the Funds’ annual and
semi-annual financial statements.
You
can obtain a free copy of the SAI, annual and semi-annual reports, other
information, such as the Funds’ financial statements, by writing to the Funds at
8730 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 205, Richmond, Virginia 23235, by calling the
Fund toll-free at (833)
759-6110,
by email at: [email protected]. Each Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports,
prospectus and SAI are all available for viewing/downloading at
www.[________].com. General inquiries regarding the Funds may also be directed
to the above address or telephone number.
Copies
of these documents and other information about the Funds are available on the
EDGAR Database on the Commission’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, and
copies of these documents may also be obtained, after paying a duplication fee,
by electronic request at the following email address:
[email protected].
(Investment
Company Act File No. 811-23439)