Investment Risks - Toews Hedged Opportunity Fund
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Mar. 06, 2026 |
| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect
the Funds net asset value and performance.
| ● | Allocation
Risk: The risk that if the Funds strategy for allocating assets among different
assets classes does not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objective or may underperform
other funds with the same or similar investment strategy. |
| ● | Common
Stock Risk: The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate based on changes in the value
of the U.S. and/or foreign common stocks held by the Fund. Stock prices can fall rapidly
in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic,
political or market conditions. |
| ● | Credit
Risk: Issuers of fixed-income securities may default on interest and principal payments
due to the Fund. Generally, securities with lower debt ratings have speculative characteristics
and have greater risk the issuer will default on its obligation. For high-yield bonds, changes
in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity
of those issuers to make principal or interest payments, as compared to issuers of more highly-rated
securities. These securities can also be thinly traded or have restrictions on resale, making
them difficult to sell at an acceptable price. |
| ● | Derivatives
Risk: The Fund may execute an investment strategy or hedge by entering into derivative
contracts such as futures and swaps, which can be riskier than traditional investments because
they involve leverage, may be illiquid, may suffer counterparty default and may limit gains. |
| ● | Emerging
Market Risk: Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments,
weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights. Emerging
market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible
to economic weakness and more likely to default. Emerging market securities also tend to
be less liquid. |
| ● | ETF
and Underlying Fund Risk: ETFs and Underlying Funds are subject to investment advisory
fees and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, your cost
of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may
be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in securities. Each ETF is subject
to specific risks, depending on its investments. ETFs in which the Fund invests will not
be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total
return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting
the actual balance of the securities. The market value of the ETF shares may differ from
their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and
demand in the market for ETF shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply
and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may
be times when an ETF share trades at a premium or discount to its net asset value. |
| ● | Fixed
Income Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment
in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest
rates causes a decline in the value of bond funds owned by the Fund. In general, the market
price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response
to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Issuers of fixed-income securities
may default on interest and principal payments due to the Fund. Generally, securities with
lower debt ratings have speculative characteristics and have greater risk the issuer will
default on its obligation. |
| ● | Foreign
Risk: The Fund could be subject to greater risks because the Funds performance
may depend on issues other than the performance of a particular company or U.S. market sector.
Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than
a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. The value of foreign securities
is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. |
| ● | Foreign
Currency Risk: To the extent the Fund invests in securities that are denominated
in foreign currencies, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies can change
significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. |
| ● | Futures
Risk: The Funds use of futures contracts involves risks different from, or possibly
greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional
investments. These risks include (i) leverage risk (ii) risk of mispricing or improper valuation;
and (iii) the risk that changes in the value of the futures contract may not correlate perfectly
with the underlying index. Investments in futures involve leverage, which means a small percentage
of assets invested in futures can have a disproportionately large impact on the Fund. This
risk could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested. |
| ● | Hedging
Risk: When the adviser believes market conditions are unfavorable, the adviser may attempt
to hedge with defensive positions and strategies including holding substantial
positions in foreign or domestic fixed-income securities and/or cash equivalents, which may
limit potential gains when compared to unhedged funds. |
| ● | Interest
Rate Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed-income securities, the value of your investment
in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest
rates causes a decline in the value of the fixed-income securities owned by the Fund. In
general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease
more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. |
| ● | Investment-Grade
Corporate Bonds: Debt securities of industrial, utility, banking and other financial
institutions that are rated at or above investment grade (BBB/Baa or higher). These securities
are backed by the credit of the corporation issuing the fixed-income instrument as to the
timely repayment of principal and interest. |
| ● | Issuer
Risk: Fund value might decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects
of an individual company or issuer in the Funds portfolio. The value of an individual
issuer can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the
value of the market as a whole. The value of certain types of companies or issuers can be
more volatile due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments. |
| ● | Large
Cap Risk: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization
companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more
mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization
companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies
has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets. |
| ● | Management
Risk: The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to
the advisers investment model. The models used by the adviser to determine or guide
investment decisions may not achieve the objectives of the Fund. The advisers assessment
of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments or markets in
which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the advisers
investment strategy will produce the desired results. |
| ● | Margin
Risk: Certain derivatives require the Fund to make margin payments, a form of security
deposit intended to protect against nonperformance of the derivative contract. The Fund may
have to post additional margin if the value of the derivative position changes in a manner
adverse to the Fund. Derivatives may be difficult to value, which may result in increased
payment requirements to counterparties or a loss of value to the Fund. If the Fund has insufficient
cash to meet additional margin requirements, it might need to sell securities at a disadvantageous
time. |
| ● | Market
and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and
financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial
market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities
in the Fund may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates,
global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and
climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, tariff and trade wars, international
conflicts, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence
of global events similar to those in recent years, such as a worldwide pandemic, terrorist
attacks, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among
others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and
global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S.
or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration
of those effects. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value
and risk profile of the Fund. For example, the COVID-19 global pandemic had negative impacts,
and in many cases severe negative impacts, on markets worldwide. It is not known how long
the impacts of the significant events described above, will or would last, but there could
be a prolonged period of global economic slowdown, which may impact your investment. Therefore,
the Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over
longer periods during more prolonged market downturns. During a general market downturn,
multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Changes in market conditions and interest
rates can have the same impact on all types of securities and instruments. In times of severe
market disruptions you could lose your entire investment. |
| ● | Options
Risk: There are risks associated with the sale and purchase of call and put options.
