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Direxion Shares ETF Trust
Prospectus
2X BULL FUND
2X BEAR FUND
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF (BTCU)
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF
February 27, 2026
(As supplemented May 21, 2026)
The shares offered in this prospectus (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), upon commencement of operations, will be listed and traded on the NYSE Arca Inc.
The Funds seek daily leveraged investment results and are intended to be used as short-term trading vehicles. The Fund with “Bull” in its name attempts to provide daily investment results that correspond to two times the performance of one or more underlying exchange-traded products (each, a “Reference ETP” and collectively, the “Reference ETPs”) and is referred to as the “Bull Fund.” The Fund with “Bear” in its name attempts to provide daily investment results that correspond to two times the inverse (or opposite) of the performance of a Reference ETP and is referred to as the “Bear Fund.”
The Funds are not intended to be used by, and are not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. The Funds are very different from most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Investors should note that:
(1)
The Funds pursue daily leveraged investment objectives, which means that the Funds are riskier than alternatives that do not use leverage because the Funds magnify the performance of their Reference ETPs.
(2)
The Bear Fund pursues a daily leveraged investment objective that is inverse to the performance of its Reference ETPs, a result opposite of most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
(3)
The pursuit of daily investment objectives means that the return of a Fund for a period longer than a full trading day will be the product of a series of daily leveraged returns for each trading day during the relevant period. As a consequence, especially in periods of market volatility, the volatility of the Reference ETPs may affect a Fund’s return as much as, or more than, the return of the Reference ETPs. Further, the return for investors that invest for periods less than a full trading day will not be the product of the return of a Fund’s stated daily leveraged investment objective and the performance of the Reference ETPs for the full trading day. During periods of high volatility, the Funds may not perform as expected and the Funds may have losses when an investor may have expected gains if the Funds are held for a period that is different than one trading day.
The Funds are not suitable for all investors. The Funds are designed to be utilized only by sophisticated investors, such as traders and active investors employing dynamic strategies. Investors in the Funds should:
(a)
understand the risks associated with the use of leverage;
(b)
understand the consequences of seeking daily leveraged investment results;
(c)
for the Bear Fund, understand the risk of shorting; and
(d)
intend to actively monitor and manage their investments.
Investors who do not understand the Funds, or do not intend to actively manage their funds and monitor their investments, should not buy the Funds.
There is no assurance that any Fund will achieve its investment objective and an investment in a Fund could lose money. No single Fund is a complete investment program.
If a Fund’s Reference ETPs move more than 50% on a given trading day in a direction adverse to the Fund, the Fund’s investors would lose all of their money.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), nor have the SEC or CFTC passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Table of Contents

