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          </repurchaseCollaterals>
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        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>FED HOME LN DISCOUNT NT</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Federal Home Loan Bank</title>
        <cusip>313384VC0</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US313384VC04"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>100000.00000000</balance>
        <units>PA</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>99999.97000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>8.835691120544</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>DBT</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>USGSE</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <debtSec>
          <maturityDt>2020-04-03</maturityDt>
          <couponKind>None</couponKind>
          <annualizedRt>0.00000000</annualizedRt>
          <isDefault>N</isDefault>
          <areIntrstPmntsInArrs>N</areIntrstPmntsInArrs>
          <isPaidKind>N</isPaidKind>
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        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Nexstar Media Group Inc</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Nexstar Media Group, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <ticker value="NXST CVR"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>207.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>0.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.000000</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetConditional assetCat="OTHER" desc="Rights"/>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>3</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2020-04-30</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>Rydex Variable Trust</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>John Sullivan</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>John Sullivan</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>CFO</ncom:title>
    </signature>
  </formData>
  <documents>XXXX</documents>
</edgarSubmission>
