As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2026

1933 Act File No. 333-150525

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.		502		[ X ]

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940								[ X ]

Amendment No.		504		[ X ]

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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)

 

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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On September 25, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

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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. 458 (the “Amendment”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 6, 2026, and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) would become effective on May 20, 2026.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 467 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating June 18, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 476 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating July 7, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 482 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating July 28, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 489 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating August 27, 2026, as the new date upon which the Amendment would become effective.

This Post-Effective Amendment No.  502 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. 502 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. 502 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 August 26, 2026.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 502 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*				Chairman of the Board		August 26, 2026
Daniel D. O’Neill
/s/ Angela Brickl				Trustee		August 26, 2026
Angela Brickl
/s/ David L. Driscoll*				Trustee		August 26, 2026
David L. Driscoll
/s/ Kathleen M. Berkery*				Trustee		August 26, 2026
Kathleen M. Berkery
/s/ Mary Jo Collins*				Trustee		August 26, 2026
Mary Jo Collins
/s/ Carlyle Peake*				Trustee		August 26, 2026
Carlyle Peake
/s/ Bradley Kurtzman*				Trustee		August 26, 2026
Bradley Kurtzman
/s/ Patrick J. Rudnick*				Principal Executive Officer		August 26, 2026
Patrick J. Rudnick
/s/ Corey Noltner*				Principal Financial Officer		August 26, 2026
Corey Noltner
*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.