Summary Section
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF
Important Information Regarding the Fund
The Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF (the “Fund”) seeks daily leveraged investment results and is very different from other exchange-traded funds. As a result, the Fund may be riskier than alternatives that do not use leverage because the Fund’s objective is to seek 200% of the daily performance of U.S.-listed exchange-traded products that attempt to reflect the price performance of bitcoin before fees and expenses (each a "Reference ETP” and collectively the "Reference ETPs"). The volatility of the Reference ETPs may affect the Fund’s return as much as, or more than, the return of the Reference ETPs. As a result of volatility, the Fund may not behave as expected. The Fund is intended to be used by investors who intend to monitor their portfolios. An investment in the Fund is not a complete investment program.
The Fund is not suitable for all investors. The Fund is designed to be utilized only by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking daily leveraged (2X) investment results, understand the risks associated with the use of leverage and are willing to monitor their portfolios frequently. The Fund is not intended to be used by, and is not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. For periods longer than a single day, the Fund will lose money if a Reference ETP’s performance is flat, and it is possible that the Fund will lose money even if a Reference ETP’s performance increases. An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day if a Reference ETP loses more than 50% in one day.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200% of the daily performance of exchange-traded products that attempt to reflect the price performance of bitcoin before fees and expenses. The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective for a period of time different than a trading day.The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees
0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses of the Fund(1)
0.22%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1)
0.18%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.15%
Expense Cap/Reimbursement(2)
-0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
Expense Cap/Reimbursement
1.13%
(1)
Estimated for the Fund's current fiscal year.
(2)
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (“Rafferty” or the “Adviser”) has entered into an Operating Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund. Under the Operating Expense Limitation Agreement, Rafferty has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund for Other Expenses through September 1, 2027, to the extent that the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (excluding, as applicable, among other expenses, taxes, swap financing and related costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividends or interest on short positions, other interest expenses, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses).
Any expense waiver or reimbursement is subject to recoupment by the Adviser within the three years after the expense was waived/reimbursed only if Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses fall below the lesser of this percentage limitation and any percentage limitation in place at the time the expense was waived/reimbursed. This agreement may be terminated or revised at any time with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
Example - This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 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:
1 Year
3 Years
$115
$363
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.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in the economic equivalents of bitcoin by investing in one or more Reference ETPs that invest directly in bitcoin and financial instruments that provide 200% daily exposure to
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the Reference ETPs. The financial instruments in which the Fund normally invests will include uncleared, cash-settled swap agreements, which are intended to produce economically leveraged investment results.
The Fund intends to utilize the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF as the initial Reference ETP, although the Fund may use other Reference ETPs. The Reference ETPs only recently commenced operations and therefore have a limited operating history. The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a digital asset. The ownership and operation of bitcoin is determined by participants in an online, peer-to-peer network sometimes referred to as the “Bitcoin Network”. The Bitcoin Network connects computers that run publicly accessible, or “open source,” software that follows the rules and procedures governing the Bitcoin Network. This is commonly referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol (and is described in more detail in the section entitled “The Bitcoin Protocol” in the Fund’s Prospectus). The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body. Instead, its value is determined in part by supply and demand in markets created to facilitate trading of bitcoin. Ownership and transaction records for bitcoin are protected through public-key cryptography. The supply of bitcoin is determined by the Bitcoin Protocol. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by (1) a decentralized group of participants who run computer software that results in the recording and validation of transactions (commonly referred to as “miners”), (2) developers who propose improvements to the Bitcoin Protocol and the software that enforces the protocol and (3) users who choose which version of the bitcoin software to run. From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of users and miners elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the bitcoin software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” Bitcoin has been used as an intended payment system, but it has not achieved that function.
The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities or financial instruments. Additionally, the Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.
The Fund will invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the Reference ETPs in a manner that is permitted by the federal tax laws, which limit the ability of investment companies such as the Fund to invest directly in such instruments. In addition to investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund will invest directly and indirectly (through the Subsidiary) in commodity futures and swap contracts, as well as certain short-term fixed-income investments certain of which are intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary’s commodity futures positions. The Adviser will use its discretion to determine how much of the Fund’s total assets to invest in the Subsidiary, however, the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary may not exceed 25% of the
value of its total assets at the end of each quarter of its taxable year, except in certain circumstances. The Subsidiary is an exempted company operating under Cayman Islands law and is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund and is advised by the Adviser. The Subsidiary has the same investment objective as the Fund and will follow the same general investment policies and restrictions. Except as noted, for purposes of this Prospectus, references to the Fund’s investment strategies and risks include those of its Subsidiary.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) has adopted certain requirements that subject registered investment companies and their advisors to regulation by the CFTC if a registered investment company invests more than a prescribed level of its net assets in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps, or if a registered investment company markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. Due to the Fund’s use of CFTC-regulated futures and swaps above the prescribed levels, it is considered a “commodity pool” under the Commodity Exchange Act.
The Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times, consistent with its stated investment objective, but may not always have investment exposure to the Reference ETPs. In all cases, the investments would be designed to provide exposure to the Reference ETPs. In certain circumstances, for example, if the Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to the Reference ETPs using swap agreements, the Fund may obtain such exposure through standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the CFTC. In such circumstances, the Fund intends to invest in cash-settled, front-month bitcoin futures, but may also invest in back-month, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. Front-month bitcoin futures contracts are those contracts with the shortest time to maturity. Back-month bitcoin futures contracts are those with longer times to maturity.
The initial Reference ETP is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The iShares® Bitcoin Trust is subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such information provided to or filed with the SEC can be located by reference to the SEC file numbers (001-41914 and 333-272680) through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding iShares® Bitcoin Trust may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents. The iShares® Bitcoin Trust is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Ticker: IBIT).
The Fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective without regard to overall market movement or the increase or decrease in the value of the Reference ETPs. At the close of the markets each trading day, Rafferty rebalances the Fund’s portfolio so that its exposure to the Reference ETPs is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The impact of a Reference ETP’s movements during the day will affect whether the Fund’s portfolio needs to be re-positioned. For example, if a Reference ETP has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise, meaning that the Fund’s exposure will need to be increased. Conversely, if the
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Reference ETPs have fallen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should fall, meaning the Fund’s exposure will need to be reduced. This re-positioning strategy typically results in high portfolio turnover. In addition, on a day-to-day basis, the Fund is expected to hold money market funds, deposit accounts with institutions with high quality credit ratings (i.e. investment grade or higher), and/or short-term debt instruments that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days and exhibit high quality credit profiles, including U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements.
The terms “daily,” “day,” and “trading day,” refer to the period from the close of the markets on one trading day to the close of the markets on the next trading day. The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities. Additionally, the Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.
The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the initial Reference ETP from the publicly available documents described above. Neither the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser nor any affiliate has participated in the preparation of such documents. Neither the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser nor any affiliate makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the initial Reference ETP is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date of the prospectus (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of a Reference ETP have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of, or failure to disclose, material future events concerning a Reference ETP could affect the value of the Fund’s investments with respect to a Reference ETP and therefore the value of the Fund.
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will be the result of each day’s returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from 200% of the return of the Reference ETPs over the same period. The Fund will lose money if the Reference ETP performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, a Reference ETP’s volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while a Reference ETP’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
Principal Investment 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, a Fund presents some risks not traditionally associated with most 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.
Bitcoin Volatility Risk The price of bitcoin is highly volatile. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund, you should not invest in the Fund.
Bitcoin Risk– The risks associated with bitcoin include the following:
Bitcoin is a relatively new innovation with a limited history. The market for bitcoin is volatile, unregulated, and subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation, security failures, operational and other problems that impact bitcoin trading venues.
The Fund does not invest in the current spot or cash price of bitcoin. However, because the Reference ETPs to which the Fund has exposure do invest in bitcoin, the value and the net asset value of the Fund is impacted by the bitcoin market.
Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin Network or restrict the use of bitcoin. Any new or changing laws and regulations affecting the use of blockchain technology and/or investments in crypto assets or crypto asset-related investments may have a materially adverse impact on the Fund, its investments, and its ability to implement its investment strategy.
Regulation of bitcoin continues to evolve in both the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, which may restrict the use of bitcoin or otherwise impact the demand for bitcoin. Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, bitcoin trading venues are largely unregulated. These trading venues are not registered as national securities exchanges under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act and are or may be subject to lawsuits from various regulatory authorities.
As a result of the fragmentation and the lack of regulation in the spot market for bitcoin, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote bitcoin in a way that artificially increases or decreases the price of bitcoin). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud and market manipulation than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of bitcoin trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses.
Bitcoin presents unique and substantial risks, and historically has been subject to significant price volatility. Shareholders could lose all, or substantially all, of their investment in the Fund. The value of bitcoin has been, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on speculation, such that trading and investing in bitcoin generally may not be based on fundamental analysis. Bitcoin speculation regarding future appreciation in the value of bitcoin may inflate and make the price of bitcoin more volatile. As a result, bitcoin may be more likely to fluctuate in value due to changing investor confidence in future appreciation in the price of bitcoin.
The further development of the bitcoin blockchain network
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(the “Bitcoin Network”) and the acceptance and use of bitcoin are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development of the Bitcoin Network or the acceptance of bitcoin may adversely affect the price of bitcoin.
Newly created bitcoin are generated through a process referred to as “mining,” and such bitcoin are referred to as “newly mined bitcoin.” Approximately 450 newly mined bitcoin are created each day. “Halving” events occur periodically, further decreasing the amount of newly mined bitcoin created each day. If entities engaged in bitcoin mining choose not to hold the newly mined bitcoin, and, instead, make them available for sale, there can be downward pressure on the price of bitcoin which could negatively affect an investment in the Fund. Miners may cease expanding processing power to create blocks and verify transactions if they are not adequately compensated, which may negatively impact the development of the Bitcoin Network and adversely affect the price of bitcoin.
As a digital asset, bitcoin is subject to the risk that malicious actors will exploit flaws in its code or structure that will allow them to, among other things, steal bitcoin held by others, control the blockchain, steal personally identifying information, or issue significant amounts of bitcoin in contravention of the bitcoin blockchain code. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin. A malicious actor may attack in various ways, including a “50 Percent Attack” or a spam attack. If a malicious actor obtains a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining, it will be able to exert unilateral control over the addition of blocks to the blockchain. As long as the malicious actor enjoys this majority it may be able to double-spend its own bitcoin (i.e., spend the same bitcoin in two or more conflicting transactions) as well as prevent the confirmation of other bitcoin transactions. If such a scenario were to occur, it could adversely affect an investment in the Fund. A malicious actor could also attempt to flood the pool of unconfirmed transactions with tens of thousands of transactions in an effort to significantly slow the confirmation of legitimate transactions across the Bitcoin Network. Such a delay, if sustained for extended periods of time, could negatively impact the secondary market price of bitcoin. These or any other form of attack on the Bitcoin Network could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Digital assets, including bitcoin, are controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public key and private key or keys relating to the Bitcoin Network address, or “wallet”, at which the digital asset is held. Private keys must be safeguarded and kept private in order to prevent a third-party from accessing the digital asset held in such wallet. The loss, theft, compromise or destruction of a private key required to access a digital asset may be irreversible. If a private key is lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private key is accessible, the owner would be unable to access the digital asset corresponding to that private key and the private key will not be capable of being restored by
the digital asset network resulting in the total loss of the value of the digital asset linked to the private key.
The Bitcoin Network and bitcoin hold a “first-to-market” advantage over other digital assets. This first-to-market advantage is driven in large part by having the largest user base and the largest combined mining power in use to secure the blockchain and transaction verification system. It is possible that a digital asset other than bitcoin could have features that make it more desirable to a material portion of the digital asset user base, resulting in a reduction in demand for bitcoin, which could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
There is no central registry showing which individuals or entities own bitcoin or the quantity of bitcoin that is owned by any particular person or entity. There are no regulations in place that would prevent a large holder of bitcoin or a group of holders from selling their bitcoin which could depress the price of bitcoin or otherwise attempting to manipulate the price of bitcoin or the Bitcoin Network. A significant portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as “whales.” These holders have the ability to manipulate the price of bitcoin. Events that reduce user confidence in bitcoin, the Bitcoin Network and the fairness of bitcoin trading venues could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin. The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of bitcoin and consequently a reduction in the value of bitcoin.
From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of miners or validators elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” The price of the bitcoin in which the Reference ETPs invest may reflect the impact of these forks. Finally, the creation of a “fork” or a substantial giveaway of bitcoin (sometimes referred to as an “air drop”) may result in significant and unexpected declines in the value of bitcoin. Bitcoin Network contributors could propose amendments to the Bitcoin Network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by the Bitcoin Network, could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Intellectual property rights claims may adversely affect the operation of the Bitcoin Network. Third parties may assert intellectual property claims relating to the holding and transfer of digital assets and their source code. Regardless of the merit of any intellectual property or other legal action, any threatened action that reduces confidence in the Bitcoin Network’s long-term viability or the ability of end-users to hold and transfer bitcoin may adversely affect an investment in the Fund. Additionally, a meritorious intellectual property claim could prevent end-users from accessing the Bitcoin Network or holding or transferring their bitcoin. As a result, an intellectual property claim could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Bitcoin blockchain’s protocol may contain flaws that can be exploited by attackers. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on
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the price and liquidity of bitcoin and therefore the value of an investment of the Fund. Bitcoin is also exposed to the instability of other speculative parts of the blockchain/crypto industry, such as the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022, which may not necessarily be related to the security or utility of the bitcoin blockchain but can nonetheless precipitate a significant decline in the price of bitcoin.
Bitcoin was developed as an alternative payment system but has not yet achieved this objective, which may adversely affect its value. The emergence of other public blockchains that are similarly designed to serve as an alternative payment system, such as those focused on privacy through the use of zero-knowledge cryptography, may negatively impact on the demand for and value of bitcoin and an investment in the Fund. The common impediments and/or disadvantages to adopting the bitcoin blockchain as a payment network include, but are not limited to, the slowness of transaction processing and finality, variability of transaction fees, and volatility of bitcoin’s price.
The development and adoption of other blockchains, such as the Ethereum blockchain, may compete with bitcoin and result in a reduction in the use of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain. The sophisticated and multi-use nature of the Ethereum blockchain and the fact that the absolute amount of ether is limited may result in greater adoption of the Ethereum blockchain by users, which may negatively affect the value of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain.
Further development and use of the bitcoin blockchain for its intended purpose are, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on “Layer 2” solutions (i.e., separate blockchains that extends the bitcoin blockchain and inherits the security guarantees of bitcoin in order to increase transaction throughput and reduce transaction fees), which may not be implemented correctly which may negatively impact the bitcoin blockchain and bitcoin.
Bitcoin mining currently requires computing hardware that consumes large amounts of electricity. By way of electrical power generation, many bitcoin miners rely on fossil fuels to power their operations. Public perception of the impact of bitcoin mining on climate change may reduce demand for bitcoin and increase the likelihood of regulation that limits bitcoin mining or restricts energy usage by bitcoin miners. Such events could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and the performance of the Fund.
The Bitcoin Network’s functionality relies on the internet. A significant disruption of internet connectivity affecting large numbers of users or geographic areas could impede the functionality of the Bitcoin Network and adversely affect the Fund. In addition, certain features of the Bitcoin Network, such as decentralization, open source protocol, and reliance on peer-to-peer connectively, may increase the risk of fraud or cyber-attack by potentially reducing the likelihood of a coordinated response.
Effects of Compounding and Market Volatility Risk
The Fund’s performance for periods greater than a trading day will be the result of each day's returns compounded over the period, which is likely to differ from 200% of a
Reference ETP’s performance, before fees and expenses. Compounding has a significant impact on funds that are leveraged and that rebalance daily. The impact of compounding becomes more pronounced as volatility and holding periods increase and will impact each shareholder differently depending on the period of time an investment in the Fund is held and the volatility of a Reference ETP during the shareholder’s holding period.
Fund performance for periods greater than one single day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: a) Reference ETP volatility; b) Reference ETP performance; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with leveraged exposure; e) other Fund expenses; and f) dividends or interest paid with respect to securities of a Reference ETP. The chart below provides examples of how Reference ETP volatility and its return could affect the Fund’s performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of Reference ETP volatility and Reference ETP performance over a one-year period. Actual Fund returns are expected to vary from these estimates. Performance shown in the chart assumes that: (i) no dividends were paid with respect to the securities; (ii) there were no Fund expenses; and (iii) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain leveraged exposure) of 0%. If Fund expenses and/or actual borrowing/lending rates were reflected, the estimated returns would be different than those shown. Particularly during periods of higher Reference ETP volatility, compounding will cause results for periods longer than a trading day to vary from 200% of the performance of a Reference ETP.
As shown in the chart below, the Fund would be expected to lose 6.1% if a Reference ETP provided no return over a one year period during which a Reference ETP experienced annualized volatility of 25%. At higher ranges of volatility, there is a chance of a significant loss of value in the Fund, even if a Reference ETP’s return is flat. For instance, if a Reference ETP’s annualized volatility is 100%, the Fund would be expected to lose 63.2% of its value, even if the cumulative Reference ETP return for the year was 0%. Areas shaded red (or dark gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 200% of the performance of a Reference ETP and those shaded green (or light gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 200% of the performance of a Reference ETP. The table below is not a representation of the Fund’s actual returns, which may be significantly better or worse than the returns shown below as a result of any of the factors discussed above or in “Daily Correlation Risk” below.
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Year
Reference ETP
200%
One
Year
Reference ETP
Volatility Rate
Return
Return
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
-60%
-120%
-84.2%
-85.0%
-87.5%
-90.9%
-94.1%
-50%
-100%
-75.2%
-76.5%
-80.5%
-85.8%
-90.8%
-40%
-80%
-64.4%
-66.2%
-72.0%
-79.5%
-86.8%
-30%
-60%
-51.5%
-54.0%
-61.8%
-72.1%
-82.0%
-20%
-40%
-36.6%
-39.9%
-50.2%
-63.5%
-76.5%
-10%
-20%
-19.8%
-23.9%
-36.9%
-53.8%
-70.2%
0%
0%
-1.0%
-6.1%
-22.1%
-43.0%
-63.2%
10%
20%
19.8%
13.7%
-5.8%
-31.1%
-55.5%
20%
40%
42.6%
35.3%
12.1%
-18.0%
-47.0%
30%
60%
67.3%
58.8%
31.6%
-3.7%
-37.8%
40%
80%
94.0%
84.1%
52.6%
11.7%
-27.9%
50%
100%
122.8%
111.4%
75.2%
28.2%
-17.2%
60%
120%
153.5%
140.5%
99.4%
45.9%
-5.8%
The initial Reference ETP’s annualized historical volatility rate for the period from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 50.21%. The initial Reference ETP’s highest volatility rate for any one calendar year for the period from January 11, 2024 through December 31, 2025 was 56.96% and volatility for a shorter period of time may have been substantially higher. The initial Reference ETP’s annualized performance for the period from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 37.08%. Historical volatility and performance are not indications of what the volatility and performance will be in the future.
Leverage Risk The Fund obtains investment exposure in excess of its net assets by utilizing leverage and may lose more money in market conditions that are adverse to its investment objective than a fund that does not utilize leverage. An investment in the Fund typically results in the magnification of a decline in the daily performance of a Reference ETP resulting in a larger loss being incurred than if there was no leverage utilized. This means that an investment in the Fund will be reduced by an amount equal to 2% for every 1% daily decline in a Reference ETP, not including the costs of financing leverage and other operating expenses, which would further reduce its value. The Fund could lose an amount greater than its net assets in the event of a Reference ETP decline of more than 50% of a Reference ETP. This would result in a total loss of a shareholder’s investment in one day even if a Reference ETP subsequently reverses all or a portion of its previous movement prior to the end of the day. A total loss of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund may occur in a single day even if a Reference ETP’s value does not move fully opposite from the Fund’s investment objective. Leverage will also have the effect of magnifying any differences in the Fund’s correlation with a Reference ETP and may increase the volatility of the Fund.
Under market circumstances that cause leverage to be expensive or unavailable, the Fund may not meet its investment objective for a period of time, may increase its transaction fee on creation unit transactions, change its investment objective, reduce its leverage or close.
Derivatives Risk Derivatives are financial instruments that derive value from the underlying reference asset or assets, such as digital assets, stocks, bonds, funds (including
ETFs), interest rates or indexes. Investing in derivatives may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to greater risks, and may result in larger losses or smaller gains, than investing directly in the reference assets underlying those derivatives, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Swap agreements are the type of derivatives traded by the Fund, although in certain circumstances, the Fund may also invest in futures contracts.
The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in securities, digital assets or other ordinary investments, including risk related to the market, leverage, imperfect daily correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation and legal restrictions. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than directly investing in securities or digital assets. When the Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the value of the reference assets and the derivative, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Because derivatives often require only a limited initial investment, the use of derivatives may expose the Fund to losses in excess of those amounts initially invested.
The primary risks associated with the use of swaps are mispricing or improper valuation, imperfect correlation between movements of the notional value of a swap and the price of the reference asset, and the failure of a counterparty to perform. If a swap counterparty’s creditworthiness for an “over-the-counter” swap declines, the value of the swap would also likely decline. There is no guarantee that the Fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap by entering into offsetting swap with the same or another party.
Counterparty Risk If a counterparty is unwilling or unable to make timely payments to meet its contractual obligations or fails to return holdings that are subject to the agreement with the counterparty, the Fund will lose money and/or not be able to meet its daily leveraged investment objective.
Because the Fund may enter into swap agreements with a limited number of counterparties, this increases the Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk. Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties will be willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may not be able to achieve its leveraged investment objective or rebalance properly, which may result in significant losses to the Fund. The risk that no suitable counterparties will enter into or continue to provide swap exposure to the Fund may be heightened when there is significant volatility in the overall market or the reference asset.
Intra-Day Investment Risk— The intra-day performance of Fund shares traded in the secondary market will be different from the performance of the Fund when measured from the close of the market on a given trading day until the close of the market on the subsequent trading day. An investor
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that purchases shares intra-day may experience performance that is greater than, or less than, the Fund’s stated investment objective.
If there is a significant intra-day market event and/or the securities selected as Reference ETPs experience a significant change in value, the Fund may not meet its investment objective or may be unable to rebalance its portfolio appropriately, resulting in significant losses or reduced gains. In response to significant intraday market volatility, among other actions, the Adviser may determine to trade a portion or all of the rebalance trade for the Fund prior to market close, which may result in the Fund not achieving its investment objective. Additionally, the Fund’s Shares traded on the secondary market may experience significant premiums or discounts, or widened bid-ask spreads.
Daily Correlation Risk - There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to a Reference ETP and therefore achieve its daily leveraged investment objective. The Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is impacted by a Reference ETP’s movement. Because of this, it is unlikely that the Fund will be perfectly exposed to a Reference ETP at the end of each day. The possibility of the Fund being materially over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP increases on days when a Reference ETP is volatile near the close of the trading day. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions and high volatility will also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to adjust exposure to the required levels.
The Fund may have difficulty achieving its daily leveraged investment objective for many reasons, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, accounting standards and their application to income items, disruptions, illiquid or high volatility in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which the Fund invests, early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of the Fund trade, resulting in the inability of the Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions, regulatory and tax considerations, which may cause the Fund to hold (or not to hold) a Reference ETP. The Fund may be required to trade more frequently or may refrain from taking certain positions to ensure compliance with regulatory restrictions or to ensure qualification as a registered investment company or to improve tax efficiency, or for other reasons, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s desired correlation with a Reference ETP or increase its required distributions.
The derivative instruments or other investments the Fund utilizes to obtain exposure may not provide the expected correlation to a Reference ETP, resulting in the Fund not performing as expected. The Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP. Any of these factors could decrease the correlation between the performance of the Fund and a Reference ETP and may hinder the Fund’s ability to meet its daily leveraged investment objective on or around that day.
Rebalancing Risk If for any reason the Fund is unable to rebalance all or a part of its portfolio, or if all or a portion of the portfolio is rebalanced incorrectly, the Fund’s
investment exposure may not be consistent with its investment objective which may lead to greater losses or reduced gains. In these instances, the Fund may have investment exposure to a Reference ETP that is significantly greater or significantly less than its stated investment objective. Additionally, the Fund may close to purchases and sales of Shares prior to the close of trading on the NYSE Arca or other national securities listing exchanges where Shares are listed and incur significant losses.
Reference ETP Investment Risk The Reference ETPs only recently commenced operations and as a result, the Reference ETPs have a limited operating history. The Reference ETPs generally hold bitcoin, and their investment objectives are to provide the performance of the spot (or cash) price of bitcoin before the payment of fees and expenses. The value of an individual security or particular type of security, such as the Reference ETPs may be more volatile than the market as a whole and may perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. Reference ETP issuer-specific attributes may cause an investment held by the Fund to be more volatile than the market generally. The following are additional risk factors for the Reference ETPs:
A Reference ETP that is not eligible to use Form S-3 and is instead registered on Form S-1 does not issue an unlimited number of shares or maintain an effective shelf registration, and therefore, the Fund or its counterparties may not be able to buy shares or conduct effective hedging of the Reference ETP, which may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and/or its arbitrage mechanism causing potentially large premiums or discounts in the Fund’s shares.
Digital asset markets in the U.S. exist in a state of regulatory uncertainty, and adverse legislative and regulatory developments such as banning, restricting or imposing onerous conditions or prohibitions on the use of bitcoin, mining activity, digital wallets, the provision of services relating to trading and custody of bitcoin, the operation of the Bitcoin blockchain or the digital markets generally, could significantly harm the value of bitcoin, the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
Regulatory changes or interpretations could obligate authorized participants or the Reference ETPs to register and comply with new regulations, which could result in potentially extraordinary large expenses to the Reference ETPs and the authorization participants. This could result in authorized participants not transacting in the creation and redemption of shares of the Reference ETPs or the Fund and/or Reference ETPs liquidating.
The treatment of digital currency for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes is uncertain, which could result in adverse tax treatment of the Reference ETPs held by the Fund or for the Fund itself, resulting in significant taxes for the Fund and/or shareholders.
If a Reference ETP’s creation and redemption process is interrupted or experiences difficulties, the arbitrage mechanism utilized by authorized participants to reduce the differences between the Reference ETP’s market price and net asset value may not work as intended and the market price of the Reference ETP may fall or otherwise
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diverge from the Reference ETP’s net asset value, which may result in the Reference ETP’s shares trading at an increased premium or discount.
A Reference ETP may suspend the issuance of shares at any time which will impact the price of shares of a Reference ETP, resulting in significant difference (premium/discount) between the Reference ETP’s market price and its net asset value. Additionally, the Fund may be unable to transact in the shares of the Reference ETP at an acceptable price and therefore the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective.
Authorized participants may not transact in the shares of the Reference ETPs or the Fund, thus impacting the liquidity of the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
Security threats to a Reference ETP’s account at its custodian could result in the halting of the Reference ETP’s operations and a loss of the Reference ETP’s assets or damage the reputation of the Reference ETP, which could result in a reduction of the value of the shares of the Reference ETP and the Fund.
Bitcoin transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred bitcoin may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed bitcoin transactions could adversely impact the value of the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
If a Reference ETP’s custodian agreement is terminated or its custodian fails to provide services as required, a Reference ETP may need to find and appoint a replacement custodian, which could pose a challenge due to the limited number of custodians that provide these services. Additionally, the safekeeping of a Reference ETP’s assets may be challenged and its ability to operate may be adversely impacted.
Loss of a critical banking relationship for, or the failure of a bank used by, the Reference ETPs’ prime execution agent could adversely impact the Reference ETPs’ ability to create or redeem shares or could cause losses to the Reference ETPs.
The Reference ETPs are subject to the risks of investment in bitcoin, as noted above in “Bitcoin Risk.” Additionally, due to the limited operating history of the Reference ETPs, and lack of regulation regarding bitcoin, adverse performance of the Reference ETPs or adverse legislative or regulatory developments regarding bitcoin could significantly harm the value of the Reference ETPs.
Reference ETPs rely on composite indexes and other pricing sources to determine the spot price of bitcoin and to calculate their net asset values. The indexes have a limited performance history, the price reported by the indexes could fail to track the global bitcoin price, and a failure of the index price could adversely affect the value of a Reference ETP's shares. The value of a bitcoin as represented by an index or other pricing source used by a Reference ETP could be adversely affected by trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated or may be subject to manipulation; manipulative trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated; interruptions in service from, closures or failures of major digital asset platforms or their banking partners, or outages or system
failures affecting the Bitcoin blockchain; or decreased confidence in digital assets platforms.
Other Investment Companies (including ETFs) Risk
The Fund may invest in, or obtain exposure to, another investment company, including an ETF or a money market fund (each, an “underlying fund”), to pursue its investment objective or manage cash. When investing in an underlying fund, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that underlying fund and as a result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the underlying fund, in addition to the fees and expenses of the Fund’s own operations. If the underlying fund fails to achieve its investment objective the Fund’s performance will likely be adversely affected.
In addition, to the extent that the Fund invests in, or has exposure to, an underlying fund that is an ETF, it will be exposed to all of the risks associated with the ETF structure. Shares of ETFs may trade at a discount or a premium to an ETF’s net asset value which may result in an ETF’s market price being more or less than the value of the Reference ETP or ETPs especially during periods of market volatility or disruption. There may also be additional trading costs due to an ETF’s bid-ask spread, and/or the underlying fund may suspend purchases or redemption of its shares due to market conditions that make it impracticable to conduct such transactions, any of which may adversely affect the Fund. If an underlying fund’s shares are suspended from trading on an exchange, the Fund may not be able to obtain the required exposure to meet its investment objective.
Non-Affiliation Risk The Reference ETPs are not affiliated with the Trust, the Adviser or any affiliates thereof and are not involved with this offering in any way, and have no obligation to consider the Fund in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of the Fund. The Trust, the Fund and any affiliate are not responsible for the performance of a Reference ETP and make no representation as to the performance of a Reference ETP. Investing in the Fund is not equivalent to investing in a Reference ETP. Fund shareholders will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to a Reference ETP.
Liquidity Risk Holdings of the Fund may be difficult to buy or sell or may be illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value, especially in changing or volatile markets. If the Fund is forced to buy or sell an illiquid security or derivative instrument at an unfavorable time or price, the Fund may be adversely impacted. Certain market conditions or restrictions, such as market rules related to short sales, may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation with a Reference ETP. There is no assurance that a security or derivative instrument that is deemed liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid. Market illiquidity may cause losses for the Fund. To the extent that the value of a Reference ETP increases or decreases significantly, the Fund may be one of many market participants that are attempting to transact in the Reference ETPs. Under such circumstances, the market for the Reference ETPs may lack sufficient liquidity for all market participants' trades.
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Therefore, the Fund may have more difficulty transacting in the Reference ETPs and the Fund's transactions could exacerbate the price changes of the Reference ETPs and may impact the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
In certain cases, the market for the Fund’s investments may lack sufficient liquidity for all market participants' trades. Therefore, the Fund may have difficulty transacting in it and/or in correlated investments, such as swap contracts. Further, the Fund's transactions could exacerbate illiquidity and volatility in the price of the securities and correlated derivative instruments.
Market Risk The Fund’s investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities markets. Investment markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, general market liquidity, exchange trading suspensions and closures, geopolitical events, tariffs, trade wars, natural disasters, and public health risks. Interest rates and inflation rates may change frequently and drastically due to various factors and the Fund’s investments may be adversely impacted.
The economic, fiscal, monetary and foreign policies of the U.S. government, including the imposition of tariffs, changes to its federal agencies and changes to regulatory policies, will impact the U.S. economy and could lead to increased market volatility and may adversely impact the overall market and individual securities.
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.
The Fund expects to gain exposure to bitcoin and generate qualifying income by investing in bitcoin indirectly through a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a RIC, a Fund will limit its investments in such subsidiary to 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund may, however, exceed this amount from time to time if the Adviser believes doing so is in the best interests of the Fund, provided, however, that the Fund intends to continue to comply with the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. If the Fund's investments in the subsidiary were to exceed 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of a tax quarter, the Fund may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC. The Adviser will carefully monitor the Fund's investments in the subsidiary to ensure that no more than 25% of the Fund's assets are invested in the subsidiary at the end of each tax quarter. The Fund
intends to invest in complex derivatives for which there is not clear guidance from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") as to the calculation of such investments under the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. There are no assurances that the IRS will agree with the Fund's calculation under the asset diversification test which could cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC.
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 able 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 “Dividends, Other Distributions and Taxes” in the Statement of Additional Information for more information.
Subsidiary Investment Risk By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. Since the Subsidiary is organized under the law of the Cayman Islands and is not registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Fund will not receive all of the protections offered to shareholders of registered investment companies. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as intended, which may negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
Cash Transaction Risk At certain times, the Fund may 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 and financing costs related to buying and selling securities or obtaining derivative exposure 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.
Bitcoin Futures Risk The market for bitcoin futures is less developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the bitcoin futures market has grown substantially since bitcoin futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will continue. The price for bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for them. The crypto asset trading platforms on which ether or bitcoin are traded, and which may serve as a pricing source for the calculation of the ether or bitcoin reference rate that is used for the purposes of valuing the Fund’s investments, are or may become subject to enforcement actions by regulatory authorities, and that such enforcement actions may have a material adverse impact on the Fund, its investments, and its ability to implement its investment strategy. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors
