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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with ARMU and ARMG, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ARMU and ARMG is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of ARMU and ARMG.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ARMU AND ARMG, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with ASMG none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding ASMG is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of ASMG.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ARMS, IT TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy [Heading] | Principal Investment Strategies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with AVL and AVGX none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding AVL or AVGX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of AVL or AVGX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH AVL OR AVGX, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying KRKB ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the financial services sector and the insurance industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with BRKU none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding BRKU is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of BRKU.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH BRKU, IT TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the electronic data processing (EDP) industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with QBTX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding QBTX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of QBTX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH QBTX, ITS TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the healthcare providers and services industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with HIMZ, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding HIMZ is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of HIMZ.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH HIMZ, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF.
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the electronic data processing (EDP) industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. IONL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of IONL’s publicly available documents. In connection with IONX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding IONX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of IONX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH IONX, ITS TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH IONL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in automative industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. LCDL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of LCDL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH LCDL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the electronic data processing (EDP) industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. MRAL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of MRAL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MRAL.
Additional Information on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset that is created and transmitted through the operations of the online, peer-to-peer Bitcoin network, a decentralized network of computers that operates on cryptographic protocols. The ownership of bitcoin is determined by participants in 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. Bitcoin, the asset, plays a key role in the operation of the Bitcoin network, as the computers (or “miners”) that process transactions on the network and maintain the network’s security are compensated through the issuance of new bitcoin and through transaction fees paid by users in bitcoin. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is not issued by any government, by banks or similar organizations. The infrastructure of the Bitcoin network is collectively maintained by a decentralized user base. The Bitcoin network is accessed through software, and software governs the creation, movement, and ownership of “bitcoin,” the unit of account on the Bitcoin network ledger. The value of bitcoin is determined, in part, by the supply of, and demand for, bitcoin in the global markets for trading bitcoin, market expectations for the adoption of bitcoin as a decentralized store of value, the number of merchants and/or institutions that accept bitcoin as a form of payment and the volume of private end-user-to-end-user transactions. Bitcoin transaction and ownership records are reflected on the “Bitcoin blockchain,” which is a digital public record or ledger. Copies of this ledger are stored in a decentralized manner on the computers of each Bitcoin network node (a node is any user who maintains on their computer a full copy of all the bitcoin transaction records, the blockchain, as well as related software). Transaction data is permanently recorded in files called “blocks,” which reflect transactions that have been recorded and authenticated by Bitcoin network participants. The Bitcoin network software source code includes protocols that govern the creation of new bitcoin and the cryptographic system that secures and verifies bitcoin transactions.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying M RVL ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. MVLL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of MVLL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MVLL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the computer and information technology industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. MSTP is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of MSTP’s publicly available documents. In connection to MSTU and MSTX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding MSTU and MSTX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of MSTU and MSTX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MSTU AND MSTX, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MSTP.
Additional Information on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset that is created and transmitted through the operations of the online, peer-to-peer Bitcoin network, a decentralized network of computers that operates on cryptographic protocols. The ownership of bitcoin is determined by participants in 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. Bitcoin, the asset, plays a key role in the operation of the Bitcoin network, as the computers (or “miners”) that process transactions on the network and maintain the network’s security are compensated through the issuance of new bitcoin and through transaction fees paid by users in bitcoin.
No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is not issued by any government, by banks or similar organizations. The infrastructure of the Bitcoin network is collectively maintained by a decentralized user base. The Bitcoin network is accessed through software, and software governs the creation, movement, and ownership of “bitcoin,” the unit of account on the Bitcoin network ledger. The value of bitcoin is determined, in part, by the supply of, and demand for, bitcoin in the global markets for trading bitcoin, market expectations for the adoption of bitcoin as a decentralized store of value, the number of merchants and/or institutions that accept bitcoin as a form of payment and the volume of private end-user-to-end-user transactions.
