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Fees and Expenses
Nov. 01, 2026
ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT ADR ETF | AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.75%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.29%
RECAPTURED FEES/EXPENSES* 0.06%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.10%

 

* AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 1.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated, without payment of any penalty, (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed. The table above shows that the Advisor recaptured 0.06% during the most recent fiscal year, which is an expense of the Fund.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$112 $349 $604 $1,336
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 106% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 106.00%
ADVISORSHARES Dorsey Wright FSM US CORE ETF | AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

MANAGEMENT FEES 0.75%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.13%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES* 0.23%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.11%

 

* Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$113 $353 $612 $1,352
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 204% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 204.00%
ADVISORSHARES Dorsey Wright FSM ALL CAP WORLD ETF | AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.75%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.17%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES* 0.27%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.19%

 

* Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$121 $378 $654 $1,443
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 207% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 207.00%
ADVISORSHARES DORSEY WRIGHT SHORT ETF | AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  

 

MANAGEMENT FEES   0.75%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES   0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES   3.10%
Short Interest Expenses 2.06%  
Remaining Expenses 1.04%  
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(a)   0.22%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES   4.07%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(b)   -0.54%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT   3.53%

 

(a) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested.

 

(b) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”)may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$356 $1,189 $2,039 $4,232
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 257% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 257.00%
ADVISORSHARES FOCUSED EQUITY ETF | AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES(a) 0.65%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.13%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 0.78%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(b) -0.13%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT

0.65%

 

(a) The base management fee is 0.75%, which may adjust up or down by up to 0.10% based on the Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index; therefore, the management fee can range from 0.65% to 0.85%.
   
(b) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets equal to the annual rate of the management fee, which can range from 0.65% to 0.85% due to a performance-based adjustment, for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated, without payment of any penalty, (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$66 $236 $420 $954
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 27% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 27.00%
ADVISORSHARES GERBER KAWASAKI ETF | AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

MANAGEMENT FEES 0.75%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.50%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(a) 0.02%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.27%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(b) -0.50%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 0.77%

 

(a) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested.
   
(b) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated, without payment of any penalty, (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$79 $353 $649 $1,490
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 50% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 50.00%
ADVISORSHARES HVAC AND INDUSTRIALS ETF | AdvisorShares HVAC and Industrials ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.60%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 1.46%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 2.06%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT* -1.07%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 0.99%

 

* AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated, without payment of any penalty, (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$101 $542 $1,010 $2,304
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 174% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 174.00%
ADVISORSHARES INSIDER ADVANTAGE ETF | AdvisorShares Insider Advantage ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.70%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.28%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 0.98%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT* -0.08%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 0.90%

 

* AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.90% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$92 $304 $534 $1,194
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 165% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 165.00%
ADVISORSHARES MSOS DAILY LEVERAGED ETF | AdvisorShares MSOS Daily Leveraged ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of money market funds in which it invests.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.85%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.34%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(a) 0.01%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES(b) 1.20%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(c) -0.23%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 0.97%

 

(a) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of money market funds in which it invests.

 

(b) The cost of investing in swaps, including the embedded cost of the swap and the operating expenses of the referenced assets, is an indirect expense that is not included in the above fee table and is not reflected in the expense example below. The total indirect cost of investing in swaps, including the embedded cost of the swap and the operating expenses of the referenced assets, was 6.96% for the most recent fiscal year, which may be partially offset by interest earned on cash collateral balances in connection with the swaps.

 

(c) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$99 $358 $638 $1,434
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate none
ADVISORSHARES PSYCHEDELICS ETF | AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of money market funds in which it invests.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.60%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.67%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(a) 0.01%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.28%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(b) -0.28%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 1.00%

 

(a) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of money market funds in which it invests.
   
(b) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$102 $378 $675 $1,521
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 64.00%
ADVISORSHARES PURE CANNABIS ETF | AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES(a) 0.33%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.49%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(b) 0.63%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.45%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(c) -0.35%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 1.10%

 

(a) The Fund’s advisory fee shown in the table above is 0.60% less the amount of the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (“MSOS”) advisory fee attributable to the Fund’s investment in MSOS (0.27% for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year).

 

(b) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.

 

(c) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.74% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$112 $424 $759 $1,705
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 59% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 59.00%
ADVISORSHARES PURE US CANNABIS ETF | AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund in which it invested.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.60%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.10%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(a) 0.03%
RECAPTURED FEES/EXPENSES(b) 0.02%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 0.75%

 

(a) Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund in which it invested.

 

(b) The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.74% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”)for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed. The table above shows that the Advisor recaptured 0.02% during the most recent fiscal year, which is an expense of the Fund.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$76 $239 $415 $927
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 5% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 5.00%
ADVISORSHARES RISK OPTIMIZED ETF | AdvisorShares Risk Optimized ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES(a) 1.08%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.46%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES(b) 0.32%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.86%
FEE WAIVER/EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT(c) -0.09%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES AFTER WAIVER/REIMBURSEMENT 1.77%

 

(a) The base management fee is 1.00%, which may adjust up or down by up to 0.10% based on the Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index; therefore, the management fee can range from 0.90% to 1.10%.

 

(b) Total Annual Operating Expenses and Total Annual Operating Expenses After Waiver/Reimbursement in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invests.

 

(c) AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Advisor”) has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to keep net expenses (excluding amounts payable pursuant to any plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1, interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 1.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for at least one year from the date of this Prospectus. The expense limitation agreement will remain in effect unless terminated and may be terminated without payment of any penalty (i) by AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”) for any reason and at any time and (ii) by the Advisor, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period. If it becomes unnecessary for the Advisor to waive fees or reimburse expenses, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may permit the Advisor to retain the difference between the Fund’s total annual operating expenses and the expense limitation currently in effect, or, if lower, the expense limitation that was in effect at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement, to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee waivers or expense reimbursements within three years of the date they were waived or reimbursed.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$180 $576 $997 $2,172
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 315% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 315.00%
ADVISORSHARES ACTIVE BEAR ETF | AdvisorShares Active Bear ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.

 
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invested.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  

 

MANAGEMENT FEES   1.50%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES   0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES   1.62%
Short Interest Expenses 1.39%  
Remaining Expenses 0.23%  
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES*   0.29%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES   3.41%

 

* Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of exchange-traded funds and/or money market funds in which it invested.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$344 $1,048 $1,775 $3,695
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 812% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 812.00%
ADVISORSHARES STAR GLOBAL BUY-WRITE ETF | AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items]  
Expense Heading [Optional Text] FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense Narrative [Text Block]

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table below.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested.
Shareholder Fees [Table]
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table]
   
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  
MANAGEMENT FEES 0.85%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES 0.00%
OTHER EXPENSES 0.22%
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES* 0.16%
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1.23%

 

* Total Annual Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial highlights include only the Fund’s direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which represent the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses of any money market fund and/or affiliated ETF in which it invested.
Expense Example [Heading] EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This Example does not take into account brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries that you may pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If these fees were included, your costs would be higher.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Expense Example, With Redemption [Table]
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
$125 $390 $676 $1,489
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s shares. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 4% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate 4.00%