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each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts. The level of demand for bitcoin futures may cause them to trade at a significant premium or discount to the “spot” price of bitcoin. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors may also limit the Fund’s ability to achieve its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. If the Fund is unable to achieve such exposure it may not be able to meet its investment objective and the Fund’s returns may be different or lower than expected. Additionally, collateral requirements may require the Fund to liquidate its position, potentially incurring losses and expenses, when it otherwise would not do so. Margin levels for bitcoin futures contracts are substantially higher than the margin requirements for more established futures contracts. Additionally, the Futures Commission Merchants (“FCMs”) utilized by the Fund may impose margin requirements in addition to those imposed by the exchanges. Margin requirements are subject to change, and may be raised in the future by the exchanges and the FCMs. High margin requirements could prevent the Fund from obtaining sufficient exposure to bitcoin futures and may adversely affect its ability to achieve its investment objective. Further, FCMs utilized by the Funds may impose limits on the amount of exposure to futures contracts the Fund can obtain through such FCMs. If the Fund cannot obtain sufficient exposure through its FCMs, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective. Investing in derivatives like bitcoin futures may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to significant risks. These risks include counterparty risk and liquidity risk. The performance of bitcoin futures contracts and bitcoin may differ and may not be correlated with each other, over short or long periods of time.
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk If the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, for example, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, or as a result of margin requirements, position limits, accountability levels, or other limitations imposed by the Fund’s FCMs, the CME, or the CFTC, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses.
In such circumstances, the Adviser may take such action as it deems appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund; however, it will not suspend creations. If the Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts because it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Fund may invest in registered investment companies or operating companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are publicly traded that invest in, or have exposure to, bitcoin, ether, bitcoin futures or ether futures. Any disruption in the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts will cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of bitcoin futures. Additionally, the ability of the Fund to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts is limited by certain tax rules that limit the amount the Fund can invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary as of the end of each tax quarter. Exceeding this amount may have adverse tax consequences. Additionally, compliance with these tax
rules may result in the Fund being under-exposed to bitcoin futures and may result in the Fund not achieving its investment objective and/or increasing the expenses of the Fund.
Bitcoin Futures Liquidity Risk The market for bitcoin futures contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity. During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large size of the positions which the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and may increase the losses incurred while trying to do so. Such large positions also may impact the price of bitcoin futures, which could decrease the correlation between the performance of bitcoin futures and the “spot” price of bitcoin.
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk An exchange or market may close early and unexpectedly or issue trading halts on specific securities or financial instruments. Under such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to execute intended portfolio transactions, rebalance its portfolio, or accurately price its investments, and may disrupt the Fund’s creation/redemption process which means the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective and it may incur substantial losses or reduced gains. Additionally, an exchange or market may also halt the trading of the Fund’s shares, limiting an investor’s ability to buy or sell Fund shares on that exchange or market.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk Daily rebalancing of the Fund’s holdings pursuant to its daily investment objective causes a much greater number of portfolio transactions when compared to most ETFs. Additionally, active secondary market trading of the Shares could cause more frequent creation and redemption activities, which would increase the number of portfolio transactions. High levels of portfolio transactions may cause higher transaction costs because of increased broker commissions resulting from such transactions and increased taxable capital gains. The Fund calculates portfolio turnover without including the short-term cash instruments or derivative transactions that comprise most of the Fund’s trading. As such, if the Fund’s extensive use of derivative instruments were reflected, the calculated portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.
Money Market Instrument Risk The Fund may use a variety of money market instruments for cash management purposes, including money market funds, depositary accounts and repurchase agreements. Money market funds may be subject to credit risk with respect to the debt instruments in which they invest. Depository accounts may be subject to credit risk with respect to the financial institution in which the depository account is held. Money market instruments may lose money.
Non-Diversification Risk The Fund 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
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of a single issuer, the credit of a single counterparty, and/or a single economic, political or regulatory event.
Concentration Risk The Fund’s investments will be concentrated (i.e., more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets) in investments that provide exposure to bitcoin. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than a Fund with a more diversified portfolio.
New Fund Risk The Fund recently commenced operations, has a limited operating history, and started operations with a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful or grow to or maintain a viable size, that an active trading market for the Fund’s shares will develop or be maintained, or that the Fund’s shares’ listing will continue unchanged.
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk. The Fund may have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that those Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, Shares may trade at larger bid-ask spreads and/or premiums or discounts to net asset value. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for a fund that invests in non-U.S. securities or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.
Absence of Active Market Risk. Although Shares are listed for trading on a stock exchange, there is no assurance that an active trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In the absence of an active trading market for Shares, they will likely trade with a wider bid/ask spread and at a greater premium or discount to net asset value.
Market Price Variance Risk. Fund Shares can be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value of the Fund. When Shares trade at a price greater than net asset value, they are said to trade at a “premium.” When they trade at a price less than net asset value, they are said to trade at a “discount.” The market price of Shares fluctuates based on changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings, the supply and demand for Shares and other market factors. The market price of Shares may vary significantly from the Fund’s net asset value especially during times of market volatility or stress. Further, to the extent that exchange specialists, market makers, Authorized Participants, or other market participants are unavailable or unable to trade the Fund’s Shares and/or create or redeem Creation Units premiums or discounts may increase.
Trading Cost Risk. When buying or selling Shares in the secondary market, a buyer may incur brokerage commission or other charges. In addition, a buyer may incur the cost of the “spread” also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the “ask” price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on, among other things, trading volume, market liquidity and market volatility.
Because of the costs inherent in buying or selling Fund shares, frequent trading may detract significantly from investment results.
Exchange Trading Risk. Shares are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca. They also may be listed or traded on other U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges and may trade on electronic communication networks. Trading in Shares on their listing exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, including if they fail to meet the listing requirements of the exchange. Under certain circumstances, Shares may even be delisted. Trading halts of Shares should be expected to disrupt the Fund’s creation/redemption process and may temporarily prevent investors from buying and selling Shares. Like other listed securities, Shares of the Fund may be sold short, and short positions in Shares may place downward pressure on their market price.
Fund Performance
No prior investment performance is provided for the Fund because it had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Upon commencement of operations, updated performance will be available on the Fund’s website at www.direxion.com/etfs?producttab=performance or by calling the Fund toll-free at (866) 476-7523.
Management
Investment Adviser. Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is the Fund’s investment adviser.
Portfolio Managers. The following members of Rafferty’s investment team are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund:
Portfolio Managers
Years of Service
with the Fund
Primary Title
Paul Brigandi
Since Inception
Portfolio Manager
Tony Ng
Since Inception
Portfolio Manager
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund’s individual shares may only be purchased or sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediaries at market price rather than at net asset value. The market price of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings and supply and demand for the Shares, which may result in shareholders purchasing or selling the Shares on the secondary market at a market price that is greater than net asset value (a premium) or less than net asset value (a discount). A shareholder may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for the Fund’s Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for the Fund’s Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares on the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”) in addition to brokerage commissions. The bid-ask spread may vary over time for Shares based on trading volume and market liquidity. Recent information regarding the Fund Shares such as net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts and bid-ask spreads and related other information is available on the Fund’s website, www.direxion.com/etfs?producttab=performance.
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The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable by the Fund. The Fund will issue and redeem Shares only to Authorized Participants in exchange for cash or a deposit or delivery of a basket of assets (securities and/or cash) in large blocks, known as creation units, each of which is comprised of 25,000 Shares.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or long-term capital gains. Those distributions will be subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local taxes, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Distributions or investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal. Distributions by the Fund may be significantly higher than those of most other ETFs.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial adviser), the Fund and/or its Adviser 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.
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Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF
Important Information Regarding the Fund
The Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF (the “Fund”) seeks daily inverse leveraged investment results and is very different from other exchange-traded funds. As a result, the Fund may be riskier than alternatives that do not use leverage because the Fund’s objective is to seek 200% of the daily inverse performance of U.S.-listed exchange-traded products that attempt to reflect the price performance of bitcoin before fees and expenses (each a "Reference ETP” and collectively the "Reference ETPs"). The volatility of the Reference ETPs may affect the Fund’s return as much as, or more than, the return of the Reference ETPs. As a result of volatility, the Fund may not behave as expected. The Fund is intended to be used by investors who intend to monitor their portfolios. An investment in the Fund is not a complete investment program.
The Fund is not suitable for all investors. The Fund is designed to be utilized only by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking daily inverse leveraged (-2X) investment results, understand the risks associated with the use of leverage and shorting and are willing to monitor their portfolios frequently. The Fund is not intended to be used by, and is not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. For periods longer than a single day, the Fund will lose money if a Reference ETP’s performance is flat, and it is possible that the Fund will lose money even if a Reference ETP’s performance increases. An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day if a Reference ETP gains more than 50% in one day.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200% of the inverse (or opposite) of the daily performance of exchange-traded products that attempt to reflect the price performance of bitcoin before fees and expenses. The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective for a period of time different than a trading day.The Fund does not invest directly in or directly short bitcoin.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees
0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses of the Fund(1)
0.22%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1)
0.18%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.15%
Expense Cap/Reimbursement(2)
-0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
Expense Cap/Reimbursement
1.13%
(1)
Estimated for the Fund's current fiscal year.
(2)
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (“Rafferty” or the “Adviser”) has entered into an Operating Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund. Under the Operating Expense Limitation Agreement, Rafferty has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund for Other Expenses through September 1, 2027, to the extent that the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (excluding, as applicable, among other expenses, taxes, swap financing and related costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividends or interest on short positions, other interest expenses, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses).
Any expense waiver or reimbursement is subject to recoupment by the Adviser within the three years after the expense was waived/reimbursed only if Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses fall below the lesser of this percentage limitation and any percentage limitation in place at the time the expense was waived/reimbursed. This agreement may be terminated or revised at any time with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
Example - This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 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:
1 Year
3 Years
$115
$363
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.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in swap agreements, short positions or other financial instruments that provide 200% inverse (opposite) or short daily exposure to one or more Reference ETPs that invest directly in bitcoin. The financial instruments in which the Fund normally invests include uncleared, cash-settled
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swap agreements, which are intended to produce economically inverse leveraged investment results.
The Fund intends to utilize the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF as the initial Reference ETP, although the Fund may use other Reference ETPs. The Reference ETPs only recently commenced operations and therefore have a limited operating history. The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a digital asset. The ownership and operation of bitcoin is determined by participants in an online, peer-to-peer network sometimes referred to as the “Bitcoin Network”. The Bitcoin Network connects computers that run publicly accessible, or “open source,” software that follows the rules and procedures governing the Bitcoin Network. This is commonly referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol (and is described in more detail in the section entitled “The Bitcoin Protocol” in the Fund’s Prospectus). The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body. Instead, its value is determined in part by supply and demand in markets created to facilitate trading of bitcoin. Ownership and transaction records for bitcoin are protected through public-key cryptography. The supply of bitcoin is determined by the Bitcoin Protocol. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by (1) a decentralized group of participants who run computer software that results in the recording and validation of transactions (commonly referred to as “miners”), (2) developers who propose improvements to the Bitcoin Protocol and the software that enforces the protocol and (3) users who choose which version of the bitcoin software to run. From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of users and miners elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the bitcoin software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” Bitcoin has been used as an intended payment system, but it has not achieved that function.
The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities or financial instruments. Additionally, the Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.
The Fund will invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the Reference ETPs in a manner that is permitted by the federal tax laws, which limit the ability of investment companies such as the Fund to invest directly in such instruments. In addition to investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund will invest directly and indirectly (through the Subsidiary) in commodity futures and swap contracts, as well as certain short-term fixed-income investments certain of which are intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary’s commodity futures positions. The Adviser will use its discretion to determine how much of the Fund’s total assets to invest in the Subsidiary, however, the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary may not exceed 25% of the value of its total assets at the end of each quarter of its taxable year, except in certain circumstances. The Subsidiary
is an exempted company operating under Cayman Islands law and is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund and is advised by the Adviser. The Subsidiary has the same investment objective as the Fund and will follow the same general investment policies and restrictions. Except as noted, for purposes of this Prospectus, references to the Fund’s investment strategies and risks include those of its Subsidiary.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) has adopted certain requirements that subject registered investment companies and their advisors to regulation by the CFTC if a registered investment company invests more than a prescribed level of its net assets in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps, or if a registered investment company markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. Due to the Fund’s use of CFTC-regulated futures and swaps above the prescribed levels, it is considered a “commodity pool” under the Commodity Exchange Act.
The Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times, consistent with its stated investment objective, but may not always have investment exposure to the Reference ETPs. In all cases, the investments would be designed to provide exposure to the Reference ETPs. In certain circumstances, for example, if the Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to the Reference ETPs using swap agreements, the Fund may obtain such exposure through standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the CFTC. In such circumstances, the Fund intends to invest in cash-settled, front-month bitcoin futures, but may also invest in back-month, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. Front-month bitcoin futures contracts are those contracts with the shortest time to maturity. Back-month bitcoin futures contracts are those with longer times to maturity.
The initial Reference ETP is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The iShares® Bitcoin Trust is subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such information provided to or filed with the SEC can be located by reference to the SEC file numbers (001-41914 and 333-272680) through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding iShares® Bitcoin Trust may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents. The iShares® Bitcoin Trust is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Ticker: IBIT).
The Fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective without regard to overall market movement or the increase or decrease in the value of a Reference ETP. At the close of the markets each trading day, Rafferty rebalances the Fund’s portfolio so that its exposure to a Reference ETP is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The impact of a Reference ETP’s movements during the day will affect whether the Fund’s portfolio needs to be re-positioned. For example, if a Reference ETP has fallen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise, meaning that the Fund’s exposure will need to be increased. Conversely, if a Reference ETP has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should fall, meaning the Fund’s exposure will need to be reduced.
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This re-positioning strategy typically results in high portfolio turnover. In addition, on a day-to-day basis, the Fund is expected to hold money market funds, deposit accounts with institutions with high quality credit ratings (i.e. investment grade or higher), and/or short-term debt instruments that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days and exhibit high quality credit profiles, including U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements.
The terms “daily,” “day,” and “trading day,” refer to the period from the close of the markets on one trading day to the close of the markets on the next trading day. The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities. Additionally, the Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.
The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the initial Reference ETP from the publicly available documents described above. Neither the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser nor any affiliate has participated in the preparation of such documents. Neither the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser nor any affiliate makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the initial Reference ETP is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date of the prospectus (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of a Reference ETP have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of, or failure to disclose, material future events concerning a Reference ETP could affect the value of the Fund’s investments with respect to a Reference ETP and therefore the value of the Fund.
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will be the result of each day’s returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from -200% of the return of a Reference ETP over the same period. The Fund will lose money if a Reference ETP’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, a Reference ETP’s volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while a Reference ETP’s performance decreases over a period longer than a single day.
Principal Investment Risks
An investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund may not achieve its inverse 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, a Fund presents some risks not traditionally associated with most 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. The realization of certain of the risks described below that may result in adverse market movements may actually benefit the Fund due to its inverse investment objective.
Shorting or Inverse Risk – The Fund will lose money when the value of a Reference ETP rises because of the Fund’s inverse or short exposure – this result is the opposite from a traditional index fund. The Fund’s assets will increase in value when a Reference ETP’s daily return decreases. The Fund’s assets will decrease in value when a Reference ETP’s daily return increases. Because historically most assets have risen in value over the long term, short exposure or positions and therefore, the value of the Fund is expected to depreciate in value over time, notwithstanding any separate effects of compounding and the Fund’s daily repositioning of inverse exposure. Additionally, if the level of a Reference ETP approaches a 50% increase at any point in the day, an investor could lose their entire investment. Accordingly, short positions and exposure may be riskier and more speculative than traditional investments. The costs of obtaining short exposure or maintaining short positions will lower the Fund’s returns.
To the extent that the Fund obtains short exposure from derivatives, the Fund may be exposed to heightened volatility, reduced correlation to a Reference ETP or limited liquidity related to the reference asset of the underlying short position, which will adversely impact the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or adversely impact its performance. If the Fund were to experience this volatility or decreased liquidity, the Fund may be required to obtain short exposure through alternative investment strategies that may have less correlation to a Reference ETP, less liquidity or are more costly to implement. If the reference asset underlying the short position is thinly traded or has a limited market, there may be a lack of available securities or counterparties for the Fund to enter into a short position or obtain short exposure from a derivative instrument.
Bitcoin Volatility Risk The price of bitcoin is highly volatile. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund, you should not invest in the Fund.
Bitcoin Risk– The risks associated with bitcoin include the following:
Bitcoin is a relatively new innovation with a limited history. The market for bitcoin is volatile, unregulated, and subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation, security failures, operational and other problems that impact bitcoin trading venues.
The Fund does not invest in or directly short the current spot or cash price of bitcoin. However, because the Reference ETPs to which the Fund has exposure do invest in bitcoin, the value and the net asset value of the Fund is impacted by the bitcoin market.
Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin Network or restrict the use of bitcoin. Any new or changing laws and regulations affecting the use of blockchain technology and/or investments in crypto assets or crypto asset-related investments may have a materially adverse impact on the Fund, its investments, and its ability to implement its investment strategy.
Regulation of bitcoin continues to evolve in both the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, which may restrict the use of
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bitcoin or otherwise impact the demand for bitcoin. Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, bitcoin trading venues are largely unregulated. These trading venues are not registered as national securities exchanges under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act and are or may be subject to lawsuits from various regulatory authorities.
As a result of the fragmentation and the lack of regulation in the spot market for bitcoin, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote bitcoin in a way that artificially increases or decreases the price of bitcoin). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud and market manipulation than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of bitcoin trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses.
Bitcoin presents unique and substantial risks, and historically has been subject to significant price volatility. Shareholders could lose all, or substantially all, of their investment in the Fund. The value of bitcoin has been, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on speculation, such that trading and investing in bitcoin generally may not be based on fundamental analysis. Bitcoin speculation regarding future appreciation in the value of bitcoin may inflate and make the price of bitcoin more volatile. As a result, bitcoin may be more likely to fluctuate in value due to changing investor confidence in future appreciation in the price of bitcoin.
The further development of the bitcoin blockchain network (the “Bitcoin Network”) and the acceptance and use of bitcoin are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development of the Bitcoin Network or the acceptance of bitcoin may adversely affect the price of bitcoin.
Newly created bitcoin are generated through a process referred to as “mining,” and such bitcoin are referred to as “newly mined bitcoin.” Approximately 450 newly mined bitcoin are created each day. “Halving” events occur periodically, further decreasing the amount of newly mined bitcoin created each day. If entities engaged in bitcoin mining choose not to hold the newly mined bitcoin, and, instead, make them available for sale, there can be downward pressure on the price of bitcoin which could negatively affect an investment in the Fund. Miners may cease expanding processing power to create blocks and verify transactions if they are not adequately compensated, which may negatively impact the development of the Bitcoin Network and adversely affect the price of bitcoin.
As a digital asset, bitcoin is subject to the risk that malicious actors will exploit flaws in its code or structure that will allow them to, among other things, steal bitcoin held by others, control the blockchain, steal personally identifying information, or issue significant amounts of bitcoin in contravention of the bitcoin blockchain code. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin. A malicious actor may attack in various ways,
including a “50 Percent Attack” or a spam attack. If a malicious actor obtains a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining, it will be able to exert unilateral control over the addition of blocks to the blockchain. As long as the malicious actor enjoys this majority it may be able to double-spend its own bitcoin (i.e., spend the same bitcoin in two or more conflicting transactions) as well as prevent the confirmation of other bitcoin transactions. If such a scenario were to occur, it could adversely affect an investment in the Fund. A malicious actor could also attempt to flood the pool of unconfirmed transactions with tens of thousands of transactions in an effort to significantly slow the confirmation of legitimate transactions across the Bitcoin Network. Such a delay, if sustained for extended periods of time, could negatively impact the secondary market price of bitcoin. These or any other form of attack on the Bitcoin Network could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Digital assets, including bitcoin, are controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public key and private key or keys relating to the Bitcoin Network address, or “wallet”, at which the digital asset is held. Private keys must be safeguarded and kept private in order to prevent a third-party from accessing the digital asset held in such wallet. The loss, theft, compromise or destruction of a private key required to access a digital asset may be irreversible. If a private key is lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private key is accessible, the owner would be unable to access the digital asset corresponding to that private key and the private key will not be capable of being restored by the digital asset network resulting in the total loss of the value of the digital asset linked to the private key.
The Bitcoin Network and bitcoin hold a “first-to-market” advantage over other digital assets. This first-to-market advantage is driven in large part by having the largest user base and the largest combined mining power in use to secure the blockchain and transaction verification system. It is possible that a digital asset other than bitcoin could have features that make it more desirable to a material portion of the digital asset user base, resulting in a reduction in demand for bitcoin, which could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
There is no central registry showing which individuals or entities own bitcoin or the quantity of bitcoin that is owned by any particular person or entity. There are no regulations in place that would prevent a large holder of bitcoin or a group of holders from selling their bitcoin which could depress the price of bitcoin or otherwise attempting to manipulate the price of bitcoin or the Bitcoin Network. A significant portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as “whales.” These holders have the ability to manipulate the price of bitcoin. Events that reduce user confidence in bitcoin, the Bitcoin Network and the fairness of bitcoin trading venues could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin. The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of bitcoin and consequently a reduction in the value of bitcoin.
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From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of miners or validators elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” The price of the bitcoin in which the Reference ETPs invest may reflect the impact of these forks. Finally, the creation of a “fork” or a substantial giveaway of bitcoin (sometimes referred to as an “air drop”) may result in significant and unexpected declines in the value of bitcoin. Bitcoin Network contributors could propose amendments to the Bitcoin Network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by the Bitcoin Network, could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Intellectual property rights claims may adversely affect the operation of the Bitcoin Network. Third parties may assert intellectual property claims relating to the holding and transfer of digital assets and their source code. Regardless of the merit of any intellectual property or other legal action, any threatened action that reduces confidence in the Bitcoin Network’s long-term viability or the ability of end-users to hold and transfer bitcoin may adversely affect an investment in the Fund. Additionally, a meritorious intellectual property claim could prevent end-users from accessing the Bitcoin Network or holding or transferring their bitcoin. As a result, an intellectual property claim could adversely affect an investment in the Fund.
Bitcoin blockchain’s protocol may contain flaws that can be exploited by attackers. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin and therefore the value of an investment of the Fund. Bitcoin is also exposed to the instability of other speculative parts of the blockchain/crypto industry, such as the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022, which may not necessarily be related to the security or utility of the bitcoin blockchain but can nonetheless precipitate a significant decline in the price of bitcoin.
Bitcoin was developed as an alternative payment system but has not yet achieved this objective, which may adversely affect its value. The emergence of other public blockchains that are similarly designed to serve as an alternative payment system, such as those focused on privacy through the use of zero-knowledge cryptography, may negatively impact on the demand for and value of bitcoin and an investment in the Fund. The common impediments and/or disadvantages to adopting the bitcoin blockchain as a payment network include, but are not limited to, the slowness of transaction processing and finality, variability of transaction fees, and volatility of bitcoin’s price.
The development and adoption of other blockchains, such as the Ethereum blockchain, may compete with bitcoin and result in a reduction in the use of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain. The sophisticated and multi-use nature of the Ethereum blockchain and the fact that the absolute amount of ether is limited may result in greater adoption of the Ethereum blockchain by users, which may negatively affect the value of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain.
Further development and use of the bitcoin blockchain
for its intended purpose are, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on “Layer 2” solutions (i.e., separate blockchains that extends the bitcoin blockchain and inherits the security guarantees of bitcoin in order to increase transaction throughput and reduce transaction fees), which may not be implemented correctly which may negatively impact the bitcoin blockchain and bitcoin.
Bitcoin mining currently requires computing hardware that consumes large amounts of electricity. By way of electrical power generation, many bitcoin miners rely on fossil fuels to power their operations. Public perception of the impact of bitcoin mining on climate change may reduce demand for bitcoin and increase the likelihood of regulation that limits bitcoin mining or restricts energy usage by bitcoin miners. Such events could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and the performance of the Fund.
The Bitcoin Network’s functionality relies on the internet. A significant disruption of internet connectivity affecting large numbers of users or geographic areas could impede the functionality of the Bitcoin Network and adversely affect the Fund. In addition, certain features of the Bitcoin Network, such as decentralization, open source protocol, and reliance on peer-to-peer connectively, may increase the risk of fraud or cyber-attack by potentially reducing the likelihood of a coordinated response.
Effects of Compounding and Market Volatility Risk
The Fund’s performance for periods greater than a trading day will be the result of each day's returns compounded over the period, which is likely to differ from -200% of a Reference ETP’s performance, before fees and expenses. Compounding has a significant impact on funds that are inverse leveraged and that rebalance daily. The impact of compounding becomes more pronounced as volatility and holding periods increase and will impact each shareholder differently depending on the period of time an investment in the Fund is held and the volatility of a Reference ETP during the shareholder’s holding period.
Fund performance for periods greater than one single day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: a) Reference ETP volatility; b) Reference ETP performance; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with inverse leveraged exposure; e) other Fund expenses; and f) dividends or interest paid with respect to securities of a Reference ETP. The chart below provides examples of how Reference ETP volatility and its return could affect the Fund’s performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of Reference ETP volatility and Reference ETP performance over a one-year period. Actual Fund returns are expected to vary from these estimates. Performance shown in the chart assumes that: (i) no dividends were paid with respect to the securities; (ii) there were no Fund expenses; and (iii) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain inverse leveraged exposure) of 0%. If Fund expenses and/or actual borrowing/lending rates were reflected, the estimated returns would be different than those shown. Particularly during periods of higher Reference ETP volatility, compounding will cause results for periods longer than a trading day to vary from -200% of the performance of a Reference ETP.
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As shown in the chart below, the Fund would be expected to lose 17.1% if a Reference ETP provided no return over a one year period during which a Reference ETP experienced annualized volatility of 25%. At higher ranges of volatility, there is a chance of a significant loss of value in the Fund, even if a Reference ETP’s return is flat. For instance, if a Reference ETP’s annualized volatility is 100%, the Fund would be expected to lose 95.0% of its value, even if the cumulative Reference ETP return for the year was 0%. Areas shaded red (or dark gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than -200% of the performance of a Reference ETP and those shaded green (or light gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than -200% of the performance of a Reference ETP. The table below is not a representation of the Fund’s actual returns, which may be significantly better or worse than the returns shown below as a result of any of the factors discussed above or in “Daily Inverse Correlation Risk” below.
One
Year
Reference ETP
-200%
One
Year
Reference ETP
Volatility Rate
Return
Return
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
-60%
120%
506.5%
418.1%
195.2%
15.6%
-68.9%
-50%
100%
288.2%
231.6%
88.9%
-26.0%
-80.1%
-40%
80%
169.6%
130.3%
31.2%
-48.6%
-86.2%
-30%
60%
98.1%
69.2%
-3.6%
-62.2%
-89.8%
-20%
40%
51.6%
29.5%
-26.2%
-71.1%
-92.2%
-10%
20%
19.8%
2.3%
-41.7%
-77.2%
-93.9%
0%
0%
-3.0%
-17.1%
-52.8%
-81.5%
-95.0%
10%
-20%
-19.8%
-31.5%
-61.0%
-84.7%
-95.9%
20%
-40%
-32.6%
-42.4%
-67.2%
-87.2%
-96.5%
30%
-60%
-42.6%
-50.9%
-72.0%
-89.1%
-97.1%
40%
-80%
-50.5%
-57.7%
-75.9%
-90.6%
-97.5%
50%
-100%
-56.9%
-63.2%
-79.0%
-91.8%
-97.8%
60%
-120%
-62.1%
-67.6%
-81.5%
-92.8%
-98.1%
The initial Reference ETP’s annualized historical volatility rate for the period from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 50.21%. The initial Reference ETP’s highest volatility rate for any one calendar year for the period from January 11, 2024 through December 31, 2025 was 56.96% and volatility for a shorter period of time may have been substantially higher. The initial Reference ETP’s annualized performance for the period from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 37.08%. Historical volatility and performance are not indications of what the volatility and performance will be in the future.
Leverage Risk The Fund obtains investment exposure in excess of its net assets by utilizing leverage and may lose more money in market conditions that are adverse to its investment objective than a fund that does not utilize leverage. An investment in the Fund typically results in the magnification of a decline in the daily performance of a Reference ETP resulting in a larger loss being incurred than if there was no leverage utilized. This means that an investment in the Fund will be reduced by an amount equal to 2% for every 1% daily decline in a Reference ETP, not including the costs of financing leverage and other operating expenses, which would further reduce its value. The Fund could lose an amount greater than its net assets in the event
of a Reference ETP decline of more than 50% of a Reference ETP. This would result in a total loss of a shareholder’s investment in one day even if a Reference ETP subsequently reverses all or a portion of its previous movement prior to the end of the day. A total loss of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund may occur in a single day even if a Reference ETP’s value does not move fully opposite from the Fund’s investment objective. Leverage will also have the effect of magnifying any differences in the Fund’s inverse correlation with a Reference ETP and may increase the volatility of the Fund.
Under market circumstances that cause leverage to be expensive or unavailable, the Fund may not meet its investment objective for a period of time, may increase its transaction fee on creation unit transactions, change its investment objective, reduce its leverage or close.
Derivatives Risk Derivatives are financial instruments that derive value from the underlying reference asset or assets, such as digital assets, stocks, bonds, funds (including ETFs), interest rates or indexes. Investing in derivatives may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to greater risks, and may result in larger losses or smaller gains, than investing directly in the reference assets underlying those derivatives, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Swap agreements are the type of derivatives traded by the Fund, although in certain circumstances, the Fund may also invest in futures contracts.
The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly shorting securities, digital assets or other ordinary investments, including risk related to the market, leverage, imperfect daily correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation and legal restrictions. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than directly shorting securities or digital assets. When the Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the value of the reference assets and the derivative, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Because derivatives often require only a limited initial investment, the use of derivatives may expose the Fund to losses in excess of those amounts initially invested.
The primary risks associated with the use of swaps are mispricing or improper valuation, imperfect correlation between movements of the notional value of a swap and the price of the reference asset, and the failure of a counterparty to perform. If a swap counterparty’s creditworthiness for an “over-the-counter” swap declines, the value of the swap would also likely decline. There is no guarantee that the Fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap by entering into offsetting swap with the same or another party.
Counterparty Risk If a counterparty is unwilling or unable to make timely payments to meet its contractual obligations or fails to return holdings that are subject to the agreement
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with the counterparty, the Fund will lose money and/or not be able to meet its daily inverse leveraged investment objective.
Because the Fund may enter into swap agreements with a limited number of counterparties, this increases the Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk. Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties will be willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may not be able to achieve its inverse leveraged investment objective or rebalance properly, which may result in significant losses to the Fund. The risk that no suitable counterparties will enter into or continue to provide swap exposure to the Fund may be heightened when there is significant volatility in the overall market or the reference asset.
Intra-Day Investment Risk— The intra-day performance of Fund shares traded in the secondary market will be different from the performance of the Fund when measured from the close of the market on a given trading day until the close of the market on the subsequent trading day. An investor that purchases shares intra-day may experience performance that is greater than, or less than, the Fund’s stated investment objective.
If there is a significant intra-day market event and/or the securities selected as Reference ETPs experience a significant change in value, the Fund may not meet its investment objective or may be unable to rebalance its portfolio appropriately, resulting in significant losses or reduced gains. In response to significant intraday market volatility, among other actions, the Adviser may determine to trade a portion or all of the rebalance trade for the Fund prior to market close, which may result in the Fund not achieving its investment objective. Additionally, the Fund’s Shares traded on the secondary market may experience significant premiums or discounts, or widened bid-ask spreads.
Daily Inverse Correlation Risk - There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of inverse correlation to a Reference ETP and therefore achieve its daily inverse leveraged investment objective. The Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is impacted by a Reference ETP’s movement. Because of this, it is unlikely that the Fund will be perfectly exposed to a Reference ETP at the end of each day. The possibility of the Fund being materially over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP increases on days when a Reference ETP is volatile near the close of the trading day. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions and high volatility will also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to adjust exposure to the required levels.
The Fund may have difficulty achieving its daily inverse leveraged investment objective for many reasons, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, accounting standards and their application to income items, disruptions, illiquid or high volatility in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which the Fund invests, early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of the Fund trade, resulting in the inability of the Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions, regulatory and tax considerations, which may cause the Fund to hold (or not to hold) a Reference
ETP. The Fund may be required to trade more frequently or may refrain from taking certain positions to ensure compliance with regulatory restrictions or to ensure qualification as a registered investment company or to improve tax efficiency, or for other reasons, each of which may negatively impact the Fund’s desired inverse correlation with a Reference ETP or increase its required distributions.
The derivative instruments or other investments the Fund utilizes to obtain exposure may not provide the expected correlation to a Reference ETP, resulting in the Fund not performing as expected. The Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP. Any of these factors could decrease the inverse correlation between the performance of the Fund and a Reference ETP and may hinder the Fund’s ability to meet its daily inverse leveraged investment objective on or around that day.
