The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objectives through the use of a call option strategy that combines a long position in SPY, an exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of the S&P 500^® Index, with short positions in certain call options. The strategy is a daily covered call option strategy that sells “out of the money” call options with zero days to expiration each day, known as a “daily call”. Daily call options having zero days to expiration are also known as “0DTE” options. In general, an option is a contract that gives the purchaser of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from the seller (writer) of the option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise price (the “strike price”) at a specified expiration date. Through this call option strategy, the Fund sells or “writes” exchange-traded call options to generate income from option premiums. These may include but are not limited to selling call options on SPY, or selling call options on the S&P 500^® Index (“SPX”) or selling Cboe Mini-SPX Index call options (“XSP”). XSP options are designed to track the S&P 500 ^® Index but trade at a smaller size compared to a standard SPX options contract.

The Fund will receive premium income for each call option sold. The expiration dates at the time of purchase for the Fund’s sold call options will range from the same day to one week. While the Fund expects to primarily invest in daily or 0DTE call options, the Fund may use options expiring weekly or purchase put options to accommodate defensive actions, if needed to prevent against a loss of premium or a capital loss. The Fund may also implement multi-leg option strategies such as credit spreads as defensive actions during periods of heightened market volatility. Multi-leg option strategies involve selling a call option while buying another call option at a different strike price on the same underlying and with the same expiration date. Compared to a similar strategy using monthly call options, a strategy using daily call options provides a higher income potential and a more stable income level in volatile markets. The Fund’s use of daily or 0DTE call options provides a higher likelihood of participating more closely in the capital performance of the underlying security as compared to covered call strategies with longer time horizons. However, it is important to note that the sale of these call options to generate income will limit the Fund’s ability to participate in increases in value of SPY beyond a certain point. If the value of SPY increases, the above-referenced long exposure would allow the Fund to experience similar percentage gains. However, if SPY appreciates in value beyond the strike price of the call option contracts that the Fund has sold to generate income, the Fund will lose money on those short call positions, and the losses will, in turn, limit the upside return of the Fund’s long exposure. As a result, the Fund’s overall strategy (i.e., the combination of the long exposure to SPY and the sold 0DTE call positions) will limit the Fund’s participation in gains of SPY beyond a certain point. This strategy effectively converts a portion of the potential upside price return growth of SPY into current income.

To implement the Fund’s investment strategy, at the beginning of each trading day, the Adviser sells “out-of-the-money” same day call options on SPY, SPX or XSP between 0% and 5% “out of the money” at the time of purchase. The strike price of an option is the price at which the underlying security can be bought or sold. The difference between the option’s strike price and the price of the underlying security determines if an option is “out of the money” or “in the money”. A call option is “out of the money” if the strike price of the option is higher than the current price of the underlying security. A call option is “in the money” if the strike price of the option is lower than the current price of the underlying security. At the expiration date, if the option is “in-the-money”, the buyer will typically exercise the option, benefiting from the ability to purchase the underlying security from the seller at a price lower than the current market price. If the option is “out-of-the-money”, the option likely will not be exercised, benefiting the seller who retains the underlying security. The tradeoff with respect to purchasing same day call options between 0% and 5% “out of the money” is, the closer the option position to the price of the underlying security, the larger the option premium, but the lower the cap is set to participate in the capital appreciation of the underlying security.  The higher it is set, the less income is generated from premiums, but the higher the ceiling is to participate in the capital appreciation of the underlying security.

With respect to the Fund’s covered call options, the Adviser covers the entire notional value of the underlying security. However, the Fund’s notional exposure will drift during each trading day. The notional value of the options will not be permitted to deviate with respect to the underlying security by plus or minus more than 5%. The Fund may reallocate its portfolio at the end of each trading day. That is, the Fund may allow each day’s options to expire and then settle them in cash. The Fund may also close an options position before its expiration at the end of a trading day if the Adviser believes the option has yielded a majority of its potential return, and then open another option that expires the same day to generate additional premium, or to roll the option to prevent its expiry in the money.

The long component of the strategy consists of investments in SPY. SPY is not actively managed and holds a portfolio of common stocks that are included in the S&P 500^® Index with the weight of each stock in SPY substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the Index. The Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to the performance associated with SPY, subject to a limit on potential gains, while providing incremental income. The Fund is managed in a way that seeks, under normal circumstances, to provide monthly distributions from a stream of income based on call options premiums received. There is no guarantee, however, that the Fund will make a distribution in any given month, and the amounts of the distribution may vary greatly from one distribution to the next. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments and economic interests that provide exposure to SPY (“80% Investment Policy”). “Assets” means net assets plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes.

The Fund will also hold short-term U.S. Treasury securities as collateral in connection with the Fund’s options strategy and to generate income. The income generated by these securities will be influenced by interest rates at the time of investment. Further income, in the form of option premiums received from sales of call options, will be primarily influenced by the volatility of the Index’s value, although other factors, including interest rates, will also impact the level of income.

Investment Process: In managing the equity portion of the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser has developed a unique approach to daily “out-of-the-money” covered call options strategy, powered by the Adviser’s proprietary research process.  

In pursuing the Fund’s investment strategy, the Adviser considers a number of criteria including:

The Fund’s investment strategies may involve active and frequent trading resulting in high portfolio turnover.

An investment in the Fund is not an investment in SPY or the S&P 500^® Index, nor is the Fund a traditionally passively managed index fund. The Fund does not invest directly in the S&P 500^® Index or in any companies that comprise the Index. Neither the Fund nor any of its affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of the S&P 500^® Index.

The Fund, Trust, Adviser, and Sub-Adviser are not affiliated with nor endorsed by SPY or the S&P 500^® Index.

Index Overview: The S&P 500^® Index is a widely recognized benchmark index that tracks the performance of 500 of the largest U.S.- based companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. These companies represent approximately 80% of the total U.S. equities market by capitalization, making it a large-cap index. The S&P 500^® Index includes 500 selected companies, all of which are listed on national stock exchanges and spans a broad range of major sectors. The five largest sectors in the Index as of December 29, 2023 were information technology, financials, healthcare, consumer discretionary and industrials. This distribution can vary over time as the market value of these sectors change. Regarding volatility, the S&P 500^® Index, like all market indices, has experienced periods of significant daily price movements. However, the specific degree of volatility can vary and is subject to change based on overall market conditions. Despite these periods of volatility, the Index has shown long-term growth over its history.