As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2026

1933 Act File No. 333-280525

1940 Act File No. 811-22201

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933					[X	]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.					[	]
Post-Effective Amendment No.		471			[X	]

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940					[X	]
Amendment No.		473			[X	]

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

535 Madison Avenue, 37^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (646) 572-3390

Angela Brickl

535 Madison Avenue, 37^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Franklin Na

Fatima Sulaiman

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

		[  ]		immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
		[X]		On June 8, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)
		[  ]		60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
		[  ]		on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
		[  ]		75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
		[  ]		on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

		[X]		This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No.  454 (the “Amendment”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 4, 2026, and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) would become effective on May 18, 2026.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 463 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating May 29, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 469 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating June 5, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 471 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B, and C of the Amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 471 to its Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 471 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on June 4, 2026.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 471 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Daniel D. O’Neill* Daniel D. O’Neill		Chairman of the Board		June 4, 2026
/s/ Angela Brickl Angela Brickl		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ David L. Driscoll* David L. Driscoll		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ Kathleen M. Berkery* Kathleen M. Berkery		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ Mary Jo Collins* Mary Jo Collins		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ Carlyle Peake* Carlyle Peake		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ Bradley Kurtzman* Bradley Kurtzman		Trustee		June 4, 2026
/s/ Patrick J. Rudnick* Patrick J. Rudnick		Principal Executive Officer		June 4, 2026
/s/ Corey Noltner* Corey Noltner		Principal Financial Officer		June 4, 2026
*By: /s/ Angela Brickl

Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to the Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 429 to the Trust’s Registration Statement filed with the SEC on February 26, 2025.