Rebalancing Risk If for any reason the Fund is unable to rebalance all or a part of its portfolio, or if all or a portion of the portfolio is rebalanced incorrectly, the Fund’s investment exposure may not be consistent with its investment objective which may lead to greater losses or reduced gains. In these instances, the Fund may have investment exposure to a Reference ETP that is significantly greater or significantly less than its stated investment objective. Additionally, the Fund may close to purchases and sales of Shares prior to the close of trading on the NYSE Arca or other national securities listing exchanges where Shares are listed and incur significant losses.
Reference ETP Investment Risk The Reference ETPs only recently commenced operations and as a result, the Reference ETPs have a limited operating history. The Reference ETPs generally hold bitcoin, and their investment objectives are to provide the performance of the spot (or cash) price of bitcoin before the payment of fees and expenses. The value of an individual security or particular type of security, such as the Reference ETPs may be more volatile than the market as a whole and may perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. Reference ETP issuer-specific attributes may cause an investment held by the Fund to be more volatile than the market generally. The following are additional risk factors for the Reference ETPs:
A Reference ETP that is not eligible to use Form S-3 and is instead registered on Form S-1 does not issue an unlimited number of shares or maintain an effective shelf registration, and therefore, the Fund or its counterparties may not be able to buy shares or conduct effective hedging of the Reference ETP, which may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and/or its arbitrage mechanism causing potentially large premiums or discounts in the Fund’s shares.
Digital asset markets in the U.S. exist in a state of regulatory uncertainty, and adverse legislative and regulatory developments such as banning, restricting or imposing onerous conditions or prohibitions on the use of bitcoin, mining activity, digital wallets, the provision of services relating to trading and custody of bitcoin, the operation of the Bitcoin blockchain or the digital markets generally,
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could significantly harm the value of bitcoin, the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
Regulatory changes or interpretations could obligate authorized participants or the Reference ETPs to register and comply with new regulations, which could result in potentially extraordinary large expenses to the Reference ETPs and the authorization participants. This could result in authorized participants not transacting in the creation and redemption of shares of the Reference ETPs or the Fund and/or Reference ETPs liquidating.
The treatment of digital currency for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes is uncertain, which could result in adverse tax treatment of the Reference ETPs held by the Fund or for the Fund itself, resulting in significant taxes for the Fund and/or shareholders.
If a Reference ETP’s creation and redemption process is interrupted or experiences difficulties, the arbitrage mechanism utilized by authorized participants to reduce the differences between the Reference ETP’s market price and net asset value may not work as intended and the market price of the Reference ETP may fall or otherwise diverge from the Reference ETP’s net asset value, which may result in the Reference ETP’s shares trading at an increased premium or discount.
A Reference ETP may suspend the issuance of shares at any time which will impact the price of shares of a Reference ETP, resulting in significant difference (premium/discount) between the Reference ETP’s market price and its net asset value. Additionally, the Fund may be unable to transact in the shares of the Reference ETP at an acceptable price and therefore the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective.
Authorized participants may not transact in the shares of the Reference ETPs or the Fund, thus impacting the liquidity of the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
Security threats to a Reference ETP’s account at its custodian could result in the halting of the Reference ETP’s operations and a loss of the Reference ETP’s assets or damage the reputation of the Reference ETP, which could result in a reduction of the value of the shares of the Reference ETP and the Fund.
Bitcoin transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred bitcoin may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed bitcoin transactions could adversely impact the value of the Reference ETPs and the Fund.
If a Reference ETP’s custodian agreement is terminated or its custodian fails to provide services as required, a Reference ETP may need to find and appoint a replacement custodian, which could pose a challenge due to the limited number of custodians that provide these services. Additionally, the safekeeping of a Reference ETP’s assets may be challenged and its ability to operate may be adversely impacted.
Loss of a critical banking relationship for, or the failure of a bank used by, the Reference ETPs’ prime execution agent could adversely impact the Reference ETPs’ ability to create or redeem shares or could cause losses to the Reference ETPs.
The Reference ETPs are subject to the risks of investment
in bitcoin, as noted above in “Bitcoin Risk.” Additionally, due to the limited operating history of the Reference ETPs, and lack of regulation regarding bitcoin, adverse performance of the Reference ETPs or adverse legislative or regulatory developments regarding bitcoin could significantly harm the value of the Reference ETPs.
Reference ETPs rely on composite indexes and other pricing sources to determine the spot price of bitcoin and to calculate their net asset values. The indexes have a limited performance history, the price reported by the indexes could fail to track the global bitcoin price, and a failure of the index price could adversely affect the value of a Reference ETP's shares. The value of a bitcoin as represented by an index or other pricing source used by a Reference ETP could be adversely affected by trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated or may be subject to manipulation; manipulative trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated; interruptions in service from, closures or failures of major digital asset platforms or their banking partners, or outages or system failures affecting the Bitcoin blockchain; or decreased confidence in digital assets platforms.
Other Investment Companies (including ETFs) Risk
The Fund may invest in, or obtain exposure to, another investment company, including an ETF or a money market fund (each, an “underlying fund”), to pursue its investment objective or manage cash. When investing in an underlying fund, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that underlying fund and as a result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the underlying fund, in addition to the fees and expenses of the Fund’s own operations. If the underlying fund fails to achieve its investment objective the Fund’s performance will likely be adversely affected.
In addition, to the extent that the Fund invests in, or has exposure to, an underlying fund that is an ETF, it will be exposed to all of the risks associated with the ETF structure. Shares of ETFs may trade at a discount or a premium to an ETF’s net asset value which may result in an ETF’s market price being more or less than the value of the Reference ETP or ETPs especially during periods of market volatility or disruption. There may also be additional trading costs due to an ETF’s bid-ask spread, and/or the underlying fund may suspend purchases or redemption of its shares due to market conditions that make it impracticable to conduct such transactions, any of which may adversely affect the Fund. If an underlying fund’s shares are suspended from trading on an exchange, the Fund may not be able to obtain the required exposure to meet its investment objective.
Non-Affiliation Risk The Reference ETPs are not affiliated with the Trust, the Adviser or any affiliates thereof and are not involved with this offering in any way, and have no obligation to consider the Fund in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of the Fund. The Trust, the Fund and any affiliate are not responsible for the performance of a Reference ETP and make no representation as to the performance of a Reference ETP. Investing in the Fund is not equivalent to investing in a Reference ETP. Fund
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shareholders will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to a Reference ETP.
Cash Transaction Risk Unlike most ETFs, the Fund currently intends to effect creations and redemptions principally for cash, rather than principally for in-kind securities, because of the nature of the financial instruments held by the Fund. As a result, the Fund is not expected to be tax efficient and will incur brokerage and financing costs related to buying and selling securities and/or obtaining short derivative exposure to achieve its investment objective thus incurring additional expenses than other funds that primarily effect 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.
Liquidity Risk Holdings of the Fund may be difficult to buy or sell or may be illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value, especially in changing or volatile markets. If the Fund is forced to buy or sell an illiquid security or derivative instrument at an unfavorable time or price, the Fund may be adversely impacted. Certain market conditions or restrictions, such as market rules related to short sales, may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation with a Reference ETP. There is no assurance that a security or derivative instrument that is deemed liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid. Market illiquidity may cause losses for the Fund. To the extent that the value of a Reference ETP increases or decreases significantly, the Fund may be one of many market participants that are attempting to transact in the Reference ETPs. Under such circumstances, the market for the Reference ETPs may lack sufficient liquidity for all market participants' trades. Therefore, the Fund may have more difficulty transacting in the Reference ETPs and the Fund's transactions could exacerbate the price changes of the Reference ETPs and may impact the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
In certain cases, the market for the Fund’s investments may lack sufficient liquidity for all market participants' trades. Therefore, the Fund may have difficulty transacting in it and/or in correlated investments, such as swap contracts. Further, the Fund's transactions could exacerbate illiquidity and volatility in the price of the securities and correlated derivative instruments.
Market Risk The Fund’s investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities markets. Investment markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, general market liquidity, exchange trading suspensions and closures, geopolitical events, tariffs, trade wars, natural disasters, and public health risks. Interest rates and inflation rates may change frequently and drastically due to various factors and the Fund’s investments may be adversely impacted.
The economic, fiscal, monetary and foreign policies of the U.S. government, including the imposition of tariffs, changes to its federal agencies and changes to regulatory policies, will impact the U.S. economy and could lead to increased market volatility and may adversely impact the overall market and individual securities.
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.
The Fund expects to gain exposure to bitcoin and generate qualifying income by investing in bitcoin indirectly through a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a RIC, a Fund will limit its investments in such subsidiary to 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund may, however, exceed this amount from time to time if the Adviser believes doing so is in the best interests of the Fund, provided, however, that the Fund intends to continue to comply with the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. If the Fund's investments in the subsidiary were to exceed 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of a tax quarter, the Fund may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC. The Adviser will carefully monitor the Fund's investments in the subsidiary to ensure that no more than 25% of the Fund's assets are invested in the subsidiary at the end of each tax quarter. The Fund intends to invest in complex derivatives for which there is not clear guidance from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") as to the calculation of such investments under the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. There are no assurances that the IRS will agree with the Fund's calculation under the asset diversification test which could cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC.
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 able 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 “Dividends, Other Distributions and Taxes” in the Statement of Additional Information for more information.
Subsidiary Investment Risk By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. Since the Subsidiary is organized under the law of the Cayman Islands and is not registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
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as amended, the Fund will not receive all of the protections offered to shareholders of registered investment companies. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as intended, which may negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
Bitcoin Futures Risk The market for bitcoin futures is less developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the bitcoin futures market has grown substantially since bitcoin futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will continue. The price for bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for them. The crypto asset trading platforms on which ether or bitcoin are traded, and which may serve as a pricing source for the calculation of the ether or bitcoin reference rate that is used for the purposes of valuing the Fund’s investments, are or may become subject to enforcement actions by regulatory authorities, and that such enforcement actions may have a material adverse impact on the Fund, its investments, and its ability to implement its investment strategy. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts. The level of demand for bitcoin futures may cause them to trade at a significant premium or discount to the “spot” price of bitcoin. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors may also limit the Fund’s ability to achieve its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. If the Fund is unable to achieve such exposure it may not be able to meet its investment objective and the Fund’s returns may be different or lower than expected. Additionally, collateral requirements may require the Fund to liquidate its position, potentially incurring losses and expenses, when it otherwise would not do so. Margin levels for bitcoin futures contracts are substantially higher than the margin requirements for more established futures contracts. Additionally, the Futures Commission Merchants (“FCMs”) utilized by the Fund may impose margin requirements in addition to those imposed by the exchanges. Margin requirements are subject to change, and may be raised in the future by the exchanges and the FCMs. High margin requirements could prevent the Fund from obtaining sufficient exposure to bitcoin futures and may adversely affect its ability to achieve its investment objective. Further, FCMs utilized by the Funds may impose limits on the amount of exposure to futures contracts the Fund can obtain through such FCMs. If the Fund cannot obtain sufficient exposure through its FCMs, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective. Investing in derivatives like bitcoin futures may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to significant risks. These risks include counterparty risk and liquidity risk. The performance of bitcoin futures contracts and bitcoin may differ and may not be correlated with each other, over short or long periods of time.
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk If the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, for example, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, or as a result
of margin requirements, position limits, accountability levels, or other limitations imposed by the Fund’s FCMs, the CME, or the CFTC, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses.
In such circumstances, the Adviser may take such action as it deems appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund; however, it will not suspend creations. If the Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts because it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Fund may invest in registered investment companies or operating companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are publicly traded that invest in, or have exposure to, bitcoin, ether, bitcoin futures or ether futures. Any disruption in the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts will cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of bitcoin futures. Additionally, the ability of the Fund to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts is limited by certain tax rules that limit the amount the Fund can invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary as of the end of each tax quarter. Exceeding this amount may have adverse tax consequences. Additionally, compliance with these tax rules may result in the Fund being under-exposed to bitcoin futures and may result in the Fund not achieving its investment objective and/or increasing the expenses of the Fund.
Bitcoin Futures Liquidity Risk The market for bitcoin futures contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity. During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large size of the positions which the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and may increase the losses incurred while trying to do so. Such large positions also may impact the price of bitcoin futures, which could decrease the correlation between the performance of bitcoin futures and the “spot” price of bitcoin.
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk An exchange or market may close early and unexpectedly or issue trading halts on specific securities or financial instruments. Under such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to execute intended portfolio transactions, rebalance its portfolio, or accurately price its investments, and may disrupt the Fund’s creation/redemption process which means the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective and it may incur substantial losses or reduced gains. Additionally, an exchange or market may also halt the trading of the Fund’s shares, limiting an investor’s ability to buy or sell Fund shares on that exchange or market.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk Daily rebalancing of the Fund’s holdings pursuant to its daily investment objective causes a much greater number of portfolio transactions when compared to most ETFs. Additionally, active secondary market trading of the Shares could cause more frequent creation and redemption activities, which would increase the number of portfolio transactions. High levels of portfolio transactions
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may cause higher transaction costs because of increased broker commissions resulting from such transactions and increased taxable capital gains. The Fund calculates portfolio turnover without including the short-term cash instruments or derivative transactions that comprise most of the Fund’s trading. As such, if the Fund’s extensive use of derivative instruments were reflected, the calculated portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.
Money Market Instrument Risk The Fund may use a variety of money market instruments for cash management purposes, including money market funds, depositary accounts and repurchase agreements. Money market funds may be subject to credit risk with respect to the debt instruments in which they invest. Depository accounts may be subject to credit risk with respect to the financial institution in which the depository account is held. Money market instruments may lose money.
Non-Diversification Risk The Fund 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, the credit of a single counterparty, and/or a single economic, political or regulatory event.
Concentration Risk The Fund’s investments will be concentrated (i.e., more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets) in investments that provide exposure to bitcoin. As a result, the Fund may be more volatile than a Fund with a more diversified portfolio.
New Fund Risk The Fund recently commenced operations, has a limited operating history, and started operations with a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful or grow to or maintain a viable size, that an active trading market for the Fund’s shares will develop or be maintained, or that the Fund’s shares’ listing will continue unchanged.
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk. The Fund may have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that those Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, Shares may trade at larger bid-ask spreads and/or premiums or discounts to net asset value. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for a fund that invests in non-U.S. securities or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.
Absence of Active Market Risk. Although Shares are listed for trading on a stock exchange, there is no assurance that an active trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In the absence of an active trading market for Shares, they will likely trade with a wider bid/ask spread and at a greater premium or discount to net asset value.
Market Price Variance Risk. Fund Shares can be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices, which may be higher or lower than the net asset value of the Fund. When Shares trade at a price greater than net asset value,
they are said to trade at a “premium.” When they trade at a price less than net asset value, they are said to trade at a “discount.” The market price of Shares fluctuates based on changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings, the supply and demand for Shares and other market factors. The market price of Shares may vary significantly from the Fund’s net asset value especially during times of market volatility or stress. Further, to the extent that exchange specialists, market makers, Authorized Participants, or other market participants are unavailable or unable to trade the Fund’s Shares and/or create or redeem Creation Units premiums or discounts may increase.
Trading Cost Risk. When buying or selling Shares in the secondary market, a buyer may incur brokerage commission or other charges. In addition, a buyer may incur the cost of the “spread” also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the “ask” price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on, among other things, trading volume, market liquidity and market volatility. Because of the costs inherent in buying or selling Fund shares, frequent trading may detract significantly from investment results.
Exchange Trading Risk. Shares are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca. They also may be listed or traded on other U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges and may trade on electronic communication networks. Trading in Shares on their listing exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, including if they fail to meet the listing requirements of the exchange. Under certain circumstances, Shares may even be delisted. Trading halts of Shares should be expected to disrupt the Fund’s creation/redemption process and may temporarily prevent investors from buying and selling Shares. Like other listed securities, Shares of the Fund may be sold short, and short positions in Shares may place downward pressure on their market price.
Fund Performance
No prior investment performance is provided for the Fund because it had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Upon commencement of operations, updated performance will be available on the Fund’s website at www.direxion.com/etfs?producttab=performance or by calling the Fund toll-free at (866) 476-7523.
Management
Investment Adviser. Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is the Fund’s investment adviser.
Portfolio Managers. The following members of Rafferty’s investment team are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund:
Portfolio Managers
Years of Service
with the Fund
Primary Title
Paul Brigandi
Since Inception
Portfolio Manager
Tony Ng
Since Inception
Portfolio Manager
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund’s individual shares may only be purchased or sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediaries at market price rather than at net asset value. The market price of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings and supply and demand for the Shares, which may result in shareholders purchasing or selling the Shares on the secondary market at a market price that is greater than net asset value (a premium) or less than net asset value (a discount). A shareholder may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for the Fund’s Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for the Fund’s Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares on the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”) in addition to brokerage commissions. The bid-ask spread may vary over time for Shares based on trading volume and market liquidity. Recent information regarding the Fund Shares such as net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts and bid-ask spreads and related other information is available on the Fund’s website, www.direxion.com/etfs?producttab=performance.
The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable by the Fund. The Fund will issue and redeem Shares only to Authorized Participants in exchange for cash or a deposit or delivery of a basket of assets (securities and/or cash) in large blocks, known as creation units, each of which is comprised of 25,000 Shares.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or long-term capital gains. Those distributions will be subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local taxes, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Distributions or investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal. Distributions by the Fund may be significantly higher than those of most other ETFs.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial adviser), the Fund and/or its Adviser 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.
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Overview of the Funds
The Direxion Shares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is a registered investment company offering a number of separate exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). This Prospectus describes the ETFs noted below (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”). Rafferty Asset Management, LLC serves as the investment adviser to each Fund ("Rafferty" or the "Adviser").
The Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF (the “Bull Fund”) attempts to provide daily leveraged investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 200% of the performance of U.S.-listed exchange-traded products that attempt to reflect the price performance of bitcoin (each a "Reference ETP” and collectively the "Reference ETPs"). The Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF (the “Bear Fund”) attempts to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 200% of the inverse, or opposite, of the performance of a Reference ETP.
Each Fund seeks to provide a return which is a multiple of the daily performance of the Reference ETPs. No Fund attempts to provide returns which are a multiple of the return of the Reference ETPs for periods other than a single day. Each Fund rebalances its portfolio on a daily basis, increasing exposure in response to that day’s gains or reducing exposure in response to that day’s losses.
Also, the exposure to the Reference ETPs received by an investor who purchases a Fund intra-day will differ from the Fund’s stated daily leveraged or inverse leveraged investment objective by an amount determined by the movement of the Reference ETPs from its value at the end of the prior day. If the Reference ETPs move in a direction favorable to the Fund between the close of the market on one trading day through the time on the next trading day when the investor purchases Fund shares, the investor will receive less exposure to the Reference ETPs than the stated fund daily leveraged investment objective. Conversely, if the Reference ETPs move in a direction adverse to the Fund, the investor will receive more exposure to the Reference ETPs than the stated fund daily leveraged investment objective.
Shares of the Funds (“Shares”), upon commencement of operations, will be listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”), where the market prices for the Shares may be different from the intra-day value of the Shares disseminated by the Exchange and from their net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, Shares are not individually redeemable directly with a Fund. Rather, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of Shares called “Creation Units.” A Creation Unit consists of 25,000 Shares. Creation Units of the Funds are issued and redeemed in cash and/or in-kind. As a result, retail investors generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from, or with, each Fund. Most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market through a broker.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset that serves as the unit of account on an open-source, decentralized, peer-to-peer computer network (the “Bitcoin Network”). Bitcoin may be used to pay for goods and services, stored for future use, or converted to a government-issued currency. As of the date of this Prospectus, the adoption of bitcoin for these purposes has been limited. The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body.
The value of bitcoin is determined in part by the supply of (which is limited), and demand for, bitcoin in the markets for exchange that have been organized to facilitate the trading of bitcoin. By design, the supply of bitcoin is limited to 21 million bitcoins. As of the date of this Prospectus, there are approximately 20 million bitcoins in circulation.
The Bitcoin Network
The infrastructure of the Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by participants in the Bitcoin Network, which include miners, developers, and users. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is accessed through software and governs bitcoin’s creation and movement. The source code for the Bitcoin Network, often referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol, is open-source, and anyone can contribute to its development. Miners validate transactions and are currently compensated for that service in bitcoin. Developers maintain and contribute updates to the Bitcoin Network’s source code often referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol. Users access the Bitcoin Network using open-source software. Anyone can be a user, developer, or miner.
Bitcoin is maintained on a digital transaction ledger commonly known as a “blockchain.” A blockchain is a type of shared and continually reconciled database, stored in a decentralized manner on the computers of certain users of the digital asset and is protected by cryptography. The bitcoin blockchain contains a record and history for each bitcoin transaction.
New bitcoin is created by “mining.” Miners use specialized computer software and hardware to solve a highly complex mathematical problem presented by the Bitcoin Protocol. The first miner to successfully solve the problem is permitted to add a block of transactions to the bitcoin blockchain. The new block is then confirmed through acceptance by a majority of users who maintain versions of the blockchain on their individual computers. Miners that successfully add a block to the bitcoin blockchain are automatically rewarded with a fixed amount of bitcoin for their effort plus any transaction fees paid by transferors whose transactions are recorded in the block. This reward system is the means by which new bitcoin enter circulation and is the mechanism by which versions of the blockchain held by users on a decentralized network are kept in consensus.
The Bitcoin Protocol
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The Bitcoin Protocol is an open-source project with no official company or group in control. Anyone can review the underlying code and suggest changes. There are, however, a number of individual developers that regularly contribute to a specific distribution of bitcoin software known as the “Bitcoin Core.” Developers of the Bitcoin Core loosely oversee the development of the source code. There are many other compatible versions of the bitcoin software, but Bitcoin Core is the most widely adopted and currently provides the de facto standard for the Bitcoin Protocol. The core developers are able to access, and can alter, the Bitcoin Network source code and, as a result, they are responsible for quasi-official releases of updates and other changes to the Bitcoin Network’s source code.
However, because bitcoin has no central authority, the release of updates to the Bitcoin Network’s source code by the core developers does not guarantee that the updates will be automatically adopted by the other participants. Users and miners must accept any changes made to the source code by downloading the proposed modification and that modification is effective only with respect to those bitcoin users and miners who choose to download it. As a practical matter, a modification to the source code becomes part of the Bitcoin Network only if it is accepted by participants that collectively have a majority of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network.
If a modification is accepted by only a percentage of users and miners, a division will occur such that one network will run the pre-modification source code and the other network will run the modified source code. Such a division is known as a “fork.”
Investment in the Cayman Subsidiary
A Fund expects to gain exposure to bitcoin by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Island (the “Subsidiary”). Each Subsidiary will be managed and advised by the Adviser.
Additional Bitcoin-Related Investments
If a Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to bitcoin, the Adviser intends to take such action as it believes appropriate and in the best interest of a Fund. This may include among other things, investing in bitcoin futures or other instruments that provide exposure to bitcoin or bitcoin futures.
Additional Information Regarding Reference ETPs Used as Reference Assets for Swap Agreements
Each Fund may enter into one or more swap agreements that use a Reference ETP as the reference asset. You can see a Fund's portfolio holdings, including the ticker symbol of the Reference ETP that is the reference asset of any swap agreement entered into by a Fund, each day on a Fund's website (www.direxion.com) .
The value of a Fund's swap transactions is based on the market price of the Reference ETP that is the reference asset underlying such transaction.
The Reference ETPs generally seek to track the performance of spot bitcoin (as measured by a relevant index), before the payment of expenses and liabilities of the Reference ETP. In seeking its objective, a Reference ETP will generally only hold bitcoin and a small amount of cash to manage expenses. As a result, a Reference ETP is subject to the risks of bitcoin (as described elsewhere in this Prospectus) and risks due to its concentration of investments in a single asset. A custodian will hold all the Reference ETP’s bitcoin on behalf of the Reference ETP. A Reference ETP does not purchase or sell bitcoin other than in connection with the creation and redemption of shares or to pay certain expenses, which are facilitated by a prime broker with whom the Reference ETP contracts.
Each Reference ETP utilizes an underlying bitcoin index and retains service providers. While some Reference ETPs may have the same index and service providers, events that adversely affect a particular index (e.g., failure to track the spot bitcoin prices) or service provider (e.g., theft of bitcoin held in custody) may adversely affect the Reference ETP that tracks that index or uses that service provider while other Reference ETPs that do not track the same index or use the same service provider may not be affected by such events. Reference ETPs charge different fees and may perform differently from one another. The inability of authorized participants and market makers to hedge their bitcoin exposure and other factors may also adversely affect the liquidity of shares of a Reference ETP and the value of an investment in such shares. In each case, any event that affects the value of the Reference ETP used as a reference asset on a swap entered into by a Fund will affect the value of that swap agreement and the performance of a Fund. The Reference ETPs are relatively new entities with limited operating histories. Unlike a Fund, Reference ETPs are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act.
The following are examples of Reference ETPs that may serve as reference assets on swaps entered into by a Fund. Shares of Reference ETPs are listed and trade on an exchange. The Reference ETPs are subject to the information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; information provided to or filed with the SEC by a Reference ETP can be located by reference to the Reference ETP’s SEC file number through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, each Reference ETP discloses its portfolio holdings each day on the Reference ETP’s website. The Reference ETPs that serve as reference assets may change from time to time. During some periods of time (including extended periods of time), a Fund expects to have exposure to bitcoin through a swap that uses a single Reference ETP as the reference asset.
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Reference ETP
Listing Exchange
Ticker Symbol
SEC File Numbers
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF
Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc
ARKB
001-41910/333-
257474
Bitwise Bitcoin ETF
NYSE Arca, Inc.
BITB
001-41902/333-
260235
Fidelity® WiseOrigin® Bitcoin Fund
Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc
FBTC
001-41904/333-
254652
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
NYSE Arca, Inc.
GBTC
001-41906/333-
275079
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF
Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC
IBIT
001-41914/333-272680
The Funds are not suitable for all investors. The Funds are designed to be utilized only by sophisticated investors, such as traders and active investors employing dynamic strategies. Such investors are expected to monitor and manage their portfolios frequently. Investors in the Funds should: (a) understand the risks associated with the use of leverage; (b) understand the consequences of seeking daily leveraged investment results; (c) for the Bear Fund, understand the risk of shorting; and (d) intend to actively monitor and manage their investments. Investors who do not understand the Funds or do not intend to actively manage their funds and monitor their investments should not buy the Funds.
There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve its investment objective and an investment in a Fund could lose money. No single Fund is a complete investment program.
Changes in Investment Objective. Each Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Funds' Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.
Defensive Policy. Each Fund pursues its investment objective regardless of the market conditions and does not generally take defensive positions. If each Fund takes a temporary defensive position, it may not meet its investment objective during such periods.
Additional Information Regarding Investment Techniques and Policies
Rafferty uses statistical and quantitative analysis to determine the investments each Fund makes and the techniques it employs. Rafferty relies upon a pre-determined model to generate orders that result in repositioning each Fund’s investments in accordance with its daily leveraged investment objective. Using this approach, Rafferty determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that it believes in combination should produce daily returns consistent with a Fund’s investment objective. In general, if a Fund is performing as designed, the return of a Reference ETP will dictate the return for that Fund. Rafferty does not invest the assets of a Fund in securities, derivatives or other investments based on Rafferty’s view of the investment merit of a particular security, instrument or company, nor does it conduct conventional investment research or analysis or forecast market movements or trends.
For the Bull Fund, Rafferty attempts to provide two times the returns of a Reference ETP for a one-day period. The Bear Fund is managed to provide two times the inverse (or opposite) of the return of a Reference ETP for a one-day period. To do this, Rafferty creates net “long” positions for the Bull Fund and net “short” positions for the Bear Fund. (Rafferty may create short positions in the Bull Fund and long positions in the Bear Fund even though the net exposure in the Bull Fund will be long and the net exposure in the Bear Fund will be short.) Long positions move in the same direction as a Reference ETP, advancing when a Reference ETP advances and declining when a Reference ETP declines. Short positions move in the opposite direction of a Reference ETP, advancing when a Reference ETP declines and declining when a Reference ETP advances. Additionally, none of the Funds seek income that is exempt from federal, state or local income taxes.
At the close of the markets each trading day, each Fund will position its portfolio to ensure that the Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is consistent with the Fund’s stated investment objective. The impact of market movements during the day determines whether a portfolio needs to be repositioned. If a Reference ETP has risen on a given day, the Bull Fund’s net assets should rise, meaning its exposure will typically need to be increased. Conversely, if a Reference ETP has fallen on a given day, the Bull Fund’s net assets should fall, meaning its exposure will typically need to be reduced. If a Reference ETP has risen on a given day, the Bear Fund’s net assets should fall, meaning its exposure will typically need to be reduced. If a Reference ETP has fallen on a given day, the Bear Fund’s net assets should rise, meaning its exposure will typically need to be increased. Any of the Funds’ portfolios may also need to be changed to reflect changes in the composition of a Reference ETP.
Each Fund has a clearly articulated daily leveraged investment objective which requires the Fund to seek economic exposure in excess of its net assets (i.e., economic leverage). To meet its objectives, each Fund invests in some combination of financial instruments so that it generates economic exposure consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.
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The Bull Fund generally may hold a representative sample of the securities in a Reference ETP. The sampling of securities that is held by the Bull Fund is intended to maintain high correlation with, and similar aggregate characteristics (e.g., market capitalization and industry weightings) to, a Reference ETP. The Bull Fund also may invest in securities that are not included in a Reference ETP or may overweight or underweight certain components of a Reference ETP. Certain Funds’ assets may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that a Reference ETP concentrates in a particular industry or group of industries. In addition, each Fund offered in this Prospectus is non-diversified, which means that it may invest in the securities of a limited number of issuers.
The Effects of Fees and Expenses on the Return of the Bull Fund for a Single Trading Day. To create the necessary exposure, the Bull Fund uses leveraged investment techniques, which necessarily incur brokerage and financing charges. In light of these charges and each Bull Fund’s operating expenses, the expected return of the Bull Fund over one trading day is equal to the gross expected return, which is the daily Reference ETP return multiplied by the Bull Fund’s daily leveraged investment objective, minus (i) financing charges incurred by the portfolio and (ii) daily operating expenses. For instance, if the Reference ETP gains 2% on a given day, the gross expected return of the Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF would be 4%, but the net expected return, which factors in the cost of financing the portfolio and the impact of operating expenses, would be lower. The Bull Fund will reposition its portfolio at the end of every trading day. Therefore, if an investor purchases Fund shares at close of the markets on a given trading day, the investor’s exposure to a Reference ETP of the Bull Fund would reflect 200% of the performance of a Reference ETP during the following trading day, subject to the charges and expenses noted above.
The Effects of Fees and Expenses on the Return of the Bear Fund for a Single Trading Day. To create the necessary exposure, the Bear Fund engages in short selling—borrowing and selling securities it does not own. The money that the Bear Fund receives from short sales—the short sale proceeds—is an asset of the Bear Fund that can generate income to help offset the Bear Fund’s operating expenses. However, the costs of creating short exposure, which may require the Bear Fund’s counterparties to borrow and sell certain securities, may offset or outweigh such income. As the holder of a short position, the Bear Fund also is responsible for paying the dividends and interest accruing on the short position, which is an expense to the Bear Fund that could cause the Fund to lose money on the short sale and may adversely affect its performance. Each Bear Fund will reposition its portfolio at the end of every trading day. Therefore, if an investor purchases Bear Fund shares at close of the markets on a given trading day, the investor’s exposure to a Reference ETP of the Bear Fund would reflect 200% of the inverse performance of a Reference ETP during the following trading day, subject to the charges and expenses noted above.
A Fund may have difficulty in achieving its daily leveraged investment objective due to fees, expenses, transaction costs, income items, accounting standards, significant purchase and redemption activity by Fund shareholders and/or disruptions or a temporary lack of liquidity in the markets for the securities held by the Fund. Additionally, if a Reference ETP includes foreign securities or a Fund tracks a foreign market index where the foreign market closes before or after the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) closes (generally at 4 p.m. Eastern Time), the performance of a Reference ETP may differ from the expected daily leveraged performance.
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may result in a Fund being unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, a Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
If a Fund is unable to obtain leveraged or leveraged inverse exposure to a Reference ETP consistent with its investment objective, such as situations in which the instruments utilized by a Fund are thinly traded or have a limited market, a Fund could, among other things, fail to meet its daily investment objective, increase its transaction fee, or reject one or more orders for Creation Units. Under such circumstances, a Fund could trade at a premium or discount to its NAV and the bid-ask spread in its shares could widen.
A Cautionary Note to Investors Regarding Dramatic Reference ETP Movement. A Fund could lose an amount greater than its net assets in the event of a movement of a Reference ETP in excess of 50% in a direction adverse to the Fund (meaning a decline in the value of a Reference ETP of the Bull Fund and a gain in the value of a Reference ETP for the Bear Fund).
If a Reference ETP of a Fund has a dramatic adverse move that causes a material decline in the Fund’s net assets, the terms of a Fund’s swap agreements may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the swap transaction. In that event, a Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve exposure consistent with a Fund’s investment objective. This may prevent a Fund from achieving its leveraged or inverse leveraged investment objective, even if a Reference ETP later reverses all or a portion the move, and result in significant losses.
Examples of the Impact of Daily Leverage and Compounding. Because each Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is repositioned on a daily basis, for a holding period longer than one day, the pursuit of a daily investment objective will result in daily leveraged compounding for the Funds. This means that the return of a Reference ETP over a period of time greater than one day multiplied by a Fund’s daily leveraged investment objective (e.g., 200% or -200%) generally will not equal a Fund’s performance over that same period. As a consequence, investors should not plan to hold the Funds unmonitored for periods longer than a single trading day. This deviation increases with higher volatility in a Reference ETP and longer holding
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periods. Further, the return for investors that invest for periods less than a full trading day or for a period different than a trading day will not be the product of the return of a Fund’s stated daily leveraged investment objective and the performance of a Reference ETP for the full trading day. The actual exposure will largely be a function of the performance of the a Reference ETP from the end of the prior trading day.
Consider the following examples:
Mary is considering investments in two funds, Funds A and B. Fund A is a traditional investment ETF which seeks (before fees and expenses) to match the performance of the XYZ investment. Fund B is a leveraged ETF and seeks daily leveraged investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the XYZ investment.
On Day 1, the XYZ investment increases in value from $100 to $105, a gain of 5%. On Day 2, the XYZ investment declines from $105 back to $100, a loss of 4.76%. In the aggregate, the XYZ investment has not moved.
An investment in Fund A would be expected to gain 5% on Day 1 and lose 4.76% on Day 2, returning the investment to its original value. The following example assumes a $100 investment in Fund A when the investment is also valued at $100:
Day
Reference ETP Value
Reference ETP Performance
Value of Fund A Investment
 