As the buyer of a put or call option, the Fund risks losing the entire premium invested in
the option if the Fund does not exercise the option. As a seller (writer) of a put option,
the Fund will tend to lose money if the value of the reference index or security falls below
the strike price. As the seller (writer) of a call option, the Fund will tend to lose money
if the value of the reference index or security rises above the strike price. |
| ● | Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Portfolio turnover results in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups
and other transaction costs and may result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated
with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in the Funds performance. |
| ● | Short
Sales Risk: The Fund will engage in short selling and short position derivative activities,
which are significantly different from the investment activities commonly associated with
conservative stock or bond funds. Positions in shorted securities and derivatives are speculative
and more risky than long positions (purchases) because the cost of the replacement
security or derivative is unknown. Therefore, the potential loss on an uncovered short is
unlimited, whereas the potential loss on long positions is limited to the original purchase
price. You should be aware that any strategy that includes selling securities short could
suffer significant losses. Shorting will also result in higher transaction costs (such as
interest and dividends), which reduce the Funds return, and may result in higher taxes. |
| ● | Small-Cap
and Mid-Cap Risk: Small-cap and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable than larger,
more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments. These companies
may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and they may be dependent
on a limited management group. |
| ● | Tax
Inefficiency Risk: The adviser expects that most of the gains generated by the Fund will
be categorized as short-term capital gains which will be subject to higher tax rates than
long-term capital gains. Given the potential tax-inefficiency of the Fund, investors should
consider investing through a tax-deferred account and carefully consider the tax consequences
before investing. |
| ● | U.S.
Treasury Risk: Although the Fund invests in short-term Treasury obligations, an investment
in the Fund is subject to risk even if all securities in the Fund are paid in full at maturity.
All money market instruments, including U.S. Treasury obligations, can change in value in
response to changes in interest rates, and a major change in rates could cause the share
price to change. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S. government, an investment in the Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, U.S. government or any other government agency. |
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| Allocation Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Allocation
Risk: The risk that if the Funds strategy for allocating assets among different
assets classes does not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objective or may underperform
other funds with the same or similar investment strategy. |
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| Common Stock Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Common
Stock Risk: The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate based on changes in the value
of the U.S. and/or foreign common stocks held by the Fund. Stock prices can fall rapidly
in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic,
political or market conditions. |
|
| Credit Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Credit
Risk: Issuers of fixed-income securities may default on interest and principal payments
due to the Fund. Generally, securities with lower debt ratings have speculative characteristics
and have greater risk the issuer will default on its obligation. For high-yield bonds, changes
in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity
of those issuers to make principal or interest payments, as compared to issuers of more highly-rated
securities. These securities can also be thinly traded or have restrictions on resale, making
them difficult to sell at an acceptable price. |
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| Derivatives Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Derivatives
Risk: The Fund may execute an investment strategy or hedge by entering into derivative
contracts such as futures and swaps, which can be riskier than traditional investments because
they involve leverage, may be illiquid, may suffer counterparty default and may limit gains. |
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| Emerging Market Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Emerging
Market Risk: Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments,
weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights. Emerging
market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible
to economic weakness and more likely to default. Emerging market securities also tend to
be less liquid. |
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| Etf And Underlying Fund Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | ETF
and Underlying Fund Risk: ETFs and Underlying Funds are subject to investment advisory
fees and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, your cost
of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may
be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in securities. Each ETF is subject
to specific risks, depending on its investments. ETFs in which the Fund invests will not
be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total
return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting
the actual balance of the securities. The market value of the ETF shares may differ from
their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and
demand in the market for ETF shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply
and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may
be times when an ETF share trades at a premium or discount to its net asset value. |
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| Fixed Income Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Fixed
Income Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment
in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest
rates causes a decline in the value of bond funds owned by the Fund. In general, the market
price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response
to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Issuers of fixed-income securities
may default on interest and principal payments due to the Fund. Generally, securities with
lower debt ratings have speculative characteristics and have greater risk the issuer will
default on its obligation. |
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| Foreign Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Foreign
Risk: The Fund could be subject to greater risks because the Funds performance
may depend on issues other than the performance of a particular company or U.S. market sector.
Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than
a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. The value of foreign securities
is also affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. |
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| Foreign Currency Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Foreign
Currency Risk: To the extent the Fund invests in securities that are denominated
in foreign currencies, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies can change
significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. |
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| Futures Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Futures
Risk: The Funds use of futures contracts involves risks different from, or possibly
greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional
investments. These risks include (i) leverage risk (ii) risk of mispricing or improper valuation;
and (iii) the risk that changes in the value of the futures contract may not correlate perfectly
with the underlying index. Investments in futures involve leverage, which means a small percentage
of assets invested in futures can have a disproportionately large impact on the Fund. This
risk could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested. |
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| Hedging Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Hedging
Risk: When the adviser believes market conditions are unfavorable, the adviser may attempt
to hedge with defensive positions and strategies including holding substantial
positions in foreign or domestic fixed-income securities and/or cash equivalents, which may
limit potential gains when compared to unhedged funds. |
|
| Interest Rate Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
|
| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Interest
Rate Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed-income securities, the value of your investment
in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest
rates causes a decline in the value of the fixed-income securities owned by the Fund. In
general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease
more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. |
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| Investment Grade Corporate Bonds [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Investment-Grade
Corporate Bonds: Debt securities of industrial, utility, banking and other financial
institutions that are rated at or above investment grade (BBB/Baa or higher). These securities
are backed by the credit of the corporation issuing the fixed-income instrument as to the
timely repayment of principal and interest. |
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| Issuer Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Issuer
Risk: Fund value might decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects
of an individual company or issuer in the Funds portfolio. The value of an individual
issuer can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the
value of the market as a whole. The value of certain types of companies or issuers can be
more volatile due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments. |
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| Large Cap Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Large
Cap Risk: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization
companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more
mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization
companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies
has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets. |
|
| Management Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Management
Risk: The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to
the advisers investment model. The models used by the adviser to determine or guide
investment decisions may not achieve the objectives of the Fund. The advisers assessment
of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments or markets in
which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the advisers
investment strategy will produce the desired results. |
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| Margin Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Margin
Risk: Certain derivatives require the Fund to make margin payments, a form of security
deposit intended to protect against nonperformance of the derivative contract. The Fund may
have to post additional margin if the value of the derivative position changes in a manner
adverse to the Fund. Derivatives may be difficult to value, which may result in increased
payment requirements to counterparties or a loss of value to the Fund. If the Fund has insufficient
cash to meet additional margin requirements, it might need to sell securities at a disadvantageous
time. |
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| Market And Geopolitical Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Market
and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and
financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial
market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities
in the Fund may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates,
global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and
climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, tariff and trade wars, international
conflicts, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence
of global events similar to those in recent years, such as a worldwide pandemic, terrorist
attacks, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among
others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and
global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S.
or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration
of those effects. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value
and risk profile of the Fund. For example, the COVID-19 global pandemic had negative impacts,
and in many cases severe negative impacts, on markets worldwide. It is not known how long
the impacts of the significant events described above, will or would last, but there could
be a prolonged period of global economic slowdown, which may impact your investment. Therefore,
the Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over
longer periods during more prolonged market downturns. During a general market downturn,
multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Changes in market conditions and interest
rates can have the same impact on all types of securities and instruments. In times of severe
market disruptions you could lose your entire investment. |
|
| Options Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Options
Risk: There are risks associated with the sale and purchase of call and put options.
As the buyer of a put or call option, the Fund risks losing the entire premium invested in
the option if the Fund does not exercise the option. As a seller (writer) of a put option,
the Fund will tend to lose money if the value of the reference index or security falls below
the strike price. As the seller (writer) of a call option, the Fund will tend to lose money
if the value of the reference index or security rises above the strike price. |
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| Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Portfolio turnover results in higher brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups
and other transaction costs and may result in taxable capital gains. Higher costs associated
with increased portfolio turnover may offset gains in the Funds performance. |
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| Short Sales Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Short
Sales Risk: The Fund will engage in short selling and short position derivative activities,
which are significantly different from the investment activities commonly associated with
conservative stock or bond funds. Positions in shorted securities and derivatives are speculative
and more risky than long positions (purchases) because the cost of the replacement
security or derivative is unknown. Therefore, the potential loss on an uncovered short is
unlimited, whereas the potential loss on long positions is limited to the original purchase
price. You should be aware that any strategy that includes selling securities short could
suffer significant losses. Shorting will also result in higher transaction costs (such as
interest and dividends), which reduce the Funds return, and may result in higher taxes. |
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| Smallcap And Midcap Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Small-Cap
and Mid-Cap Risk: Small-cap and mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable than larger,
more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments. These companies
may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and they may be dependent
on a limited management group. |
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| Tax Inefficiency Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | Tax
Inefficiency Risk: The adviser expects that most of the gains generated by the Fund will
be categorized as short-term capital gains which will be subject to higher tax rates than
long-term capital gains. Given the potential tax-inefficiency of the Fund, investors should
consider investing through a tax-deferred account and carefully consider the tax consequences
before investing. |
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| U S Treasury Risk [Member] |
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| Prospectus [Line Items] |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
| ● | U.S.
Treasury Risk: Although the Fund invests in short-term Treasury obligations, an investment
in the Fund is subject to risk even if all securities in the Fund are paid in full at maturity.
All money market instruments, including U.S. Treasury obligations, can change in value in
response to changes in interest rates, and a major change in rates could cause the share
price to change. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S. government, an investment in the Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, U.S. government or any other government agency. |
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