Bitcoin transaction and ownership records are reflected on the “Bitcoin blockchain,” which is a digital public record or ledger. Copies of this ledger are stored in a decentralized manner on the computers of each Bitcoin network node (a node is any user who maintains on their computer a full copy of all the bitcoin transaction records, the blockchain, as well as related software). Transaction data is permanently recorded in files called “blocks,” which reflect transactions that have been recorded and authenticated by Bitcoin network participants. The Bitcoin network software source code includes protocols that govern the creation of new bitcoin and the cryptographic system that secures and verifies bitcoin transactions.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. MULL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of MULL’s publicly available documents. In connection with MUU none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding MUU is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of MUU.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MUU, IT TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MULL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the software and information technology and the entertainment industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with NFXL and NFLU, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding NFXL and NFLU is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of NFXL and NFLU.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH NFXL AND NFLU, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying PDDETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the business services industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with KPDD, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding KPDD is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of KPDD.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH KPDD, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the computer software industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. PTIR is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of PTIR’s publicly available documents. In connection to PLTU and PLTG, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding PLTU and PLTG is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of PLTU and PLTG.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MSTU AND MSTX, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MSTP.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the electronic data processing (EDP) industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with RGTX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding RGTX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of RGTX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH RGTX, ITS TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the capital market services industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection with RIOX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding RIOX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of RIOX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH RIOT, ITS TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Additional Information on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset that is created and transmitted through the operations of the online, peer-to-peer Bitcoin network, a decentralized network of computers that operates on cryptographic protocols. The ownership of bitcoin is determined by participants in 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. Bitcoin, the asset, plays a key role in the operation of the Bitcoin network, as the computers (or “miners”) that process transactions on the network and maintain the network’s security are compensated through the issuance of new bitcoin and through transaction fees paid by users in bitcoin. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is not issued by any government, by banks or similar organizations. The infrastructure of the Bitcoin network is collectively maintained by a decentralized user base. The Bitcoin network is accessed through software, and software governs the creation, movement, and ownership of “bitcoin,” the unit of account on the Bitcoin network ledger. The value of bitcoin is determined, in part, by the supply of, and demand for, bitcoin in the global markets for trading bitcoin, market expectations for the adoption of bitcoin as a decentralized store of value, the number of merchants and/or institutions that accept bitcoin as a form of payment and the volume of private end-user-to-end-user transactions. Bitcoin transaction and ownership records are reflected on the “Bitcoin blockchain,” which is a digital public record or ledger. Copies of this ledger are stored in a decentralized manner on the computers of each Bitcoin network node (a node is any user who maintains on their computer a full copy of all the bitcoin transaction records, the blockchain, as well as related software). Transaction data is permanently recorded in files called “blocks,” which reflect transactions that have been recorded and authenticated by Bitcoin network participants. The Bitcoin network software source code includes protocols that govern the creation of new bitcoin and the cryptographic system that secures and verifies bitcoin transactions.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in automative industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. RVNL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of RVNL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH RVNL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the investment banking and brokerage industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection to HOOX, ROBN and HOOG, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding HOOX, ROBN and HOOG is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of HOOX, ROBN and HOOG.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH HOOX ROBN AND HOOG, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying SMCL ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying SMCL ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the computer software industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying SMCL ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying SMCL ETF from publicly available documents. SMCL is affiliated with the Fund and both funds are issued under GraniteShares ETF Trust. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of SMCL’s publicly available documents. In connection to SMCX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representations that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding SMCX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of SMCX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH MSTU AND MSTX, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH MSTP.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the consumer finance industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. In connection to SOFX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding SOFX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of SOFX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH SOFX, ITS TRUSTS, AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in semi-conductor industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of TSMU’s publicly available documents. In connection to TSMG or TSMX, none of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to either fund. None of the Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, or their respective affiliates makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding TSMG or TSMX is accurate or complete. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
The Fund, the Trust, the Adviser, and their respective affiliates do not provide any representation regarding the performance of TSMG or TSMX.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH TSMG OR TSMX, THEIR TRUSTS, AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH TSMU.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the business services industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of UBRL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH UBRL.
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to pay weekly distributions by selling put options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF, which provides exposure to 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock. It is expected that the implied volatility on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to be twice the level of the Underlying Stock’s implied volatility and selling options on the Underlying Leveraged ETF to generate, over the same time horizon and for the same strike levels, twice the premium generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock. The premium received by the Fund from selling options will be distributed at least partially before the maturity of the options. This allows the Fund to make distributions on a weekly basis even if the options sold have longer maturity (such as monthly maturity for instance). This approach may result in the distributions being treated fiscally as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”). There is no guarantee that the Fund will generate twice the level of premium that would be generated by selling options on the Underlying Stock.
The Fund is subject to the losses from the Underlying Leveraged ETF. In case a Put Spread Strategy (as defined under the section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts”) is implemented, the Fund may benefit from a limited downside protection against a negative price variation in the Underlying Leveraged ETF. Such protection will negatively affect the Fund’s overall income level. A put spread strategy with a narrow spread (the difference between the strikes of the put option sold and put option bought) may provide better protection but will have a higher negative impact on the Fund’s income level. A put spread strategy with a large spread will provide a lower protection but may have less negative impact on the Fund’s income level.
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in derivatives contracts that utilize the Underlying Leveraged ETF as their reference asset. For purposes of compliance with this investment policy, derivative contracts will be valued at their notional value.
For more information, see section “The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts” below.