$100.00
 
$100.00
1
$105.00
5.00%
$105.00
2
$100.00
-4.76%
$100.00
The same $100 investment in Fund B would be expected to gain 10% on Day 1 (200% of 5%) but decline 9.52% on Day 2.
Day
Reference ETP Performance
200% of Reference ETP Performance
Value of Fund B Investment
 
 
 
$100.00
1
5.00%
10.0%
$110.00
2
-4.76%
-9.52%
$99.52
Although the percentage decline in Fund B is smaller on Day 2 than the percentage gain on Day 1, the loss is applied to a higher principal amount, so the investment in Fund B experiences a loss even when the aggregate investment value for the two-day period has not declined. (These calculations do not include the charges for fund fees and expenses.)
As you can see, an investment in Fund B has additional risks due to the effects of leverage and compounding.
An investor who purchases shares of a Fund intra-day will generally receive more, or less, than 200% exposure to the Reference ETP from that point until the end of the trading day. The actual exposure will be largely a function of the performance of the Reference ETP from the end of the prior trading day. If a Fund’s shares are held for a period longer than a single trading day, the Fund’s performance is likely to deviate from 200% or -200% of the return of a Reference ETP’s performance for the longer period. This deviation will increase with higher Reference ETP volatility and longer holding periods.
Examples of the Impact of Reference ETP Volatility. Each Fund rebalances its portfolio on a daily basis, increasing exposure in response to that day’s gains or reducing exposure in response to that day’s losses. Daily rebalancing will typically cause a Fund to lose money if the Reference ETP experiences volatility. The volatility rate of a Reference ETP is a statistical measure of the magnitude of fluctuations in the investment’s returns over a defined period. For periods longer than a trading day, volatility in the performance of a Reference ETP from day to day is the primary cause of any disparity between a Fund’s actual returns and the returns of a Reference ETP for such period. Volatility causes such disparity because it exacerbates the effects of compounding on a Fund’s returns. In addition, the effects of volatility are magnified in the Funds due to leverage. Consider the following three examples that demonstrate the effect of volatility on a hypothetical fund:
Example 1 – Underlying Reference ETP Experiences Low Volatility
Mary invests $10.00 in a hypothetical Bull Fund at the close of trading on Day 1. During Day 2, the Fund’s underlying investment rises from 100 to 102, a 2% gain. Mary’s investment rises 4% to $10.40. Mary holds her investment through the close of trading on Day 3, during which the Fund’s underlying investment rises from 102 to 104, a gain of 1.96%. Mary’s investment rises to $10.81, a gain during Day 3 of 3.92%. For the two day period since Mary invested in the Fund, the underlying investment gained 4% although Mary’s investment increased by 8.1%. Because the underlying investment continued to trend upwards with low volatility, Mary’s return closely correlates to 200% of the underlying investment for the period.
John invests $10.00 in a hypothetical Bear Fund at the close of trading on Day 1. During Day 2, the Fund’s underlying investment gains 2%, and John’s investment falls by 4% to $9.60. On Day 3, the underlying investment rises by 1.96%, and John’s Fund falls by 3.92% to $9.22. For the two day period the underlying investment returned 4% while the Fund lost 7.8%. John’s return still correlates to -200% return of the underlying investment, but not as closely as Mary’s investment in the Bull Fund.
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Example 2 – Underlying Reference ETP Experiences High Volatility
Mary invests $10.00 in a hypothetical Bull Fund after the close of trading on Day 1. During Day 2, the Fund’s underlying investment rises from 100 to 102, a 2% gain, and Mary’s investment rises 4% to $10.40. Mary continues to hold her investment through the end of Day 3, during which the Fund’s underlying investment declines from 102 to 98, a loss of 3.92%. Mary’s investment declines by 7.84%, from $10.40 to $9.58. For the two day period since Mary invested in the Fund, the Fund’s underlying investment lost 2% while Mary’s investment decreased from $10 to $9.58, a 4.2% loss. The volatility of the underlying investment affected the correlation between the underlying investment’s return for the two day period and Mary’s return. In this situation, Mary lost more than two times the return of the underlying investment.
Conversely, John invests $10.00 in a hypothetical Bear Fund after the close of trading on Day 1. During Day 2, the Fund’s underlying investment rises from 100 to 102, a 2% gain, and John’s investment falls 4% to $9.60. John continues to hold his investment through the end of Day 3, during which the Fund’s underlying investment declines from 102 to 98, a loss of 3.92%. John’s investment rises by 7.84%, from $9.60 to $10.35. For the two day period since John invested in the Fund, the Fund’s underlying investment lost 2% while John’s investment increased from $10 to $10.35, a 3.5% gain. The volatility of the underlying investment affected the correlation between the underlying investment’s return for the two day period and John’s return. In this situation, John gained less than two times the return of the underlying investment.
Example 3 – Intra-day Investment with Volatility
The examples above assumed that Mary purchased the hypothetical Bull Fund at the close of trading on Day 1 and sold her investment at the close of trading on a subsequent day. However, if she made an investment intra-day, she would have received a beta determined by the performance of the underlying investment from the end of the prior trading day until her time of purchase on the next trading day. Consider the following example.
Mary invests $10.00 in a hypothetical Bull Fund at 11 a.m. on Day 2. From the close of trading on Day 1 until 11 a.m. on Day 2, the underlying investment moved from 100 to 102, a 2% gain. In light of that gain, the Fund beta at the point at which Mary invests is 196%. During the remainder of Day 2, the Fund’s underlying investment rises from 102 to 110, a gain of 7.84%, and Mary’s investment rises 15.4% (which is the underlying investment gain of 7.84% multiplied by the 196% beta that she received) to $11.54.
Market Volatility. Each Fund seeks to provide a return which is a multiple of the daily performance of a Reference ETP. No Fund attempts to, and no Fund should be expected to, provide returns which are a multiple of the return of a Reference ETP for periods other than a single day. Each Fund rebalances its portfolio on a daily basis, increasing exposure in response to that day’s gains or reducing exposure in response to that day’s losses.
Daily rebalancing will impair a Fund’s performance if a Reference ETP experiences volatility. For instance, the Bull Fund would be expected to lose 4% (as shown in Table 1 below) if a Reference ETP provided no return over a one year period and experienced annualized volatility of 20%. The Bear Fund would be expected to lose 12% (as shown in Table 1 below) if a Reference ETP provided no return over a one year period and had annualized volatility of 20%. If a Reference ETP’s annualized volatility were to rise to 40%, the hypothetical loss for a one year period for the Bull Fund widens to approximately 15% while the loss for the Bear Fund rises to 45%.
Table 1 - Impact of Hypothetical Volatility Levels on Returns
Volatility
Range
2X Bull Fund
Loss
2X Bear Fund
Loss
10%
-1%
-3%
20%
-4%
-12%
30%
-9%
-26%
40%
-15%
-45%
50%
-23%
-65%
60%
-33%
-92%
70%
-47%
-99%
80%
-55%
-99%
90%
-76%
-99%
100%
-84%
-99%
Note that at higher volatility levels, there is a chance of a complete loss of Fund assets even if a Reference ETP is flat. For instance, if annualized volatility of a Reference ETP were 90%, a Bull Fund based on that underlying Reference ETPs would be expected to lose 76% and a Bear Fund based on that underlying Reference ETPs would be expected to lose 99% of its value, even if the Reference ETP returned 0% for the year.
The volatility of the initial Reference ETP from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the initial Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 50.21%. The performance of the initial Reference ETP from January 11, 2024 (the inception date of the initial Reference ETP) to December 31, 2025 was 37.08%. Since market volatility has negative implications for funds which rebalance daily, investors should be sure to monitor and manage their investments in the Funds particularly in volatile markets. The negative
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implications of volatility in Table 1 can be combined with the five year volatility rate to give investors some sense of the risks of holding the Funds for long periods. This information is intended to simply underscore the fact that each Fund is designed as a short-term trading vehicle. The Funds are not intended to be used by, and are not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios.
The Projected Returns of Funds for Intra-Day Purchases. Because the Funds rebalance their portfolios once daily, an investor who purchases shares during a day will likely have more, or less, than 200% leveraged investment exposure to a Reference ETP. The exposure to a Reference ETP received by an investor who purchases a Fund intra-day will differ from the Fund’s stated daily leveraged investment objective (e.g., 200% or -200%) by an amount determined by the movement of a Reference ETP from its value at the end of the prior day. If a Reference ETP moves in a direction favorable to the Fund between the close of the market on one trading day through the time on the next trading day when the investor purchases Fund shares, the investor will receive less exposure to a Reference ETP than the stated fund daily leveraged investment objective (e.g., 200% or -200%). Conversely, if a Reference ETP moves in a direction adverse to the Fund, the investor will receive more exposure to a Reference ETP than the stated fund daily leveraged investment objective (e.g., 200% or -200%).
Table 2 below indicates the exposure to a Reference ETP that an intra-day purchase of the Bull Fund would be expected to provide based upon the movement in the value of the Bull Fund’s Reference ETP from the close of the market on the prior trading day. Such exposure holds until a subsequent sale on that same trading day or until the close of the market on that trading day. For instance, if a Reference ETP of the Bull Fund has moved 5% in a direction favorable to the Bull Fund, the investor would receive exposure to the performance of a Reference ETP from that point until the investor sells later that day or the end of the day equal to approximately 191% of the investor’s investment.
Conversely, if a Reference ETP has moved 5% in a direction unfavorable to the Bull Fund, an investor at that point would receive exposure to the performance of a Reference ETP from that point until the investor sells later that day or the end of the day equal to approximately 211% of the investor’s investment.
The table includes a range of Reference ETP moves from 20% to -20% for the Bull Fund. Movement of the Reference ETP beyond the range noted below will result in exposure further from the Bull Fund’s daily leveraged investment objective.
Table 2 - Intra-Day Leverage of the Bull Fund Given Market Movements
Reference ETP Move
Resulting Exposure for Bull Fund
-20%
267%
-15%
243%
-10%
225%
-5%
211%
0%
200%
5%
191%
10%
183%
15%
177%
20%
171%
Table 3 below indicates the exposure to a Reference ETP that an intra-day purchase of the Bear Fund would be expected to provide based upon the movement in the value of a Bear Fund’s Reference ETP from the close of the market on the prior trading day. Such exposure holds until a subsequent sale on that same trading day or until the close of the market on that trading day. Table 3 indicates that, if a Bear Fund’s Reference ETP has moved 5% in a direction favorable to the Bear Fund, the investor would receive exposure to the performance of a Reference ETP from that point until the investor sells later that day or the end of the day equal to approximately -173% of the investor’s investment. Conversely, if a Reference ETP has moved 5% in a direction unfavorable to the Bear Fund, an investor would receive exposure to the performance of the Bear Fund’s Reference ETP from that point until the investor sells later that day or the end of the day equal to approximately 233% of the investor’s investment.
The table includes a range of Reference ETP moves from 20% to -20% for the Bear Fund. Movement of the Reference ETP beyond the range noted below will result in exposure further from the Bear Fund’s daily inverse leveraged investment objective.
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Table 3 - Intra-Day Leverage of the Bear Fund Given Market Movements
Reference ETP Move
Resulting Exposure for Bear Fund
-20%
-114%
-15%
-131%
-10%
-150%
-5%
-173%
0%
-200%
5%
-233%
10%
-275%
15%
-329%
20%
-400%
The Projected Returns of the Funds for Periods Other Than a Single Trading Day. The Funds seek leveraged investment results on a daily basis—from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day—
which should not be equated with seeking a leveraged investment objective for any other period. For instance, if the Reference ETP gains 10% for a week, the Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF should not be expected to provide a return of 20% for the week even if it meets its daily leveraged investment objective throughout the week. This is true because of the financing charges noted above but also because the pursuit of daily goals may result in daily leveraged compounding, which means that the return of a Reference ETP over a period of time greater than one day multiplied by a Fund’s daily leveraged investment objective or inverse daily leveraged investment objective (e.g., 200% or -200%) will not generally equal a Fund’s performance over that same period. In addition, the effects of compounding become greater the longer Shares are held beyond a single trading day.
The following tables set out a range of hypothetical daily performances during a given 10 trading days of a hypothetical underlying investment and demonstrate how changes in the hypothetical underlying investment impact the hypothetical Funds’ performance for a trading day and cumulatively up to, and including, the entire 10 trading day period. The charts are based on a hypothetical $100 investment in hypothetical Funds over a 10 trading day period and do not reflect fees or expenses of any kind.
Table 4 – The Reference ETP Lacks a Clear Trend
Reference ETP
Bull Fund
Bear Fund
 
Value
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
 
100
$100.00
$100.00
Day 1
105
5.00%
5.00%
$110.00
10.00%
10.00%
$90.00
-10.00%
-10.00%
Day 2
110
4.76%
10.00%
$120.48
9.52%
20.47%
$81.43
-9.52%
-18.57%
Day 3
100
-9.09%
0.00%
$98.57
-18.18%
-1.43%
$96.23
18.18%
-3.76%
Day 4
90
-10.00%
-10.00%
$78.86
-20.00%
-21.14%
$115.48
20.00%
15.48%
Day 5
85
-5.56%
-15.00%
$70.10
-11.12%
-29.91%
$128.31
11.12%
28.33%
Day 6
100
17.65%
0.00%
$94.83
35.30%
-5.17%
$83.03
-35.30%
-16.97%
Day 7
95
-5.00%
-5.00%
$85.35
-10.00%
-14.65%
$91.33
10.00%
-8.67%
Day 8
100
5.26%
0.00%
$94.34
10.52%
-5.68%
$81.71
-10.52%
-18.28%
Day 9
105
5.00%
5.00%
$103.77
10.00%
3.76%
$73.54
-10.00%
-26.45%
Day 10
100
-4.76%
0.00%
$93.89
-9.52%
-6.12%
$80.55
9.52%
-19.45%
The cumulative performance of the hypothetical underlying investment in Table 4 is 0% for 10 trading days. The return of the hypothetical Bull Fund for the 10 trading day period is -6.12%, while the return of the hypothetical Bear Fund is -19.45%. The volatility of the hypothetical underlying investment’s performance and lack of a clear trend results in performance for each hypothetical Fund for the period which bears little relationship to the performance of the hypothetical underlying investment for the 10 trading day period.
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Table 5 – The Reference ETP Rises in a Clear Trend
Reference ETP
Bull Fund
Bear Fund
 
Value
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
 
100
$100.00
$100.00
Day 1
102
2.00%
2.00%
$104.00
4.00%
4.00%
$96.00
-4.00%
-4.00%
Day 2
104
1.96%
4.00%
$108.08
3.92%
8.08%
$92.24
-3.92%
-7.76%
Day 3
106
1.92%
6.00%
$112.24
3.84%
12.23%
$88.69
-3.84%
-11.31%
Day 4
108
1.89%
8.00%
$116.47
3.78%
16.47%
$85.34
-3.78%
-14.66%
Day 5
110
1.85%
10.00%
$120.78
3.70%
20.78%
$82.18
-3.70%
-17.82%
Day 6
112
1.82%
12.00%
$125.18
3.64%
25.17%
$79.19
-3.64%
-20.81%
Day 7
114
1.79%
14.00%
$129.65
3.58%
29.66%
$76.36
-3.58%
-23.64%
Day 8
116
1.75%
16.00%
$134.20
3.50%
34.19%
$73.68
-3.50%
-26.31%
Day 9
118
1.72%
18.00%
$138.82
3.44%
38.81%
$71.14
-3.44%
-28.85%
Day 10
120
1.69%
20.00%
$143.53
3.38%
43.50%
$68.73
-3.38%
-31.25%
The cumulative performance of the hypothetical underlying investment in Table 5 is 20% for 10 trading days. The return of the hypothetical Bull Fund for the 10 trading day period is 43.50%, while the return of the hypothetical Bear Fund is -31.25%. In this case, because of the positive hypothetical underlying investment trend, the hypothetical Bull Fund’s gain is greater than 200% of the hypothetical underlying investment gain and the hypothetical Bear Fund’s decline is less than -200% of the hypothetical underlying investment gain for the 10 trading day period.
Table 6 – The Reference ETP Declines in a Clear Trend
Reference ETP
Bull Fund
Bear Fund
 
Value
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
NAV
Daily
Performance
Cumulative
Performance
 
100
$100.00
$100.00
Day 1
98
-2.00%
-2.00%
$96.00
-4.00%
-4.00%
$104.00
4.00%
4.00%
Day 2
96
-2.04%
-4.00%
$92.08
-4.08%
-7.92%
$108.24
4.08%
8.24%
Day 3
94
-2.08%
-6.00%
$88.24
-4.16%
-11.75%
$112.76
4.16%
12.75%
Day 4
92
-2.13%
-8.00%
$84.49
-4.26%
-15.51%
$117.55
4.26%
17.55%
Day 5
90
-2.17%
-10.00%
$80.82
-4.34%
-19.17%
$122.66
4.34%
22.65%
Day 6
88
-2.22%
-12.00%
$77.22
-4.44%
-22.76%
$128.12
4.44%
28.10%
Day 7
86
-2.27%
-14.00%
$73.71
-4.54%
-26.27%
$133.94
4.54%
33.91%
Day 8
84
-2.33%
-16.00%
$70.29
-4.66%
-29.71%
$140.17
4.66%
40.15%
Day 9
82
-2.38%
-18.00%
$66.94
-4.76%
-33.05%
$146.84
4.76%
46.82%
Day 10
80
-2.44%
-20.00%
$63.67
-4.88%
-36.32%
$154.01
4.88%
53.99%
The cumulative performance of the hypothetical underlying Reference ETPs in Table 6 is -20% for 10 trading days. The return of the hypothetical Bull Fund for the 10 trading day period is -36.32%, while the return of the hypothetical Bear Fund is 53.99%. In this case, because of the negative hypothetical underlying Reference ETPs trend, the hypothetical Bull Fund’s decline is less than 200% of the hypothetical underlying Reference ETPs decline and the hypothetical Bear Fund’s gain is greater than 200% of the hypothetical underlying Reference ETPs decline for the 10 trading day period.
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Additional Information Regarding Principal Risks
An investment in a Fund entails risks. A Fund may not achieve its investment objective and may decline in value. The Funds present risks not traditionally associated with other mutual funds and ETFs. For example, due to the Funds' daily leveraged investment objectives, a small adverse move in the Reference ETPs will result in larger and potentially substantial declines in the Funds. It is important that investors closely review and understand all of a Fund’s risks before making an investment. A Fund is not a complete investment program. The realization of certain of the risks described below may result in adverse market movements that may actually benefit the Bear Fund due to its inverse investment objective. The table below provides the risks of investing in the Funds. Following the table, each risk is explained.
 
 
 
 
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF
Shorting or Inverse Risk
 
X
Bitcoin Volatility Risk
X
X
Bitcoin Risk
X
X
Effects of Compounding and Market Volatility Risk
X
X
Leverage Risk
X
X
Derivatives Risk
X
X
Counterparty Risk
X
X
Intra-Day Investment Risk
X
X
Daily Correlation Risk
X
 
Daily Inverse Correlation Risk
 
X
Rebalancing Risk
X
X
Reference ETP Investment Risk
X
X
Other Investment Company (including ETFs) Risk
X
X
Non-Affiliation Risk
X
X
Liquidity Risk
X
X
Market Risk
X
X
Tax Risk
X
X
Subsidiary Investment Risk
X
X
Cash Transaction Risk
X
X
Bitcoin Futures Risk
X
X
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk
X
X
Bitcoin Futures Liquidity Risk
X
X
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk
X
X
High Portfolio Turnover Risk
X
X
Money Market Instrument Risk
X
X
Non-Diversification Risk
X
X
Concentration Risk
X
X
New Fund Risk
X
X
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds
X
X
Shorting or Inverse Risk
For the Bear Fund, shareholders should lose money when the value of the Reference ETPs rise, which is a result that is the opposite from traditional exchange-traded funds or products.The Bear Fund may engage in short sales or obtain short exposure that is designed to earn the Bear Fund a profit from the decline in the price of particular securities, baskets of securities or indices. If the market price of the underlying security or Reference ETP goes down between the time the Bear Fund sells the security or Reference ETP and buys it back, the Bear Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the underlying security or Reference ETP goes up in price during the period, the Bear Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. Any such loss is increased by the cost the Bear Fund must pay to short the underlying security or Reference ETP or obtain short exposure. Likewise, any gain will be decreased by the costs the Bear Fund must pay to short a position or obtain short exposure. The Bear Fund’s investment performance may also suffer if the Bear
Fund is required to close out a short position earlier than it had intended. In addition, the Bear Fund may be subject to expenses related to short sales that are not typically associated with investing in securities directly, such as costs of borrowing and margin account maintenance costs associated with the Bear Fund’s open short positions. As the holder of a short position, the Bear Fund also is responsible for paying the dividends and interest accruing on the short position, which is an expense to the Bear Fund that could cause the Bear Fund to lose money on the short sale and may adversely affect its performance.
The Bear Fund will typically obtain inverse or “short” exposure through the use of derivatives such as swap agreements or futures contracts, which may expose the Bear Fund to certain risks such as an increase in volatility or decrease in the liquidity of the securities or financial instruments of the underlying short position. If the Bear Fund were to experience this volatility or decreased liquidity, the Bear
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Fund’s return may be lower, the Fund’s ability to obtain inverse exposure through the use of derivatives may be limited or the Bear Fund may be required to obtain inverse exposure through alternative investment strategies that may be less desirable or more costly to implement. If the securities or financial instruments underlying the short positions are thinly traded or have a limited market due to various factors, including regulatory action, the Bear Fund may be unable to meet its investment objective due to a lack of available securities, financial instruments or counterparties. The Bear Fund may not be able to issue additional Shares during period when it cannot meet its investment objective due to these factors. Any income, dividends or payments by the assets underlying the Bear Fund’s short positions will negatively impact the Fund.
Bitcoin Volatility Risk
The price of bitcoin has historically been highly volatile. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of a Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in a Fund you should not invest in a Fund.
Bitcoin Risk
The risks associated with bitcoin include the following:
Bitcoin is a relatively new innovation with a limited history. The market for bitcoin is volatile, unregulated, and subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation security failures, operational and other problems that impact bitcoin trading venues.
A Fund does not invest in or directly short the current spot or cash price of bitcoin. However, because the Reference ETPs to which a Fund has exposure invests in bitcoin, the value and net asset value of a Fund is impacted by the bitcoin market.
Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin Network or restrict the use of bitcoin. Any new or changing laws and regulations affecting the use of blockchain technology and/or investments in crypto assets or crypto asset-related investments may have a materially adverse impact on a Fund, its investments, and its ability to implement its investment strategy.
Regulation of bitcoin continues to evolve in both the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, which may restrict the use of bitcoin or otherwise impact the demand for bitcoin. Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, bitcoin trading venues are largely unregulated, which may be attributable to a possible lack of regulatory compliance. These trading venues are not registered as national securities exchanges under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act and are or may be subject to lawsuits from regulatory authorities.
As a result of the fragmentation and the lack of regulation in the spot market for bitcoin, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote bitcoin in a way that artificially increases or decreases the price of bitcoin). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud and market manipulation than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of
bitcoin trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses.
Bitcoin presents unique and substantial risks, and historically has been subject to significant price volatility. Shareholders could lose all, or substantially all, of their investment in a Fund. The value of bitcoin has been, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on speculation, such that trading and investing bitcoin generally may not be based on fundamental analysis. Bitcoin speculation regarding future appreciation in the value of bitcoin may inflate and make the price of bitcoin more volatile. As a result, bitcoin may be more likely to fluctuate in value due to changing investor confidence in future appreciation in the price of bitcoin.
The further development of the bitcoin blockchain network (the “Bitcoin Network”) and the acceptance and use of bitcoin are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping, or reversing of the development of the Bitcoin Network or the acceptance of bitcoin may adversely affect the price of bitcoin.
Newly created bitcoin are generated through a process referred to as “mining,” and such bitcoin are referred to as “newly mined bitcoin.” Approximately 450 newly mined bitcoins are created each day. “Halving” events occur periodically, further decreasing the amount of newly mined Bitcoin created each day. If entities engaged in bitcoin mining choose not to hold the newly mined bitcoin, and, instead, make them available for sale, there can be downward pressure on the price of bitcoin, which could negatively affect an investment in a Fund. A bitcoin mining operation may be more likely to sell a higher percentage of its newly created bitcoin, and more rapidly so, if it is operating at a low profit margin, thus reducing the price of bitcoin. Lower bitcoin prices may result in further tightening of profit margins for miners and worsening profitability, thereby potentially causing even further selling pressure. Decreasing profit margins and increasing sales of newly mined bitcoin could result in a reduction in the price of bitcoin, which could adversely impact an investment in a Fund.
Miners may cease expanding processing power to create blocks and verify transactions if they are not adequately compensated. Miners generate revenue from both newly created bitcoin (known as the “block reward”) and from fees taken upon verification of transactions. If the aggregate revenue from transaction fees and the block reward is below a miner’s cost, the miner may cease operations. An acute cessation of mining operations would reduce the collective processing power on the blockchain, which would adversely affect the transaction verification process by temporarily decreasing the speed at which blocks are added to the blockchain and make the blockchain more vulnerable to a malicious actor obtaining control in excess of 50 percent of the processing power on the blockchain. Reductions in processing power could result in material, though temporary, delays in transaction confirmation time. Any reduction in confidence in the transaction verification process or mining processing power may adversely impact
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the price of bitcoin. Furthermore, the block reward will decrease over time as a function of the bitcoin-generating algorithm. In the spring of 2024, the block reward reduced from 6.25 bitcoin to 3.125 bitcoin, and will reduce to 1.5625 in 2028. As the block reward continues to decrease over time, the mining incentive structure will transition to a higher reliance on transaction verification fees in order to incentivize miners to continue to dedicate processing power to the blockchain. If transaction verification fees become too high, the marketplace may be reluctant to use bitcoin. Decreased demand for bitcoin may adversely affect its price, which may adversely affect an investment in a Fund.
As a digital asset, bitcoin is subject to the risk that malicious actors will exploit flaws in its code or structure that will allow them to, among other things, steal bitcoin held by others, control the blockchain, steal personally identifying information, or issue significant amounts of bitcoin in contravention of the Bitcoin Protocols. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin and therefore the value of an investment in a Fund.
A malicious actor may attack the Bitcoin Network in various ways, including a “50 Percent Attack” or a spam attack. If a malicious actor obtains a majority of the processing power dedicated to mining on the Bitcoin Network, it will be able to exert unilateral control over the addition of blocks to the blockchain. As long as the malicious actor enjoys this majority it may be able to double-spend its own bitcoin (i.e., spend the same bitcoin in two or more conflicting transactions) as well as prevent the confirmation of other bitcoin transactions. If such a scenario were to occur, it could adversely affect an investment in a Fund. A malicious actor could also attempt to flood the pool of unconfirmed transactions with tens of thousands of transactions in an effort to significantly slow the confirmation of legitimate transactions across the Bitcoin Network. Such a delay, if sustained for extended periods of time, could negatively impact the secondary market price of bitcoin. These or any other form of attack on the Bitcoin Network could adversely affect an investment in a Fund.
Digital assets, including bitcoin, are controllable only by the possessor of both the unique public key and private key or keys relating to the Bitcoin network address, or “wallet”, at which the digital asset is held. Private keys must be safeguarded and kept private in order to prevent a third-party from accessing the digital asset held in such wallet. The loss, theft, compromise or destruction of a private key required to access a digital asset may be irreversible. If a private key is lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise compromised and no backup of the private key is accessible, the owner would be unable to access the digital asset corresponding to that private key and the private key will not be capable of being restored by the digital asset network resulting in the total loss of the value of the digital asset linked to the private key.
The Bitcoin Network and bitcoin hold a “first-to-market” advantage over other digital assets. This first-to-market advantage is driven in large part by having the largest user base and the largest combined mining power in use to secure the blockchain and transaction verification system. It is possible that a digital asset other than bitcoin could have features that make it more desirable to a material portion of the digital asset user base, resulting in a reduction in demand for bitcoin, which could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and adversely affect an investment in a Fund. Having a large mining network results in greater user confidence regarding the security and long-term stability of a digital asset’s network and its blockchain; as a result, the advantage of more users and miners makes a digital asset more secure, which makes it more attractive to new users and miners, resulting in a network effect that strengthens the first-to-market advantage. Bitcoin also enjoys significantly greater acceptance and usage than other digital asset networks in the retail and commercial marketplace, due in large part to the relatively well-funded efforts of payment processing companies including BitPay and Coinbase. Despite the marked first-mover advantage of the Bitcoin Network over other digital assets, it is possible that an altcoin (i.e. a cryptocurrency that is an alternative to bitcoin) could become materially popular due to either a perceived or exposed shortcoming of the Bitcoin Network protocol that is not immediately addressed by the Core Developers (a group of developers working to create security software for bitcoin) or a perceived advantage of an altcoin that includes features not incorporated into bitcoin. For example, the “smart contract” focused development of the ethereum network has permitted the value of its native unit (ether) to rival bitcoin for periods of time. If an altcoin obtains significant market share (either in market capitalization, mining power or use as a payment technology), this could reduce bitcoin’s market share and have a negative impact on the demand for, and price of, bitcoin.
There is no central registry showing which individuals or entities own bitcoin or the quantity of bitcoin that is owned by any particular person or entity. There are no regulations in place that would prevent a large holder of bitcoin or a group of holders from selling their bitcoin which could depress the price of bitcoin or otherwise attempting to manipulate the price of bitcoin or the Bitcoin Network. A significant portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as “whales.” These holders have the ability to manipulate the price of bitcoin. Events that reduce user confidence in bitcoin, the Bitcoin Network and the fairness of bitcoin trading venues could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin. The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of bitcoin and consequently a reduction in the value of bitcoin.
From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of miners or validators elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital
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asset, operating on the earlier version of the software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” The price of the bitcoin in which the Reference ETPs invest may reflect the impact of these forks. Finally, the creation of a “fork” or a substantial giveaway of bitcoin (sometimes referred to as an “air drop”) may result in significant and unexpected declines in the value of bitcoin.
The continued adoption of bitcoin will require growth in its usage as a means of payment. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption continues in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long-term. A contraction in the use of bitcoin may result in a lack of liquidity, increased volatility in and a reduction to the price of bitcoin. A decline in the adoption of bitcoin could negatively impact the performance of a Fund. As a new asset and technological innovation, the bitcoin industry is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The adoption of bitcoin will require growth in its usage and in the blockchain, for various applications. Adoption of bitcoin will also require an accommodating regulatory environment. A lack of expansion in usage of bitcoin and the blockchain could adversely affect an investment in the Shares. In addition, there is no assurance that bitcoin will maintain its value over the long-term. The value of bitcoin is subject to risks related to its usage. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption occurs in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long-term. A contraction in use of bitcoin may result in increased volatility or a reduction in the price of bitcoin, which would adversely impact the value of the Shares.
It is believed that speculators and investors who seek to profit from trading and holding bitcoin currently account for a significant portion of bitcoin demand. Such speculation regarding the potential future appreciation in the price of bitcoin may artificially inflate or deflate the price of bitcoin. Market fraud and/or manipulation and other fraudulent trading practices such as the intentional dissemination of false or misleading information (e.g., false rumors) can, among other things, lead to a disruption of the orderly functioning of markets, significant market volatility, and cause the value of bitcoin to fluctuate quickly and without warning. The common impediments and/or disadvantages to adopting the bitcoin blockchain as a payment network include, but are not limited to, the slowness of transaction processing and finality, variability of transaction fees, and volatility of bitcoin’s price.
Bitcoin trading prices are volatile and shareholders could lose all, or substantially all, of their investment in a Fund. Speculators and investors who seek to profit from trading and holding bitcoin generate a significant portion of bitcoin demand. Bitcoin speculation regarding future appreciation in the value of bitcoin may inflate and make the price of bitcoin more volatile. As a result, bitcoin may be more likely to fluctuate in value due to changing investor confidence in future appreciation in the price of bitcoin.
The regulation of bitcoin, digital assets and related products and services continues to evolve. The inconsistent and sometimes conflicting regulatory landscape may make it more difficult for bitcoin businesses to provide services,
which may impede the growth of the bitcoin economy and have an adverse effect on consumer adoption of bitcoin. There is a possibility of future regulatory change altering, perhaps to a material extent, the ability to buy and sell bitcoin. Similarly, future regulatory changes could impact the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objective or alter the nature of an investment in a Fund or the ability of a Fund to continue to operate as planned. Regulation of bitcoin continues to evolve in both the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, which may restrict the use of bitcoin or otherwise impact the demand for bitcoin. Both domestic and foreign regulators and governments have focused on regulation of bitcoin. In the United States, bitcoin is regulated by both federal and state authorities, depending on the context of its usage. Bitcoin market disruptions and resulting governmental interventions are unpredictable and may make bitcoin illegal altogether. Future foreign regulations and directives may conflict with those in the United States, and such regulatory actions may restrict or make bitcoin illegal in foreign jurisdictions. Future regulations and directives in regulation may impact the demand for bitcoin and may also affect the ability of bitcoin trading venues to operate and for other market participants to enter into bitcoin transactions. To the extent that future regulatory actions or policies limit or restrict bitcoin usage, bitcoin trading or the ability to convert bitcoin to government currencies, the demand for bitcoin may be reduced, which may adversely affect investment in the Shares. Regulation of bitcoin continues to evolve, the ultimate impact of which remains unclear and may adversely affect, among other things, the availability, value or performance of bitcoin, swap contracts and other derivatives in which a Fund invests. Moreover, in addition to exposing a Fund to potential new costs and expenses, additional regulation or changes to existing regulation may also require changes to a Fund’s investment strategies. Although there continues to be uncertainty about the full impact of these and other regulatory changes, it is the case that a Fund may be subject to a more complex regulatory framework, and incur additional costs to comply with new requirements as well as to monitor for compliance with any new requirements going forward.
Disruptions at bitcoin trading venues and potential consequences of a bitcoin trading venues’ failure could adversely affect an investment in a Fund. Bitcoin trading venues operate websites on which users can trade bitcoin for U.S. dollars, other government currencies or other digital assets. Such trades are unrelated to transfers of bitcoin between users via the Bitcoin Network. Bitcoin trades are recorded on the trading venue’s internal ledger only, and each internal ledger entry for a trade will correspond to an entry for an offsetting trade in U.S. dollars, other government currency or other digital asset. To sell bitcoin, a user will transfer bitcoin (using the Bitcoin Network) from him or herself to the trading venue. Conversely, to buy bitcoin, a user will transfer U.S. dollars, other government currency or other digital assets to the trading venue. After completing the transfer of bitcoin or U.S. dollars, the user will execute his or her trade and withdraw either the bitcoin (using the Bitcoin Network) or the U.S.
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dollars back to the user. Bitcoin trading venues are an important part of the Bitcoin industry. Bitcoin trading venues have a limited history. Since 2009, several bitcoin trading venues have been closed or experienced disruptions due to fraud, failure, security breaches or distributed denial of service attacks. In many of these instances, the customers of such trading venues were not compensated or made whole for the partial or complete losses of their funds. In 2014, the largest bitcoin trading venue at the time, Mt. Gox, filed for bankruptcy in Japan amid reports it lost up to 850,000 bitcoin, valued then at over $450 million. Bitcoin trading venues are also appealing targets for hackers and malware. In August 2016, Bitfinex, a bitcoin trading venue located in Hong Kong, reported a security breach that resulted in the theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin valued at the time at approximately $65 million, a loss which was allocated to all Bitfinex account holders (rather than just specified holders whose wallets were affected directly), regardless of whether the account holder held bitcoin or cash in their account. The potential for instability of bitcoin trading venues and the closure or temporary shutdown of such trading venues due to fraud, business failure, hackers, distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) or malware, or government-mandated regulation may reduce confidence in bitcoin, which may result in greater volatility in bitcoin.
Bitcoin Network contributors could propose amendments to the Bitcoin Network’s protocols and software that, if accepted and authorized by the Bitcoin Network, could adversely affect an investment in a Fund. A small group of individuals contribute to the Bitcoin Core project, a free and open-source software that serves as a bitcoin node (the set of which form the Bitcoin Network) and provides a bitcoin wallet which fully verifies payments. These individuals can propose refinements or improvements to the Bitcoin Network’s source code through one or more software upgrades that alter the protocols and software that govern the Bitcoin Network and the properties of bitcoin, including the irreversibility of transactions and limitations on the mining of new bitcoin. However, bitcoin is an open-source project and, although there is an influential group of contributors in the bitcoin community, there is no designated developer or group of developers who formally control the Bitcoin Network. Any individual can download the Bitcoin Network software and make any desired modifications, which are proposed to users and miners on the Bitcoin Network through modifications typically posted to the bitcoin development forum. When a modification is introduced and a substantial majority of users and miners consent to the modification, the change is implemented and the Bitcoin Network remains uninterrupted. However, if less than a substantial majority of users and miners consent to the proposed modification, and the modification is not compatible with the software prior to its modification, the consequence would be what is known as a “fork” (i.e., “split”) of the Bitcoin Network (and the blockchain), with one prong running the pre-modified software and the other running the modified software. The effect of such a fork would be the existence
of two versions of the Bitcoin Network running in parallel, but with each version’s bitcoin (the asset) lacking interchangeability. Additionally, a fork could be introduced by an unintentional, unanticipated software flaw in the multiple versions of otherwise compatible software users run. Although several chain forks have been addressed by community-led efforts to merge the two chains, such a fork could adversely affect bitcoin’s viability. It is possible, however, that a substantial number of bitcoin users and miners could adopt an incompatible version of bitcoin while resisting community-led efforts to merge the two chains. This would result in a permanent fork. On August 1, 2017, after extended debates among developers as to how to improve the Bitcoin Network’s transaction capacity, the Bitcoin Network was forked by a group of developers and miners resulting in the creation of a new blockchain, which underlies the new digital asset “Bitcoin Cash” alongside the original bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash now operate on separate, independent blockchains. Although the Bitcoin Network remained unchanged after the fork, it is unclear how such actions will affect the long term viability of bitcoin and, accordingly, may adversely affect an investment in a Fund.
Intellectual property rights claims may adversely affect the operation of the Bitcoin Network. Third parties may assert intellectual property claims relating to the holding and transfer of digital assets and their source code. Regardless of the merit of any intellectual property or other legal action, any threatened action that reduces confidence in the Bitcoin Network’s long-term viability or the ability of end-users to hold and transfer bitcoin may adversely affect an investment in a Fund. Additionally, a meritorious intellectual property claim could prevent end-users from accessing the Bitcoin Network or holding or transferring their bitcoin. As a result, an intellectual property claim could adversely affect an investment in a Fund.
Bitcoins blockchain’s protocol may contain flaws that can be exploited by attackers. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin and therefore the value of an investment of a Fund. Bitcoin is also exposed to the instability of other speculative parts of the blockchain/crypto industry, such as the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022, which may not necessarily be related to the security or utility of the bitcoin blockchain but can nonetheless precipitate a significant decline in the price of bitcoin.
Bitcoin was developed as an alternative payment system but has not yet achieved this objective, which may adversely affect its value. The emergence of other public blockchains that are similarly designed to serve as an alternative payment system, such as those focused on privacy through the use of zero-knowledge cryptography, may negatively impact on the demand for and value of bitcoin and an investment in a Fund. The common impediments and/or disadvantages to adopting the bitcoin blockchain as a payment network include, but are not limited to, the
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slowness of transaction processing and finality, variability of transaction fees, and volatility of bitcoin’s price.
The development and adoption of other blockchains, such as the Ethereum blockchain, may compete with bitcoin and result in a reduction in the use of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain. The sophisticated and multi-use nature of the Ethereum blockchain and the fact that the absolute amount of ether is limited may result in greater adoption of the Ethereum blockchain by users, which may negatively affect the value of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain.
Further development and use of the bitcoin blockchain for its intended purpose are, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on “Layer 2” solutions (i.e., separate blockchains that extends the bitcoin blockchain and inherits the security guarantees of bitcoin in order to increase transaction throughput and reduce transaction fees), which may not be implemented correctly which may negatively impact the bitcoin blockchain and bitcoin.
Bitcoin mining currently requires computing hardware that consumes large amounts of electricity. By way of electrical power generation, many bitcoin miners rely on fossil fuels to power their operations. Public perception of the impact of bitcoin mining on climate change may reduce demand for bitcoin and increase the likelihood of regulation that limits bitcoin mining or restricts energy usage by bitcoin miners. Such events could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin and the performance of a Fund.
The Bitcoin Network’s functionality relies on the internet. A significant disruption of internet connectivity affecting large numbers of users or geographic areas could impede the functionality of the Bitcoin Network and adversely affect a Fund. In addition, certain features of the Bitcoin Network, such as decentralization, open-source protocol, and reliance on peer-to-peer connectively, may increase the risk of fraud or cyber-attack by potentially reducing the likelihood of a coordinated response.
Bitcoin mining currently requires computing hardware that consumes large amounts of electricity. By way of electrical power generation, many bitcoin miners rely on fossil fuels to power their operations. Public perception of the impact of bitcoin mining on climate change may reduce demand for bitcoin and increase the likelihood of regulation that limits bitcoin mining or restricts energy usage by bitcoin miners. Such events could have a negative impact on the price of bitcoin, bitcoin futures, and the performance of a Fund.
Effects of Compounding and Market Volatility Risk
Each Fund’s performance for periods greater than a trading day will be the result of each day's returns compounded over the period, which is likely to differ from a Reference
ETP’s performance times the stated multiple in a Fund’s investment objective, before fees and expenses. Compounding has a significant impact on leveraged funds and funds that rebalance daily.
Over time, the cumulative percentage increase or decrease in the value of a Fund’s portfolio may diverge significantly from the cumulative percentage increase or decrease in 200% or -200% of the return of a Reference ETP due to the compounding effect of losses and gains on the returns of a Fund. It also is expected that a Fund's use of leverage will cause the Fund to underperform the return of 200% or -200% of a Reference ETP in a trendless or flat market.
The chart below provides examples of how investment volatility could affect a Fund’s performance. A Reference ETP’s volatility rate is a statistical measure of the magnitude of fluctuations in the returns of the Reference ETPs. Fund performance for periods greater than one single day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: a) investment volatility; b) investment performance; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with leveraged exposure; e) other Fund expenses; and f) dividends or interest paid with respect to securities in a Reference ETP. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors investment volatility and investment performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of investment volatility and investment performance over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes that: (i) no dividends were paid with respect to the securities included in a Reference ETP; (ii) there were no Fund expenses; and (iii) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain leveraged exposure) of 0%. If Fund expenses and/or actual borrowing/lending rates were reflected, the estimated returns would be different than those shown. Particularly during periods of higher investment volatility, compounding will cause results for periods longer than a trading day to vary from 200% or -200% of the performance of the Reference ETP.
As shown below, the Bull Fund would be expected to lose 6.1% and the Bear Fund would be expected to lose 17.1% if a Reference ETP provided no return over a one year period during which a Reference ETP experienced annualized volatility of 25%. If a Reference ETP’s annualized volatility were to rise to 75%, the hypothetical loss for a one year period widens to approximately 43.0% for the Bull Fund and 81.5% for the Bear Fund. At higher ranges of volatility, there is a chance of a significant loss of value even if a Reference ETP is flat. For instance, if a Reference ETP’s annualized volatility is 100%, it is likely that the Bull Fund would lose 63.2% of its value, and the Bear Fund would lose approximately 95% of its value, even if a Reference ETP’s cumulative return for the year was only 0%.
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Bull Fund
One
Year
Reference ETP
200%
One
Year
Reference ETP
Volatility Rate
Return
Return
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
-60%
-120%
-84.2%
-85.0%
-87.5%
-90.9%
-94.1%
-50%
-100%
-75.2%
-76.5%
-80.5%
-85.8%
-90.8%
-40%
-80%
-64.4%
-66.2%
-72.0%
-79.5%
-86.8%
-30%
-60%
-51.5%
-54.0%
-61.8%
-72.1%
-82.0%
-20%
-40%
-36.6%
-39.9%
-50.2%
-63.5%
-76.5%
-10%
-20%
-19.8%
-23.9%
-36.9%
-53.8%
-70.2%
0%
0%
-1.0%
-6.1%
-22.1%
-43.0%
-63.2%
10%
20%
19.8%
13.7%
-5.8%
-31.1%
-55.5%
20%
40%
42.6%
35.3%
12.1%
-18.0%
-47.0%
30%
60%
67.3%
58.8%
31.6%
-3.7%
-37.8%
40%
80%
94.0%
84.1%
52.6%
11.7%
-27.9%
50%
100%
122.8%
111.4%
75.2%
28.2%
-17.2%
60%
120%
153.5%
140.5%
99.4%
45.9%
-5.8%
Bear Fund
One
Year
Reference ETP
-200%
One
Year
Reference ETP
Volatility Rate
Return
Return
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
-60%
120%
506.5%
418.1%
195.2%
15.6%
-68.9%
-50%
100%
288.2%
231.6%
88.9%
-26.0%
-80.1%
-40%
80%
169.6%
130.3%
31.2%
-48.6%
-86.2%
-30%
60%
98.1%
69.2%
-3.6%
-62.2%
-89.8%
-20%
40%
51.6%
29.5%
-26.2%
-71.1%
-92.2%
-10%
20%
19.8%
2.3%
-41.7%
-77.2%
-93.9%
0%
0%
-3.0%
-17.1%
-52.8%
-81.5%
-95.0%
10%
-20%
-19.8%
-31.5%
-61.0%
-84.7%
-95.9%
20%
-40%
-32.6%
-42.4%
-67.2%
-87.2%
-96.5%
30%
-60%
-42.6%
-50.9%
-72.0%
-89.1%
-97.1%
40%
-80%
-50.5%
-57.7%
-75.9%
-90.6%
-97.5%
50%
-100%
-56.9%
-63.2%
-79.0%
-91.8%
-97.8%
60%
-120%
-62.1%
-67.6%
-81.5%
-92.8%
-98.1%
Holding an unmanaged position opens the investor to the risk of market volatility adversely affecting the performance of the investment. A Fund is not appropriate for investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. Each table is intended to underscore the fact that a Fund is designed as a short-term trading vehicle for investors who intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios.
For additional information and examples demonstrating the effects of volatility and investment performance on the long-term performance of the Funds, see the “Additional Information Regarding Investment Techniques and Policies” section, and “Special Note Regarding the Correlation Risks of the Funds” in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
Leverage Risk
To achieve its daily investment objective, each Fund employs leverage and which typically results in the adverse daily performance of a Reference ETP being magnified. This means that, if a Reference ETP experiences adverse daily performance, an investment in the Fund will be reduced by an amount equal to 2% for every 1% of adverse performance, not including the costs of financing leverage and other operating expenses, which would further reduce its value.
A Fund could lose an amount greater than its net assets if a Reference ETP moves more than 50% in a direction adverse to the Fund (meaning a decline in the value of the Reference ETPs of the Bull Fund and a gain in the value of the Reference ETPs for the Bear Fund). This would result in a total loss of a shareholder’s investment in one day even if a Reference ETP subsequently reverses all or a portion of its earlier daily change. A total loss may occur in a single day even if a Reference ETP does not lose all of its value. Leverage will also have the effect of magnifying any differences in a Fund’s correlation with a Reference ETP or may increase a Fund’s volatility.
Under market circumstances that cause leverage to be expensive or unavailable, the Fund may not meet its investment objective for a period of time, may increase its transaction fee on creation unit transactions, change its investment objective, reduce its leverage or close.
Derivatives Risk
A Fund uses investment techniques, including investments in derivatives, such as swaps, futures and forward contracts, and options that may be considered aggressive. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than investing in the underlying securities directly. Investments in these derivatives may generally be subject to market risks that cause their prices to fluctuate more than an investment directly in a security and may increase the volatility of a Fund. The use of derivatives may expose a Fund to additional risks such as counterparty risk, liquidity risk and increased daily correlation risk. When a Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the value of the underlying reference assets and the derivative, which may prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective.
A Fund may use a combination of swaps on a Reference ETP. Additionally, with respect to the use of swap agreements, if a Reference ETP has a dramatic intraday move in value that causes a material decline in a Fund’s NAV, the terms of the swap agreement between a Fund and its counterparty may allow the counterparty to immediately close out of the transaction with a Fund. In such circumstances, a Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve the desired exposure consistent with a Fund’s daily leveraged investment objective. This may prevent a Fund from achieving its daily leveraged investment objective particularly if a Reference ETP reverses all or a portion of its intraday move by the end of the day. Any financing, borrowing or other costs associated with using derivatives may also have the effect of lowering a Fund’s return. In addition, a Fund’s investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:
Swap Agreements. Swap agreements are entered into primarily with major global financial institutions for a specified period which may range from one day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined reference or underlying securities or instruments. The gross return to be exchanged or swapped between the parties is calculated based on a notional amount or the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested
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in a basket of securities representing a particular index. Total return swaps are subject to counterparty risk, which relates to credit risk of the counterparty and liquidity risk of the swaps themselves. The primary risks associated with the use of swaps are mispricing or improper valuation, imperfect correlation between movements of the notional value of a swap and the price of the reference asset, and the failure of a counterparty to perform. If a swap counterparty’s creditworthiness for an “over-the-counter” swap declines, the value of the swap would also likely decline. There is no guarantee that the Fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap by entering into offsetting swap with the same or another party.
Futures Contracts. A futures contact is a contract to purchase or sell a particular security, or the cash value of an index, at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made. Under such contracts, no delivery of the actual securities is required. Rather, upon the expiration of the contract, settlement is made by exchanging cash in an amount equal to the difference between the contract price and the closing price of a security or index at expiration, net of the variation margin that was previously paid.
Forward Contracts. Forward contracts are two-party contracts pursuant to which one party agrees to pay the counterparty a fixed price for an agreed upon amount of commodities, securities, or the cash value of the commodities, securities or the securities index, at an agreed upon date. A forward currency contract is an obligation to buy or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract.
Options. An option is a contract that gives the purchaser (holder) of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (call) or sell to (put) the seller (writer) of the option the security or currency underlying the option at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option (normally not exceeding nine months). The writer of an option has the obligation upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security or currency upon payment of the exercise price or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency.
Options on Futures Contracts. An option on a futures contract provides the holder with the right to enter into a “long” position in the underlying futures contract, in the case of a call option, or a “short” position in the underlying futures contract in the case of a put option, at a fixed exercise price to a stated expiration date. Upon exercise of the option by the holder, the contract market clearing house establishes a corresponding short position for the writer of the option, in the case of a call option, or a corresponding long position, in the case of a put option.
Counterparty Risk
Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to make timely payments to meet its contractual obligations with respect to the amount a Fund expects to receive from a counterparty to a financial instrument entered
into by a Fund. Each Fund generally enters into derivatives transactions, such as the swap agreements, with counterparties such that either party can terminate the contract without penalty prior to the termination date. If a counterparty terminates a contract, a Fund may not be able to invest in other derivatives to achieve the desired exposure, or achieving such exposure may be more expensive. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under such a contract, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of a Fund is insufficient or there are delays in a Fund’s ability to access such collateral. If the counterparty becomes bankrupt or defaults on its payment obligations to a Fund, it may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery, may obtain only a limited recovery or obtain no recovery and the value of an investment held by a Fund may decline. The Fund may also not be able to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations and realization on collateral, if such remedies are stayed or eliminated under special resolutions adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other jurisdictions. European Union rules and regulations intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulties and could reduce, eliminate, or convert to equity a counterparty’s obligations to a Fund (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).
A Fund typically enters into transactions with counterparties that present minimal risks based on the Adviser’s assessment of the counterparty’s creditworthiness, or its capacity to meet its financial obligations during the term of the derivative agreement or contract. The Adviser considers factors such as counterparty credit rating among other factors when determining whether a counterparty is creditworthy. The Adviser regularly monitors the creditworthiness of each counterparty with which a Fund transacts. Each Fund generally enters into swap agreements or other financial instruments with major, global financial institutions and seeks to mitigate risks by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund to post collateral, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes a Fund, subject to certain minimum thresholds. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient or there are delays in accessing the collateral, the Funds will be exposed to the risks described above. If a counterparty’s credit ratings decline, a Fund may be subject to a bail-in, as described above.
Because a Fund may enter into swap agreements with a limited number of counterparties, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk. A Fund does not specifically limit its counterparty risk with respect to any single counterparty. There is a risk that no suitable counterparties are willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with a Fund and, as a result, a Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective or rebalance properly, which may result in significant losses to a Fund, or a Fund may decide to change its leveraged investment objective. Additionally, although a counterparty to a centrally cleared swap agreement and/or an exchange-traded futures contract is often backed by a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or a clearing organization that is further backed
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by a group of financial institutions, there may be instances in which a FCM or a clearing organization would fail to perform its obligations, causing significant losses to a Fund.
Intra-Day Investment Risk
Each Fund seeks daily leveraged investment results, which should not be equated with seeking an investment objective for shorter than a day. Thus, an investor who purchases Fund shares after the close of the markets on one trading day and before the close of the markets on the next trading day will likely have more, or less, than 200% or -200% leveraged investment exposure to a Reference ETP, depending upon the movement of a Reference ETP from the end of one trading day until the time of purchase. If a Reference ETP moves in a direction favorable to a Fund, the investor will receive less than 200% or -200% exposure to a Reference ETP. Conversely, if a Reference ETP moves in a direction adverse to a Fund, the investor will receive exposure to a Reference ETP greater than 200% or -200%. Thus, an investor that purchases shares intra-day may experience performance that is greater than, or less than, a Fund’s stated investment objective.
If there is a significant intra-day market event and/or the securities a Reference ETP experience a significant change in value, a Fund may not meet its investment objective or may be unable to rebalance its portfolio appropriately, resulting in significant losses or reduced gains. In response to significant intraday market volatility, among other actions, the Adviser may determine to trade a portion or all of the rebalance trade for a Fund prior to market close, which may result in the Fund not achieving its investment objective. Additionally, a Fund’s Shares traded on the secondary market may experience significant premiums or discounts, or widened bid-ask spreads.
Daily Correlation Risk
There is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to a Reference ETP and therefore achieve its respective daily leveraged investment objective. Each Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is impacted by a Reference ETP’s movement. Because of this, it is unlikely that a Fund will be perfectly exposed to its a Reference ETP at the end of each day. The possibility of a Fund being materially over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP increases on days when a Reference ETP is volatile near the close of the trading day. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions and high volatility will also adversely affect a Fund’s ability to adjust exposure to the required levels.
Each Fund may have difficulty achieving its daily leveraged investment objective for many reasons, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, accounting standards and their application to income items, disruptions, illiquid or high volatility in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which a Fund invests, early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of a Fund trade, resulting in the inability of a Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions, regulatory and tax considerations, which may
cause a Fund to hold (or not to hold) a Reference ETP or trade more frequently, increasing transaction and other costs and reducing a Fund’s tax efficiency. Each Fund may trade more frequently to comply with regulatory restrictions such as registered investment company qualification tests, take or refrain from taking positions in order to improve tax efficiency, or for other reasons, each of which may negatively affect each Fund’s correlation with a Reference ETP. A Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of each Fund, potentially resulting in each Fund being over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP. Any of these factors could decrease the correlation between the performance of a Fund and a Reference ETP and may hinder a Fund’s ability to meet its daily investment objective on or around that day.
Daily Inverse Correlation Risk
There is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of inverse correlation to a Reference ETP and therefore achieve its daily inverse leveraged investment objective. Each Fund’s exposure to a Reference ETP is impacted by a Reference ETP’s movement. Because of this, it is unlikely that a Fund will be perfectly exposed to it a Reference ETP at the end of each day. The possibility of a Fund being materially over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP increases on days when a Reference ETP is volatile near the close of the trading day. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions and high volatility will also adversely affect a Fund’s ability to adjust exposure to the required levels.
Each Fund may have difficulty achieving its daily inverse leveraged investment objective for many reasons, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, investments in ETFs, directly or indirectly, accounting standards and their application to income items, disruptions, illiquid or high volatility in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which a Fund invests, early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of a Fund trade, resulting in the inability of a Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions, regulatory and tax considerations, which may cause a Fund to hold (or not to hold) a Reference ETP. Each Fund may take or refrain from taking positions in order to improve tax efficiency, comply with regulatory restrictions, or for other reasons, each of which may negatively affect each Fund’s inverse correlation with a Reference ETP.
The derivative instruments or other investments the Fund utilizes to obtain exposure may not provide the expected correlation to the a Reference ETP, resulting in the Fund not performing as expected. A Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of each Fund, potentially resulting in each Fund being over- or under-exposed to a Reference ETP. Additionally, each Fund’s underlying investments and/or reference assets may trade on markets that may not be open on the same day as each Fund, which may cause a difference between the changes in the daily performance of a Fund and changes in the performance of a Reference ETP. Any of these factors could decrease the
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inverse correlation between the performance of a Fund and a Reference ETP and may hinder a Fund’s ability to meet its daily inverseleveraged investment objective on or around that day.
Rebalancing Risk
If for any reason a Fund is unable to rebalance all or a part of its portfolio, or if all or a portion of the portfolio is rebalanced incorrectly, a Fund’s investment exposure may not be consistent with its investment objective. In these instances, a Fund may have investment exposure to a Reference ETP that is significantly greater or less than its stated investment objective. A Fund may be more exposed to leverage risk than if it had been properly rebalanced and may not achieve its investment objective, leading to significantly greater losses or reduced gains. Additionally, a Fund may close to purchases and sales of Shares prior to the close of trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. or other national securities listing exchanges where Shares are listed, and incur significant losses.
Reference ETP Investment Risk (Bitcoin)
The Reference ETPs only recently commenced operations and as a result, the Reference ETPs have a limited operating history. The Reference ETPs’ generally hold bitcoin and their investment objectives are to provide the performance of the spot (or cash) price of bitcoin before the payment of fees and expenses. The value of an individual security or particular type of security, such as the Reference ETPs, may be more volatile than the market as a whole and may perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. Reference ETP issuer-specific attributes may cause an investment held by the Fund to be more volatile than the market generally. The following are additional risk factors for the Reference ETPs:
A Reference ETP that is not eligible to use Form S-3 and is instead registered on Form S-1 does not issue an unlimited number of shares or maintain an effective shelf registrations, and therefore, a Fund or its counterparties may not be able to buy shares or conduct effective hedging of the Reference ETP, which may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and/or its arbitrage mechanism causing potentially large premiums or discounts in a Fund’s shares.
Digital asset markets in the U.S. exist in a state of regulatory uncertainty, and adverse legislative and regulatory developments such as banning, restricting or imposing onerous conditions or prohibitions on the use of bitcoin, mining activity, digital wallets, the provision of services relating to trading and custody of bitcoin, the operation of the Bitcoin blockchain or the digital markets generally, could significantly harm the value of bitcoin, the Reference ETPs and a Fund.