The Fund’s cash balance may be invested in the following instruments: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality as collateral for the Fund’s swap agreements; (5) repurchase transactions, which are transactions under which the purchaser (i.e., the Fund) acquires securities and the seller agrees, at the time of the sale, to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the purchaser’s holding period, and/or; (6) US large cap equities listed on a national security exchange, sovereign fixed income securities with a credit rating at least equal to the United States Federal Government, or corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade for the purposes of entering into swap agreements with the Fund’s swap counterparties. The Fund may enter into such swap agreements to improve its operational efficiency.
The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).
The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to the level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivatives portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund’s investment strategy and the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
No Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore each Fund’s investment objective along with its respective 80% investment policy may be changed without the consent of that Fund’s shareholders upon approval by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.
There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment strategy will be properly implemented or pay weekly distributions, and an investor may lose some or all of its investment. Even when the Fund makes a distribution it could be fiscally treated as return of capital (see “Distribution Risk” under the section “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund”).
An Investment in the Fund is not an investment in the Underlying Leveraged ETF
Additional information regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF is set forth below.
The Fund’s Use of the Underlying Leveraged ETF Derivatives Contracts
Example 1 – Put Write Strategy - Selling In-the-money Put Option Contract with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 2 – Put Write Strategy - Selling Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with a One-week Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 and a one-week maturity. The Fund receives a $0.50 premium for selling the put option contract.
Example 3 – Put Spread Strategy - Selling At-the-money Put Options Contracts and buy an Out-of-the-money Put Options Contracts with both with a One-month Maturity
Assume for simplicity that the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s shares are trading at $100.00 at the time the Fund sells an in-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $105.00 and buy an out-of-the-money put option contract with a strike price of $95.00 both with a one-month maturity. The Fund receives a $5.50 premium for selling the put option contract and pays $0.50 premium for buying the put option contract. Hence the Fund receives a $5.00 net premium.
The comparison between the Put Write Strategy in Example 1 and the Put Spread Strategy in Example 3, shows that the Put Spread Strategy has a narrower range of outcomes. It has limited participation in a potential increase or decrease in the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s share price.
In examples 1 and 2, if the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s price were to drop to zero, the Fund’s NAV would be equal, before fees and costs, to the value of premium received.
Types of Options Contracts Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may buy or sell FLexible EXchange® (“FLEX”) put options contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The Fund will only buy or sell options contracts that are listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges. Traditional exchange-traded options contracts have standardized terms, such as the type (call or put), the reference asset, the strike price and expiration date. Exchange-listed options contracts are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”). FLEX Options are a type of exchange-listed options contract with uniquely customizable terms that allow investors to customize key terms like type, strike price and expiration date that are standardized in a typical options contract. FLEX Options are also guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
In general, 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 (in this case, the Underlying Leveraged ETF) the option at a specified exercise price. 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 (call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security or currency (put). An option is said to be “European Style” when it can be exercised only at expiration whereas an “American Style” option can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. The Fund might use either European or American style options. The Fund intends to primarily utilize European style options.
Swap agreements Used by the Fund
As part of the Fund’s strategy, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with major financial institutions that provide the same exposure as to buying and/or selling put options contracts on the Underlying Leveraged ETF. The swap agreements may reference standardized exchange-traded, FLEX, European Style or American Style put options contracts that are based on the values of the price returns of the Underlying Leveraged ETF. All put options contracts referenced in a swap agreement will be listed for trading on regulated U.S. exchanges.
The swap performance will settle in cash only irrespective of the types of the put options contracts referenced in the swap agreement.
Underlying Leveraged ETF
The Underlying Leveraged ETF seeks daily leverage investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage of the Underlying Stock by entering into swap agreements on the Underlying Stock. The Underlying Leveraged ETF aims to generate 2 times the daily performance of the Underlying Stock for a single day. A “single day” is defined as being calculated “from the close of regular trading on one trading day to the close on the next trading day.”
Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day’s return over time, the return of the Underlying Leveraged ETF 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 Underlying Stock over the same period. The Underlying Leveraged ETF will lose money if the Underlying Stock’s performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Underlying Stock volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Underlying Stock’s performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
The Fund intends to initial reference the following products as Underlying Leveraged ETF:
The Fund may reference additional products as Underlying Leveraged ETF as market and liquidity develop.
Due to the Underlying Leveraged ETF’s investment exposure to the Underlying Stock, the Fund’s investment exposure is concentrated in the industrial machinery industry.
This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the Underlying Leveraged ETF or the Underlying Stock. The Fund has derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the Underlying Leveraged ETF from publicly available documents. The Trust and the Adviser have been directly involved in the preparation of the disclosure of VRTL’s publicly available documents. Furthermore, the Fund cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Leveraged ETF have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the Underlying Leveraged ETF could affect the value received with respect to your Shares and therefore the value of your Shares.
THE FUND, TRUST AND ADVISER ARE AFFILIATED WITH VRTL.
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