Regulators subjecting the Reference ETPs to regulation as money services business (“MSB”) or money transmitter could result in extraordinary expenses for the Reference ETPs and could result in decreased liquidity of the shares of the Reference ETPs or a Fund and/or Reference ETPs liquidating..
Regulatory changes or interpretations could obligate authorized participants or the Reference ETPs to register
and comply with new regulations, which could result in potentially extraordinary large expenses to the Reference ETPs and the authorization participants. This could result in authorized participants not transacting in the creation and redemption of shares of the Reference ETPs or a Fund and/or a Reference ETP liquidating.
The treatment of digital currency for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes is uncertain which could result in adverse tax treatment of the Reference ETPs held by a Fund or for a Fund itself, resulting in significant taxes for the Fund and/or shareholders.
If a Reference ETP’s creation and redemption process is interrupted or experiences difficulties, the arbitrage mechanism utilized by authorized participants to reduce the differences between a Reference ETP’s market price and NAV may not work as intended and the market price of a Reference ETP may fall or otherwise diverge from a Reference ETP’s NAV, which may result in the Reference ETP’s shares trading at an increased premium or discount.
A Reference ETP may suspend the issuance of shares at any time which will impact the price of shares of a Reference ETP, resulting in significant difference (premium/discount) between the Reference ETP’s market price and its NAV. Additionally, a Fund may be unable to transact in the shares of the Reference ETP at an acceptable price and therefore a Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective.
Authorized participants may not transact in the shares of a Reference ETP or a Fund, thus impacting the liquidity of the Reference ETPs and a Fund.
Security threats to a Reference ETP’s account at its custodian could result in the halting of the Reference ETP’s operations and a loss of the Reference ETP’s assets or damage the reputation of the Reference ETP, which could result in a reduction of the value of the shares of the Reference ETP and a Fund.
Bitcoin transactions are irrevocable and stolen or incorrectly transferred bitcoin may be irretrievable. As a result, any incorrectly executed bitcoin transactions could adversely impact the value of a Reference ETP and a Fund.
If a Reference ETP’s custodian agreement is terminated or its custodian fails to provide services as required, a Reference ETP may need to find and appoint a replacement custodian, which could pose a challenge due to the limited number of custodians that provide these services. Additionally, the safekeeping of a Reference ETP’s assets may be challenged and its ability to operate may be adversely impacted.
Loss of a critical banking relationship for, or the failure of a bank used by, the Reference ETPs’ prime execution agent could adversely impact the Reference ETPs’ ability to create or redeem shares or could cause losses to the Reference ETPs.
The Reference ETPs are subject to the risks of investment in bitcoin, as noted above in “Bitcoin Risk.” Additionally, due to the limited operating history of the Reference ETPs, and lack of regulation regarding bitcoin, adverse performance of a Reference ETP or adverse legislative
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or regulatory developments regarding bitcoin could significantly harm the value of the Reference ETPs.
Reference ETPs rely on composite indexes and other pricing sources to determine the spot price of bitcoin and to calculate their NAVs. The indexes have a limited performance history, the price reported by the indexes could fail to track the global bitcoin price, and a failure of the index price could adversely affect the value of a Reference ETP's shares. The value of a bitcoin as represented by an index or other pricing source used by a Reference ETP could be adversely affected by trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated or may be subject to manipulation; manipulative trading activity on digital asset platforms, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated; interruptions in service from, closures or failures of major digital asset platforms or their banking partners, or outages or system failures affecting the Bitcoin blockchain; or decreased confidence in digital assets platforms.
Other Investment Companies (including ETFs) Risk
A Fund may invest in, or obtain exposure to, another investment company, including an ETF (each, an “underlying fund”), to pursue its investment objective or manage cash. When investing in an underlying fund, including an ETF, a Fund becomes a shareholder of that underlying fund and as a result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear a Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the underlying fund, in addition to the fees and expenses of a Fund’s own operations. A Fund must rely on the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective. Accordingly, if the underlying fund fails to achieve its investment objective, a Fund’s performance will likely be adversely affected. To the extent a Fund obtains exposure to an underlying fund, including an ETF, by entering into a derivatives contract whose reference asset is the underlying fund, a Fund will not be a shareholder of the underlying fund but will still be exposed to the risk that it may fail to achieve its investment objective and adversely impact the Fund.
In addition, to the extent that a Fund invests in an underlying fund that is an ETF, it will be exposed to all of the risks associated with the ETF structure, including any risks associated with representative sampling (see “Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds”). For example, shares of ETFs may trade at a discount or a premium to an ETF’s net asset value, which may result in an ETF’s market price being more or less than the value of the Reference ETP or ETPs especially during periods of market volatility or disruption. There may also be additional trading costs due to an ETF’s bid-ask spread, and/or the underlying fund may suspend sales or redemptions of its shares due to market circumstances that make it impracticable to conduct such transactions, any of which may adversely impact a Fund’s performance. If an underlying fund’s shares are suspended from trading on an exchange, a Fund may not be able to obtain the required exposure to meet its investment objective.
Non-Affiliation Risk
The issuer of each underlying security is not affiliated with the Trust, the Adviser, or any affiliates thereof, is not involved with this offering in any way, and has no obligation to consider
a Fund in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of a Fund. Investing in a Fund is not equivalent to investing in the underlying security. Fund shareholders will not have direct voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to a Reference ETP.
Liquidity Risk
Holdings of a Fund may be difficult to buy or sell or may be illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. There is no assurance that a security or derivative instrument that is deemed liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value, especially in changing or volatile markets. If a Fund is forced to buy or sell an illiquid security or derivative instrument at an unfavorable time or price a Fund may be adversely impacted. Certain market conditions or restrictions may prevent a Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving its investment objective. In certain market conditions a Fund may be one of many market participants that are attempting to transact in the securities of a Reference ETP. Under such circumstances, the market for securities of a Reference ETP may lack sufficient liquidity for all market participants' trades. Therefore, a Fund may have more difficulty transacting in the securities or financial instruments and a Fund's transactions could exacerbate illiquidity and price volatility in the securities of a Reference ETP.
To the extent that the instruments utilized by a Fund are thinly traded or have a limited market, a Fund may be unable to meet its investment objective due to a lack of available investments or counterparties. During such periods, a Fund's ability to issue additional Creation Units may be adversely affected. As a result, a Fund's shares would trade at a premium or discount to their NAV and/or the bid ask spread of a Fund's shares could widen. Under such circumstances, a Fund may be unable to rebalance its exposure properly which may result in significantly more or less exposure and losses to a Fund. In such an instance, a Fund may increase its transaction fee, utilize derivatives instruments that are less correlated to a Reference ETP, change its investment objective, reduce its exposure for a period of time or close.
Market Risk
A Fund’s investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities markets. Investment markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, inflation rates and/or investor expectations concerning such rates, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, general market liquidity, exchange trading suspensions and closures, and public health risks. Interest rates and inflation rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors and a Fund’s investments may not keep pace with these changes.
Securities markets also may experience long periods of decline in value. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously and changes in the financial condition of a single issuer
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can impact a market the markets broadly. A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt markets and adversely affect global economies, markets, and exchanges. Local, regional or global events such as war, tariffs and trade wars, acts of terrorism, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, conflicts and social unrest or other events could have a significant impact on a Fund, its investments and a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The economic, fiscal, monetary and foreign policies of the U.S. government, including the imposition of tariffs, changes to the federal agencies and regulatory policies will impact the U.S. economy and could lead to increased market volatility and may adversely impact the overall market and individual securities, including the various counterparties utilized by the Fund.
If a market disruption or similar event occurs, making it not reasonably practicable for the Fund to dispose of its securities or to determine its net asset value, the Fund could seek to limit or suspend purchases of creation units. Under such circumstances, the Fund’s shares could trade at a significant premium or discount to their net asset value or wide bid-ask spreads and the Fund could experience substantial redemptions, which may cause the Fund to sell portfolio holdings, experience increased transaction costs and make greater taxable distributions. The Fund may seek to change its investment objective by, for example, seeking to track an alternative index or the Fund may close. The Fund could liquidate all, or a portion of, its assets, which may be at unfavorable prices.
Markets and market participants are increasingly reliant on information data systems. Inaccurate data, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or securities markets more broadly.
Tax Risk
In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a regulated investment company (“RIC”) and its shareholders, a 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. A Fund’s pursuit of its investment strategy will potentially be limited by a Fund’s intention to qualify for such treatment and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to so qualify. A Fund can make certain investments, the treatment of which for these purposes is unclear.
A Fund expects to gain exposure to commodities or other assets that do not otherwise generate qualifying income and generate qualifying income by investing in such assets indirectly through a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a RIC, a Fund will limit its investments in such subsidiary to 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund may, however, exceed this amount from time to time if the Adviser believes doing so is in the best interests of the Fund, provided, however, that the Fund intends to continue to comply with the asset
diversification test applicable to RICs. If a Fund's investments in the subsidiary were to exceed 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of a tax quarter, the Fund may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC. The Adviser will carefully monitor a Fund's investments in the subsidiary to ensure that no more than 25% of the Fund's assets are invested in the subsidiary at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund intends to invest in complex derivatives for which there is not clear guidance from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") as to the calculation of such investments under the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. There are no assurances that the IRS will agree with a Fund's calculation under the asset diversification test which could cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC.
Because a Fund’s Cayman subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Fund, the Subsidiary is treated as a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”), and under the provisions of the Code applicable to CFCs, certain income of the Subsidiary (known as “subpart F inclusions”) will be included in the income of the Fund for tax purposes whether or not the income is distributed by the subsidiary to the Fund. Although income from certain investments held by the Subsidiary of a Fund would not be qualifying income if received directly by the Fund, the Code provides that a RIC’s subpart F inclusions will be treated as qualifying income if the CFC distributes such income to the RIC during the year of inclusion. Further, the IRS has issued Treasury regulations providing that the annual net profit, if any, realized by a Fund’s CFC subsidiary and included in the Fund’s income under the subpart F rules will constitute qualifying income whether or not the income is distributed by the subsidiary to the Fund, provided that the Fund makes its investment in the Subsidiary as part of the Fund’s business of investing in stocks and securities. The Fund intends to take the position that the subpart F inclusions from its Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income whether or not such income is distributed to the Fund each year. The Fund has not obtained a ruling from the IRS on this position, and the IRS has announced a policy of not issuing rulings addressing this subject. If the IRS were to take the position that a Fund’s subpart F inclusions from its Cayman subsidiary did not constitute qualifying income, it could jeopardize the Fund’s qualification as a RIC.
If, in any year, a Fund was to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and was ineligible to or was not able to cure such failure, a 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 a Fund’s net assets and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, a Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain distributions. Please see the section entitled “Dividends, Other Distributions and Taxes” in the SAI for more information.
Subsidiary Investment Risk
Investment in the Subsidiary generally will not exceed 25% of the value of its total assets (ignoring any subsequent market appreciation in the Subsidiary’s value). This limitation
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is pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and is measured at each taxable year quarter-end. Each Subsidiary, which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is wholly-owned and controlled by a Fund. A Fund will invest in the Subsidiary in order to gain exposure to the reference asset within the limitations of the federal tax law requirements applicable to regulated investment companies. Each Subsidiary will invest principally in derivatives that provide exposure to the reference asset as well as certain fixed-income investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary’s derivatives positions. Each Subsidiary may invest without limitation in derivatives that provide exposure to the reference asset though each Subsidiary will comply with the same 1940 Act asset coverage requirements that apply to a Fund’s transactions in these instruments. To the extent applicable, each Subsidiary otherwise is subject to the same fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions as a Fund, and, in particular, to the same requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, and the timing and method of valuation of portfolio investments and Fund shares, described elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the SAI. By investing in a Subsidiary, a Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments in derivatives that provide exposure to the reference asset.
Each Subsidiary is not registered with the SEC as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. As an investor in a Subsidiary, a Fund does not have the same protections offered to shareholders of registered investment companies.
Each Fund and Subsidiary may not be able to operate as described in this Prospectus in the event of changes to the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands. If the laws of the Cayman Islands required a Subsidiary to pay taxes to a governmental authority, a Fund would be likely to suffer decreased returns.
Cash Transaction Risk
Unlike most ETFs, the Bear Fund effects creation and redemptions principally for cash, rather than principally for in-kind securities, because of the nature of the financial instruments held by the Bear Fund. As such, investment in the Bear Fund is not expected to be tax efficient and will incur brokerage costs related to buying and selling investments to achieve the Bear Fund’s investment objective. To the extent that such costs are not offset by fees payable by an authorized participant, the Fund may bear such costs, which will decrease the Fund’s net asset value. ETFs generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio investments at the fund level. Because the Bear Fund effects redemptions principally for cash, the Bear Fund may be required to sell portfolio investments in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. The Bear Fund may recognize a capital gain on these sales that might not have been incurred if such Bear Fund had made a redemption in-kind and this may decrease the tax efficiency of the Bear Fund compared to ETFs that utilize an in-kind redemption process. Additionally, because the the Bear Fund is conducting the portfolio transactions rather than receiving securities
in-kind the Bear Fund will incur brokerage commissions and other related expenses thus the Bear Fund’s expenses will be higher than funds that utilize in-kind creations and redemptions.
At certain times, the Bull Fund may effect creations and redemptions for cash rather than for in-kind securities. As a result, the Bull 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 fees payable by an authorized participant, the Bull Fund may bear such costs, which will decrease the Bull Fund’s NAV.
Bitcoin Futures Risk
Investments linked to bitcoin, such as bitcoin futures contracts, can be highly volatile compared to investments in traditional securities and a Fund may experience sudden and large losses. The market for bitcoin futures is less developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the bitcoin futures market has grown substantially since bitcoin futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will continue. These markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors including changes in overall market movements, political and economic events, wars, acts of terrorism, natural disasters (including disease, epidemics and pandemics) and changes in interest rates or inflation rates. An investor should be prepared to lose the full principal value of their investment suddenly and without warning.
A number of factors affecting the price and market for bitcoin futures contracts:
Supply and demand for bitcoin futures contracts– The price for bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Additional demand, including demand resulting from the purchase, or anticipated purchase, of futures contracts by a Fund or other entities may increase that premium, perhaps significantly. It is not possible to predict whether or how long such conditions will continue. The emergence of other public blockchains that are similarly designed to serve as an alternative payment system, such as those focused on privacy through the use of zero-knowledge cryptography, may negatively impact on the demand for and value of bitcoin and hence the value of bitcoin futures and an investment in a Fund.
The regulatory environment relating to bitcoin and bitcoin futures– The regulation of bitcoin, digital assets and related products and services continues to evolve. The inconsistent and sometimes conflicting regulatory landscape may make it more difficult for bitcoin businesses to provide services, which may impede the growth of the bitcoin economy and have an adverse effect on consumer adoption of bitcoin. There is a possibility of future regulatory change altering, perhaps to a material extent, the ability to buy and sell bitcoin and bitcoin futures. Similarly, future regulatory changes
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could impact the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objective or alter the nature of an investment in a Fund or the ability of a Fund to continue to operate as planned.
Margin requirements and position limits applicable to bitcoin futures contracts – Margin levels for bitcoin futures contracts are substantially higher than the margin requirements for more established futures contracts. Additionally, the futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) utilized by a Fund may impose margin requirements in addition to those imposed by the exchanges. Margin requirements are subject to change and may be raised in the future by the exchanges and the FCMs. High margin requirements could prevent a Fund from obtaining sufficient exposure to bitcoin futures and may adversely affect its ability to achieve its investment objective. Further, FCMs utilized by a Fund may impose limits on the amount of exposure to futures contracts a Fund can obtain through such FCMs. If a Fund cannot obtain sufficient exposure through its FCMs, a Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
Costs of rolling futures contracts– Futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced higher than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “contango.” Conversely, futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced lower than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “backwardation.” When rolling futures contracts that are in contango, a Fund may sell the expiring bitcoin futures at a lower price and buy a longer-dated bitcoin futures at a higher price. When rolling futures contracts that are in backwardation, a Fund may sell the expiring bitcoin futures at a higher price and buy the longer-dated bitcoin futures at a lower price. The price difference between the expiring contract and longer-dated contract associated with rolling bitcoin futures is typically substantially higher than the price difference associated with rolling other futures contracts. Bitcoin futures have historically experienced extended periods of contango. Contango in the bitcoin futures market may have a significant adverse impact on the performance of a Fund and may cause bitcoin futures to underperform spot bitcoin. Both contango and backwardation may limit or prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective. Additionally, because of the frequency with which a Fund may roll futures contracts, the impact of contango or backwardation on Fund performance may be greater than it would have been if a Fund rolled futures contracts less frequently.
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk
If a Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, for example, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, or as a result of margin requirements or position limits imposed by a Fund’s FCMs, the CME, or the CFTC, a Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses. Any disruption in a Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts will cause a Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of bitcoin and bitcoin futures. Additionally, the ability of a Fund to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures
contracts is limited by certain tax rules that limit the amount a Fund can invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary as of the end of each tax quarter. Exceeding this amount may have tax consequences, see the section entitled “Tax Risk” in a Fund’s Prospectus for more information.
Bitcoin Futures Liquidity Risk
The market for bitcoin futures contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity. During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large size of the positions which a Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and may increase the losses incurred while trying to do so. It is also possible that, if a Fund’s assets become significant relative to the overall market, the large size of its positions potentially could impact futures contracts prices and contribute to illiquidity. Limits imposed by counterparties, exchanges or other regulatory organizations, such as accountability levels, position limits and daily price fluctuation limits, may contribute to a lack of liquidity and have a negative impact on Fund performance. During periods of market illiquidity, including periods of market disruption and volatility, it may be difficult or impossible for a Fund to buy or sell futures at desired prices or at all.
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk
When indices or securities experience a sharp decline in price or other disruptive events occur, an exchange or market may close entirely or halt for a period of time in accordance with exchange “circuit breaker” rules or issue trading halts on specific securities and therefore, a Fund’s ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted. These exchange or market actions may result in a Fund being unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments resulting in a Fund being unable to rebalance its portfolio, accurately price its investments and a Fund may incur substantial trading losses. A Fund being unable to rebalance its portfolio may result in a Fund not achieving its investment objective and a Fund having a significantly larger or lower leverage multiple than 200%, which may result in significant losses or reduced gains for Fund shareholders in certain circumstances.
Additionally, exchange or market closures or trading halts may result in a Fund’s shares trading at an increasingly large discount to NAV and/or at increasingly wide bid-ask spreads during part of, or all of, the trading day.
High Portfolio Turnover Risk
Daily rebalancing of a Fund’s holdings pursuant to its daily investment objective causes a much greater number of portfolio transactions when compared to most ETFs. Additionally, active market trading of the Fund’s Shares on such exchanges as NYSE Arca, could cause more frequent creation and redemption activities, which could increase the number of portfolio transactions. Frequent and active trading may lead to higher transaction costs because of increased broker commissions resulting from such transactions.
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In addition, there is the possibility of significantly increased short-term capital gains (which will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them). A Fund calculates portfolio turnover without including the short-term cash instruments or derivative transactions that comprise the majority of a Fund’s trading. As such, if a Fund’s extensive use of derivative instruments were reflected, the calculated portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.
Money Market Instrument Risk
Money market instruments, including money market funds, depositary accounts and repurchase agreements may be used for cash management purposes. Money market funds may be subject to credit risk with respect to the short-term debt instruments in which they invest. Depository accounts may be subject to credit risk with respect to the financial institution in which the depository account is held. Repurchase agreements are contracts in which a seller of securities agrees to buy the securities back at a specified time and price. Repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk related to the collateral securing the repurchase agreement. Money market instruments may also be subject to credit risks associated with the instruments in which they invest. There is no guarantee that money market instruments will maintain a stable value, and they may lose money.
Non-Diversification Risk
Each 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 a Fund’s volatility and increase the risk that a Fund’s performance will decline based on the performance of a single issuer or the credit of a single counterparty and make a Fund more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
Concentration Risk
A Fund’s investments will be concentrated (i.e., more than 25% of a Fund’s total assets) in investments that provide exposure to a reference asset. As a result, a Fund may be more volatile than a fund with a more diversified portfolio.
New Fund Risk
Each Fund recently commenced operations, has a limited operating history, and started operations with a small asset base. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be successful or grow to, or maintain a, viable size, that an active trading market for a Fund’s shares will develop or be maintained, or that a Fund’s shares’ listing will continue unchanged.
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk. A Fund may have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that those Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, Shares may trade at larger bid-ask spreads and/or premiums or discounts to
NAV. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for a fund that invests in non-U.S. securities or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.
Absence of Active Market Risk. Although Shares are listed for trading on a stock exchange, there is no assurance that an active trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In the absence of an active trading market for Shares, they will likely trade with a wider bid/ask spread and at a greater premium or discount to NAV.
Market Price Variance Risk. Shares of a Fund can be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices rather than at NAV. When Shares trade at a price greater than NAV, they are said to trade at a “premium.” When they trade at a price less than NAV, they are said to trade at a “discount.” The market price of Shares fluctuates based on changes in the value of a Fund’s holdings, the supply and demand for Shares, and other market factors. Because Shares can be created and redeemed in Creation Units at NAV, the Adviser believes that large discounts or premiums to the net asset value of Shares should not be sustained over the long term. Nevertheless, the market price of Shares may vary significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility. Further, to the extent that exchange specialists, market makers and/or Authorized Participants are unavailable or unable to trade a Fund’s Shares and/or create and redeem Creation Units, bid/ask spreads and premiums or discounts may widen. The exact exposure of an investment in a Fund intraday in the secondary market is a function of the difference between the value of a Reference ETP at the market close on the first trading day and the value of a Reference ETP at the time of purchase. Thus, an investor that purchases shares intra-day may experience performance that is greater than, or less than, a Fund’s stated multiple of its underlying Reference ETP.
Trading Cost Risk. Buying or selling Fund shares on an exchange involves two types of costs that apply to all securities transactions. When buying or selling shares of a Fund through a broker, a buyer may incur a brokerage commission and other charges. In addition, a buyer may incur the cost of the “spread”; that is, the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the “ask” price). The spread, which varies over time for shares of a Fund based on trading volume and market liquidity, is generally narrower if the Fund has more trading volume and market liquidity and wider if the Fund has less trading volume and market liquidity. In addition, increased market volatility may cause wider spreads. There may also be regulatory and other charges that are incurred as a result of trading activity. Because of the costs inherent in buying or selling Fund shares, frequent trading may detract significantly from investment results and an investment in Fund shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments through a brokerage account.
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Exchange Trading Risk. Shares are listed for trading on the listing exchange identified on the cover of the Prospectus. They also may be listed or traded on other U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges and may trade on electronic communication networks. Trading in Shares on their listing exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, including if they fail to meet the listing requirements of the exchange. Under certain circumstances, Shares may even be delisted. Trading halts of Shares should be expected to disrupt the creation/redemption process and may temporarily prevent investors from buying and selling Shares. Like other listed securities, Shares may be sold short, and short positions in Shares may place downward pressure on their market price. U.S. markets and exchanges may close early due to market or other circumstances, which may result in a Fund incurring substantial losses, not meeting its investment objective, or rebalancing its portfolio appropriately.
Other Risks of the Funds
Investment Strategy Implementation Risk
The Adviser utilizes a quantitative methodology to select investments for each Fund. Although this methodology is designed to correlate each Fund's daily performance with 200% or -200% of the daily performance of the Reference ETPs, there is no assurance that the implementation of such methodology will be successful and will enable a Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk
Using investment techniques that may be considered aggressive, such as swap agreements, futures contracts, forward contracts and options, includes the risk of potentially dramatic changes (losses) in the value of the instruments, imperfect correlations between the price of the instrument and the underlying asset, security or index, and volatility of a Fund.
Cybersecurity Risk
The increased use of technologies, such as the internet, to conduct business increases the operational, information security and related “cyber” risks both directly to a Fund and through its service providers. Similar types of cyber security risks are also present for issuers of financial instruments in which a Fund may invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers. Unlike many other types of risks faced by a Fund, these risks typically are not covered by insurance. Cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber incidents may include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, causing physical damage to computer or network systems, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users).
Failures or breaches of the electronic systems of a Fund, a Fund’s adviser, distributor, other service providers, counterparties, securities trading venues, or the issuers of financial instruments in which a Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact a Fund’s business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to a Fund and its shareholders. Cyber attacks may also interfere with the Fund’s calculation of its NAV, result in the submission of erroneous trades or erroneous creation or redemption orders, and could lead to violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs and/or additional compliance costs. While a Fund has established business continuity plans, there are inherent limitations in such plans, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified and that prevention and remediation efforts will not be successful. Furthermore, a Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems of a Fund’s service providers or issuers of financial instruments in which a Fund invests.
Investment Risk
An investment in a Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them.
U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk
A security backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Nevertheless, circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in losses to a Fund and substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. The market prices for such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics. Changes in the financial condition, national debt or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.
A high national debt level may increase market pressures to meet government funding needs, which may drive debt cost higher and lead the government to issue additional debt, thereby increasing refinancing risk. A high national debt also raises concerns that the U.S. government will not be able to make principal or interest payments when they are due. If market participants determine that U.S. sovereign debt levels have become unsustainable, the value of the U.S. dollar could decline, thus increasing inflationary pressures, particularly with respect to services outsourced to non-U.S. providers and imported goods and constrain or prevent the U.S. government from implementing effective countercyclical fiscal policy in economic downturns. Because U.S. government debt obligations are often used as a benchmark for other borrowing arrangements, a downgrade could also result in higher interest rates for a range of borrowers, cause
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disruptions in the international bond markets and have a substantial adverse effect on the U.S. and global economy.
Risk of Global Economic Shock
Widespread disease, including public health disruptions, pandemics and epidemics (for example, COVID-19 including its variants), have been and may continue to be highly disruptive to economies and markets. Health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks, and result in breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, civil unrest, periods of high unemployment, shortages in and disruptions to the medical care and consumer goods and services industries, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains, with potential corresponding results on the performance of a Fund and its investments.
Additionally, wars, military conflicts, sanctions, acts of terrorism, sustained elevated inflation, supply chain issues or other events could have a significant negative impact on global financial markets and economies. Russia’s military incursions in Ukraine have led to, and may lead to additional sanctions being levied by the United States, European Union and other countries against Russia. The ongoing hostilities between the two countries could result in additional widespread conflict and could have a severe adverse effect on the region and certain markets. Sanctions on Russian exports could have a significant adverse impact on the Russian economy and related markets and could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, even beyond any direct exposure a Fund may have to the region or to adjoining geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative impacts on the economy and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas. Furthermore, the possibility of a prolonged conflict between Hamas and Israel, and the potential expansion of the conflict in the surrounding areas and the involvement of other nations in such conflict, such as the Houthi movement’s attacks on marine vessels in the Red Sea, could further destabilize the Middle East region and introduce new uncertainties in global markets, including the oil and natural gas markets. How long such tensions and related events will last cannot be predicted. These tensions and any related events could have significant impact on a Fund performance and the value of an investment in a Fund.
Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk
Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics (for example, COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Such natural disaster and health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding results on the operating performance of each Fund and its investments. A climate of uncertainty and panic, including
the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies and reduce the availability of potential investment opportunities, and increases the difficulty of performing due diligence and modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of financial projections. Under these circumstances, each Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objective, which may adversely impact Fund performance. Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual companies (including, but not limited to, each Fund’s investment advisor, third party service providers, and counterparties), sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of each Fund’s investments. These factors can cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, changes in the availability of and the margin requirements for certain instruments, and can impact the ability of each Fund to complete redemptions and otherwise affect Fund performance. A widespread crisis would also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted. Impacts from these events could have a significant impact on each Fund’s performance, resulting in losses to your investment.
Regulatory Risk
Each Fund is subject to the risk that a change in U.S. law and related regulations will impact the way a Fund operates, increase the particular costs of a Fund’s operations and/or change the competitive landscape. Additional legislative or regulatory changes could occur that may materially and adversely affect each Fund.
A Precautionary Note to Retail Investors. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), a limited trust company and securities depositary that serves as a national clearinghouse for the settlement of trades for its participating banks and broker-dealers, or its nominee, will be the registered owner of all outstanding Shares of each Fund of the Trust. Your ownership of Shares will be shown on the records of DTC and the DTC Participant broker through whom you hold the Shares. THE TRUST WILL NOT HAVE ANY RECORD OF YOUR OWNERSHIP. Your account information will be maintained by your broker, who will provide you with account statements, confirmations of your purchases and sales of Shares, and tax information. Your broker also will be responsible for ensuring that you receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund whose Shares you own. Typically, you will receive other services (e.g., average basis information) only if your broker offers these services.
A Precautionary Note to Purchasers of Creation Units. Because new Shares may be issued on an ongoing basis, a “distribution” of Shares could be occurring at any time. As a dealer, certain activities on your part could, depending on the circumstances, result in your being deemed a participant in the distribution, in a manner that could render you a statutory underwriter and subject you to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”). For example, you could be
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deemed a statutory underwriter if you purchase Creation Units from an issuing Fund, break them down into the constituent Shares and sell those Shares directly to customers, or if you choose to couple the creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for Shares. Whether a person is an underwriter depends upon all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to that person’s activities, and the examples mentioned here should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could cause you to be deemed an underwriter. Dealers who are not “underwriters,” but are participating in a distribution (as opposed to engaging in ordinary secondary market transactions), and thus dealing with Shares as part of an “unsold allotment” 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.
A Precautionary Note to Investment Companies. For purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940
Act”), each Fund is a registered investment company, and the acquisition of its Shares by other investment companies is subject to the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) thereof. Rule 12d1-4 provides an exemption from these restrictions for registered investment companies seeking to invest in a Fund, subject to certain terms and conditions, including that such registered investment companies enter into an agreement with the Trust. Any investment company considering purchasing Shares of a Fund in amounts that may cause it to exceed the restrictions in Section 12(d)(1) should contact the Trust.
A Precautionary Note Regarding Unusual Circumstances. Under certain circumstances, a Fund may postpone payment of redemption proceeds. For information on such potential postponements, see the “Purchases and Redemptions - Suspension or Postponement of Right of Redemption” section of the SAI.
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About Your Investment
Share Price of the Funds
A fund’s share price is known as its NAV. Each Fund’s share price is calculated as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“Valuation Time”), each day the NYSE is open for business (“Business Day”). The NYSE is open for business Monday through Friday, except in observation of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The NYSE may close early on the business day before each of these holidays and on the day after Thanksgiving Day. NYSE holiday schedules are subject to change without notice. Because a Fund is exchange traded, the price an individual shareholder will buy or sell Fund shares at will be based on the market price determined by the secondary market, which may be higher or lower than the NAV of a Fund.
If the exchange or market on which a Fund’s investments are primarily traded closes early, the NAV may be calculated prior to its normal calculation time. Creation/redemption transaction order time cutoffs would also be accelerated.
The value of a Fund’s assets that trade in markets outside the United States or in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar may fluctuate when foreign markets are open but the Fund is not open for business.
Share price is calculated by dividing a Fund’s net assets by its shares outstanding. Portfolio securities and other assets are valued chiefly by market prices from the primary market in which they are traded. Under Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, a market quotation is readily available when that “quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable.” Each Fund uses the following methods to price securities or assets held in its portfolio with readily available market quotations:
Equity securities listed and traded principally on any domestic or foreign national securities exchange are valued at the last sales price. Exchange-traded funds are valued at the last sales price prior to Valuation Time. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market® are valued using the NASDAQ® Official Closing Price. Over-the counter securities are valued at the last sales price in the over-the-counter market;
Futures contracts are valued at (1) the settlement prices established each day on the exchange on which they are traded if the settlement price reflects trading prior to the Valuation Time, (2) at the last sales price prior to the Valuation Time if the settlement prices established by the exchange reflects trading after Valuation Time, or (3) at the last sales price of the exchange prior to the Valuation Time;
Options are valued at the composite price, using National Best Bid and Offer quotes; and
Securities and other assets for which market quotations are unavailable or unreliable are valued at fair value estimates as determined by the Adviser pursuant to its fair valuation policies.
Fair Value Pricing. When a market quotation is not readily available or is unreliable, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) is responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of the portfolio security or other asset. Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board designated the responsibility for fair valuation to the Adviser as its valuation designee (“Valuation Designee”). Fair value determinations are made in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Adviser, which set forth the methodologies by which a portfolio security or other asset will be fair valued. The Adviser may utilize fair valuation services of a pricing service to obtain a fair value for certain portfolio securities or other assets as well.
An investment that relies on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs according to ASC 820, such as swap agreements, is required to be fair valued as such investments do not have readily available market quotations by definition. Swap agreements are valued based on the closing value of the underlying reference instrument. Additionally, the Adviser will fair value a portfolio security or other asset if there is not a readily available market quotation, which may occur in the following situations: (1) to the extent that a Fund holds foreign securities, when foreign markets close before the NYSE opens or may not be open for business on the same calendar days as the Fund; (2) if there has been a significant event in the markets that makes the price of a portfolio security or asset unreliable; (3) if there is a lack of an active market, such as the market for certain preferred securities or for corporate bonds; and (4) if trading in a security is limited during the trading day and a limited number of quotes are available or If trading in a security is halted during a trading day and does not resume prior to the closing of the exchange or other market.
Fair valuation determinations of portfolio securities or other assets introduce an element of subjectivity to pricing of such portfolio securities or other assets. As a result, the price of a security or other asset determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the market value of the security when trading resumes. If a reliable market quotation becomes available for a security formerly valued through fair valuation techniques, the Adviser compares the market quotation to the fair value price to evaluate the effectiveness of the Adviser’s fair valuation procedures.
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Rule 12b-1 Fees
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the Plan, each Fund may pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities and shareholder services.
No 12b-1 fees are currently authorized to be paid by a Fund, and there are no plans to impose these fees. However, in the event 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.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions. Investors such as market makers, large investors and institutions who wish to deal in Creation Units directly with a Fund must have entered into an authorized participant agreement (“Authorized Participant Agreement”) with the principal underwriter and the transfer agent, or purchase through a broker-dealer that has entered into such an agreement. The Trust’s Board of Trustees has determined not to adopt policies and procedures designed to prevent or monitor for frequent purchases and redemptions of each Fund’s shares because the Fund sells and redeems its shares at NAV only in Creation Units pursuant to the terms of an Authorized Participant Agreement between the Authorized Participant and the Distributor, and such direct trading between the Fund and Authorized Participants is critical to ensuring that the Fund’s shares trade at or close to NAV. Further, the vast majority of trading in Fund shares occurs on the secondary market, which does not involve a Fund directly and therefore does not cause a Fund to experience many of the harmful effects of market timing, such as dilution and disruption of portfolio management. In addition, each Fund imposes a Transaction Fee on Creation Unit transactions, which is designed to offset transfer and other transaction costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units and may employ fair valuation pricing to minimize potential dilution from market timing. Although each Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase orders, each Fund does not currently impose any trading restrictions on frequent trading or actively monitor for trading abuses. Transaction fees are imposed as set forth in the table in the SAI.
How to Buy and Sell Shares
Each Fund directly issues and redeems Shares only in large blocks (called “Creation Units”) of 25,000 and only in transactions with Authorized Participants.
Individual Shares, once listed for trading on the Exchange, can be bought and sold throughout the trading day in the secondary market like other listed securities. Most investors will buy and sell Shares in secondary market transactions through brokers. The Funds do not require any minimum investment in secondary market transactions.
When buying or selling Shares through a broker, investors may incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and may pay some or all of the “spread” – that is, any difference between the bid price (the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a share of a fund) and the ask price (the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for a share of a fund). In addition, because secondary market transactions occur at market prices, which typically vary from NAV, investors may pay more than NAV when buying Shares, and receive less than NAV when selling Shares.
The Funds’ Exchange trading symbols are as follows:
Fund
Symbol
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bull 2X ETF
BTCU
Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 2X ETF
 
Book Entry. Shares are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued. DTC or its nominee is the record owner of all outstanding Shares of the Funds and is recognized as the record owner of all Shares for all purposes.
Investors owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its participants. 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. Beneficial owners of Shares must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants to exercise any rights as owners of Shares. These procedures are the same as those that apply to any other stocks that held in book entry or “street name” through a brokerage account.
Management of the Funds
Rafferty provides investment management services to the Funds. Rafferty has been managing investment companies since 1997. Rafferty is located at 535 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, New York 10022. As of October 31, 2025, the Adviser had approximately $60.1 billion in assets under management.
Under an investment advisory agreement between the Trust and Rafferty, each Fund pays Rafferty 0.75% at an annualized rate based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
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Rafferty has entered into a contractual Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement for each of the Funds that reduces the annualized advisory fee rate based on its average daily net assets. Pursuant to the Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement, each Fund pays Rafferty a fee at an annualized rate as follows: 0.75% of the first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets of a Fund; 0.70% of the average daily net assets of a Fund over $1.5 billion to $2 billion; 0.65% of the average daily net assets of a Fund over $2 billion to $2.5 billion; 0.60% of the average daily net assets of a Fund over $2.5 billion to $3 billion; and 0.55% of the average daily net assets of a Fund over $3 billion. There is no guarantee that the Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement will continue after September 1, 2027. This contractual fee waiver may be terminated at any time with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
A discussion regarding the basis on which the Board of Trustees approved the investment advisory agreement for the Funds will be included in the Funds' Semi-Annual Financial Statements and Additional Information for the period ended April 30, 2026.
Rafferty has entered into an Operating Expense Limitation Agreement with each Fund. Under this Operating Expense Limitation Agreement, Rafferty has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and management services fees and/or reimburse each Fund for Other Expenses (excluding, as applicable, among other expenses, taxes, swap financing and related costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividends or interest on short positions, other interest expenses, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) through September 1, 2027, to the extent that a Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Any expense waiver or reimbursement is subject to recoupment by the Adviser within three years after the expense was waived/reimbursed only if Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses fall below the lesser of this percentage limitation and any percentage limitation in place at the time the expense was waived/reimbursed. This Agreement may be terminated or revised at any time with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
Paul Brigandi and Tony Ng are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds (the “Portfolio Managers”). An investment trading team of Rafferty employees assists the Portfolio Managers in the day-to-day management of the Funds subject to their primary responsibility and oversight. The Portfolio Managers work with the investment trading team to decide the target allocation of each Fund’s investments and on a day-to-day basis, an individual portfolio trader executes transactions for the Funds consistent with the target allocation. The members of the investment trading team rotate periodically among the various series of the Trust, including the Funds, so that no single individual is assigned to a specific Fund for extended periods of time.
Mr. Brigandi has been a Portfolio Manager at Rafferty since June 2004. Mr. Brigandi was previously involved in the equity trading training program for Fleet Boston Financial Corporation from August 2002 to April 2004. Mr. Brigandi is a 2002 graduate of Fordham University.
Mr. Ng has been a Portfolio Manager at Rafferty since April 2006. Mr. Ng was previously a Team Leader in the Trading Assistant Group with Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2006. He was employed with Deutsche Asset Management from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Ng graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1998.
The Funds' Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") provides additional information about the investment team members’ compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of shares of the Funds.
Portfolio Holdings
A Fund’s portfolio holdings are disclosed on the Fund’s website at www.direxion.com each day the Fund is open for business. A description of the Funds' policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds' portfolio securities is available in the Funds' SAI.
other service providers
ALPS Distributors, Inc. (“Distributor”) serves as the Funds' distributor. U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) serves as the Funds' administrator. Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) serves as the Funds' transfer agent, fund accountant, custodian and index receipt agent. BNYM also serves as the custodian for each Fund's Subsidiary. The Distributor is not affiliated with Rafferty, USBFS, or BNYM.
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Distributions
Fund Distributions. Each Fund pays out dividends from its net investment income, and distributes any net capital gains, if any, to its shareholders at least annually. Each Fund is authorized to declare and pay capital gain distributions. A Fund may have extremely high portfolio turnover, which may cause it to generate significant amounts of taxable income. Each Fund will generally need to distribute net short-term capital gain to satisfy certain tax requirements. As a result of the Funds' high portfolio turnover, it could need to make larger and/or more frequent distributions than traditional ETFs.
A shareholder that holds shares of the Fund when a Fund pays a distribution will receive the distribution which reflects net investment income and net capital gains the Fund earned prior to the shareholder’s holding period. Because of the significant amount of trading a Fund conducts due to its daily leveraged investment objective, a shareholder may receive a large distribution with a significant tax impact even if the shareholder holds the shares for a short period of time.
Dividend Reinvestment Service. Brokers may make the DTC book-entry dividend reinvestment service (“Reinvestment Service”) available to their customers who are shareholders of a Fund. To determine whether the Reinvestment Service is available and whether there is a commission or other charge for using the service, consult your broker. Fund shareholders should be aware that brokers may require them to adhere to specific procedures and timetables to use the Reinvestment Service.
Taxes
As with any investment, you should consider the tax consequences of buying, holding, and disposing of Shares. The tax information in this Prospectus is only a general summary of some important federal tax considerations generally affecting a Fund and its shareholders. No attempt is made to present a complete explanation of the federal tax treatment of the Funds' activities, and this discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Accordingly, potential investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers for more detailed information and for information regarding any state, local, or foreign taxes applicable to the Funds and to an investment in Shares.
Fund distributions to you and your sale of your Shares will have tax consequences to you unless you hold your Shares through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred retirement arrangement, such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or 401(k) plan.
Each Fund intends to qualify each taxable year for taxation as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If a Fund so qualifies and satisfies certain distribution requirements, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income that is distributed in a timely manner to its shareholders in the form of income dividends or capital gain distributions.
Taxes on Distributions. Dividends from a Fund’s investment company taxable income – generally, the sum of net investment income, the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss, and net gains and losses from certain foreign currency transactions, if any, all determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid – will be taxable to you as ordinary income to the extent of its earnings and profits, whether they are paid in cash or reinvested in additional Shares. However, dividends a Fund pays to you that are attributable to its “qualified dividend income” (i.e., dividends it receives on stock of most domestic and certain foreign corporations with respect to which it satisfies certain holding period and other restrictions) generally will be taxed to you, if you are an individual, trust, or estate and satisfy those restrictions with respect to your Shares, for federal income tax purposes, at the rates of 15% or 20% for such shareholders with taxable income exceeding certain thresholds (which will be indexed for inflation annually). A portion of a Fund’s dividends also may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations – the eligible portion may not exceed the aggregate dividends the Fund receives from domestic corporations subject to federal income tax (excluding real estate investment trusts) and excludes dividends from foreign corporations – subject to similar restrictions; however, dividends a corporate shareholder deducts pursuant to that deduction are subject indirectly to the federal alternative minimum tax. Each Fund does not expect to earn a significant amount of income that would qualify for those maximum rates or that deduction.
Distributions of a Fund’s net capital gain (which is the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that it recognizes on sales or exchanges of capital assets (“capital gain distributions”), if any, will be taxable to you as long-term capital gains, at the maximum rates mentioned above if you are an individual, trust, or estate, regardless of your holding period for the Shares on which the distributions are paid in cash. A Fund’s capital gain distributions may vary considerably from one year to the next as a result of its investment activities and cash flows and the performance of the markets in which it invests. Each Fund does not expect to earn a significant amount of net capital gain.
Distributions in excess of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, if any, first will reduce your adjusted tax basis in your Shares in the Fund and, after that basis is reduced to zero, will constitute capital gain. That capital gain will be long-term capital gain, and thus will be taxed at the maximum rates mentioned above if you are an individual, trust, or estate if the distributions are attributable to Shares you held for more than one year.
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Investors should be aware that the price of Shares at any time may reflect the amount of a forthcoming dividend or capital gain distribution, so if they purchase Shares shortly before the record date therefor, they will pay full price for the Shares and receive some part of the purchase price back as a taxable distribution even though it represents a partial return of invested capital.
In general, distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year when they are paid. However, certain distributions paid in January may be treated as paid on December 31 of the prior year.
Because of the possibility of high portfolio turnover, each Fund may generate significant amounts of taxable income. Accordingly, each Fund may need to make larger and/or more frequent distributions than traditional unleveraged ETFs. A substantial portion of that income typically will be short-term capital gain, which will generally be treated as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders.
Fund distributions to tax-deferred or qualified plans, such as an IRA, retirement plan or pension plan, generally will not be taxable. However, distributions from such plans will be taxable to the individual participant notwithstanding the character of the income earned by the qualified plan. Please consult a tax adviser for a more complete explanation of the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of investing in a Fund through such a plan.
Taxes When Shares are Sold. Generally, you will recognize taxable gain or loss if you sell or otherwise dispose of your Shares. Any gain arising from such a disposition generally will be treated as long-term capital gain if you held the Shares for more than one year, taxable at the maximum rates (15% or 20%) mentioned above if you are an individual, trust, or estate; otherwise, the gain will be treated as short-term capital gain. However, any capital loss arising from the disposition of Shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of capital gain distributions, if any, received with respect to those Shares. In addition, all or a portion of any loss recognized on a sale or exchange of Shares of a Fund will be disallowed to the extent other Shares of the same Fund are purchased (whether through reinvestment of distributions or otherwise) within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the date of the sale or exchange; in that event, the basis in the newly purchased Shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.
Holders of Creation Units. A person who purchases Shares of the Bull Fund by exchanging securities for a Creation Unit generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the market value of the Creation Unit and the person’s aggregate basis in the exchanged securities, adjusted for any Balancing Amount paid or received. A shareholder who redeems a Creation Unit generally will recognize gain or loss to the same extent and in the same manner as described in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Miscellaneous. Backup Withholding. A Fund intermediary (such as a broker) must withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury 24% of dividends and capital gain distributions otherwise payable to any individual or certain other non-corporate shareholder who fails to certify that the social security or other taxpayer identification number furnished to the intermediary is correct or who furnishes an incorrect number (together with the withholding described in the next sentence, “backup withholding”). Withholding at that rate also is required from a Fund’s dividends and capital gain distributions otherwise payable to such a shareholder who is subject to backup withholding for any other reason. Backup withholding is not an additional tax, and any amounts so withheld may be credited against a shareholder’s federal income tax liability or refunded.
Additional Tax. An individual must pay a 3.8% federal tax on the lesser of (1) the individual’s “net investment income,” which generally includes dividends, interest, and net gains from the disposition of investment property (including dividends and capital gain distributions a Fund pays and net gains realized on the sale or redemption of Shares), or (2) the excess of the individual’s “modified adjusted gross income” over a threshold amount ($250,000 for married persons filing jointly and $200,000 for single taxpayers). This tax is in addition to any other taxes due on that income. A similar tax will apply for those years to estates and trusts. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the effect, if any, this provision may have on their investment in Fund shares.
Basis Determination. A shareholder who wants to use the average basis method for determining basis in Shares he or she acquires after December 31, 2011 (“Covered Shares”), must elect to do so in writing (which may be electronic) with the broker through which he or she purchased the Shares. A shareholder who wishes to use a different IRS-acceptable method for basis determination (e.g., a specific identification method) may elect to do so. Fund shareholders are urged to consult with their brokers regarding the application of the basis determination rules to them.
You may also be subject to state and local taxes on Fund distributions and dispositions of Shares.
Non-U.S. Shareholders. A “non-U.S. shareholder” is an investor that, for federal tax purposes, is a nonresident alien individual, a foreign corporation or a foreign estate or trust. Except where discussed otherwise, the following disclosure assumes that a non-U.S. shareholder’s ownership of Shares is not effectively connected with a trade or business conducted by such non-U.S. shareholder in the United States and does not address non-U.S. shareholders who are present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year. The tax consequences to a non-U.S. shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Non-U.S. shareholders should consult their tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in a Fund.
Withholding. Dividends paid by a Fund to non-U.S. shareholders will be subject to withholding tax at a 30% rate or a reduced rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty to the extent derived from investment income (other than “qualified
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interest income” or “qualified short-term capital gains,” as described below). In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding, a non-U.S. shareholder will be required to provide an IRS Form W-8BEN (or substitute form) certifying its entitlement to benefits under a treaty. The withholding tax does not apply to regular dividends paid to a non-U.S. shareholder who provides an IRS Form W-8ECI, certifying that the dividends are effectively connected with the non-U.S. shareholder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States. Instead, the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular U.S. income tax as if the non-U.S. shareholder were a U.S. shareholder. A non-U.S. corporation’s earnings and profits attributable to such dividends may also be subject to additional “branch profits tax” imposed at a rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate).
A non-U.S. shareholder who fails to provide an IRS Form W-8BEN or other applicable form may be subject to backup withholding at the appropriate rate. See the discussion of backup withholding under “Miscellaneous” above.
Exemptions from Withholding. In general, federal income tax will not apply to gain realized on the sale or other disposition of Shares or to any Fund distributions reported as capital gain dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, or interest-related dividends.
“Short-term capital gain dividends” are dividends that are attributable to “qualified short-term gain” a Fund realizes (generally, the excess of a Fund’s net short-term capital gain over long-term capital loss for a taxable year, computed with certain adjustments). “Interest-related dividends” are dividends that are attributable to “qualified net interest income” from U.S. sources. Depending on its circumstances, a Fund may report all, some or none of its potentially eligible dividends as short-term capital gain dividends and interest-related dividends and/or treat such dividends, in whole or in part, as ineligible for this exemption from withholding. To qualify for the exemption, a non-U.S. shareholder will need to comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its non-U.S. status (including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN or substitute form). In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if a Fund designates the payment as a short-term capital gain dividend or an interest-related dividend. Non-U.S. shareholders should contact their intermediaries with respect to the application of these rules to their accounts.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). Under FATCA, “foreign financial institutions” (“FFIs”) or “non-financial foreign entities” (“NFFEs”) that are Fund shareholders may be subject to a generally nonrefundable 30% withholding tax on income dividends. As discussed more fully in the Funds' SAI under “Taxes,” the FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided (a) by an FFI, if it reports certain information regarding direct and indirect ownership of financial accounts U.S. persons hold with the FFI and (b) by an NFFE, if it certifies as such and, in certain circumstances, that (i) it has no substantial U.S. persons as owners or (ii) it does have such owners and reports information relating to them to the withholding agent. The U.S. Treasury has negotiated intergovernmental agreements (“IGAs”) with certain countries and is in various stages of negotiations with other foreign countries with respect to one or more alternative approaches to implement FATCA; entities in those countries may be required to comply with the terms of the IGA instead of Treasury regulations. Non-U.S. shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the application of these requirements to their own situation and the impact thereof on their investment in a Fund.
More information about taxes is available in the Funds' SAI.
Additional Information ABOUT THE TRUST
The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, which may include, among others, the Funds' investment adviser, custodian, and transfer agent, who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not parties to any such contractual arrangements and are not intended beneficiaries of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any shareholder any right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.
This Prospectus provides information concerning the Funds that you should consider in determining whether to purchase Fund shares. Neither this Prospectus nor the SAI is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any investor, or to give rise to any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under federal or state law that may not be waived.
Many states have unclaimed property rules that provide for transfer to the state (also known as “escheatment”) of unclaimed property under various circumstances. These circumstances include inactivity (e.g., no owner-initiated contact for a certain period), returned mail (e.g., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned by the post office as undeliverable), or a combination of both inactivity and returned mail. Unclaimed or inactive accounts may be subject to escheatment laws, and the Funds and the Funds' transfer agent will not be liable to shareholders and their representatives for good faith compliance with those laws.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE Reference ETP
Information provided to, or filed with, the SEC by the initial Reference ETP named in this Prospectus, pursuant to the Exchange Act, including the financial statements of the initial Reference ETP’s Form 10-K, can be located by reference to the SEC file numbers noted in the table below through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov:
Reference ETP
SEC File Number
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ: IBIT)
001-41914/333-272680
Financial Highlights
No financial information is available for the Funds because the Funds had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Each Fund’s fiscal year end is October 31st.
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More Information on the Direxion Shares ETF Trust
Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”):
The Funds' SAI contains more information on each Fund and its investment policies. The SAI is incorporated in this Prospectus by reference (meaning it is legally part of this Prospectus). A current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders:
The Funds' reports will provide additional information on the Funds' investment holdings, performance data and information discussing the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds' performance during that period. The Funds' Form N-CSR will contain additional information about the Funds' investments and the Funds' annual and semi-annual financial statements.
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Reports and other information about the Funds may be viewed on screen or downloaded from the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of these documents may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: [email protected].
SEC File Number: 811-22201