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QAM Equity Hedge ETF (Prospectus Summary) | QAM Equity Hedge ETF
 
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Risk/Return, Heading rr_RiskReturnHeading QAM EQUITY HEDGE ETF
Investment Objective, Heading rr_ObjectiveHeading INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
investment Objective, Primary rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock
The QAM Equity Hedge ETF (the "Fund") seeks investment results that exceed the
risk adjusted performance of approximately 50% of the long/short equity hedge
fund universe as defined by the HFRI Equity Hedge (Total) Index constituents.
Expense, Heading rr_ExpenseHeading FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
Expense, Narrative rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund. Most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions
when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the table
below.
Shareholder Fees, Caption rr_ShareholderFeesCaption SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) None
Operating Expenses, Caption rr_OperatingExpensesCaption ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover, Heading rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover 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 Fund 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 capital
shares.
Expense, Exchange Traded Fund, Commissions rr_ExpenseExchangeTradedFundCommissions Most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the table below.
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesBasedOnEstimates "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses" are based upon estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Expenses, Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights (and the Fund's financial statements) because the financial highlights include only the Fund's direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
Expense Example, Heading rr_ExpenseExampleHeading EXAMPLE
Expense Example, Narrative rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
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 creation or redemption transaction fees, or the brokerage
commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If
commissions 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:
Investment Strategy, Heading rr_StrategyHeading PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Investment Strategy, Narrative rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock
The Fund is a "fund of funds" that seeks to achieve its investment objective
by investing primarily in both long and short positions in other exchange-traded
funds ("ETFs") and exchange-traded notes ("ETNs") that offer diversified
exposure to global regions, countries, investment styles (i.e., value, growth),
sectors and industries. Commerce Asset Management, LLC (the "Sub-Advisor") seeks
to achieve the Fund's investment objective by taking long and short positions in
underlying ETFs and underlying ETNs that the Sub-Advisor believes, in the
aggregate, will track the performance of a selected universe of long/short
equity hedge funds.

Long/short equity hedge funds typically buy stocks, ETFs, ETNs or currencies
that the hedge fund managers expect will appreciate, and concurrently either
sell short stocks, ETFs, ETNs or currencies that the hedge fund managers expect
will decline in value or to hedge market or sector exposures.

In seeking to establish a long or short position in such instruments, the Fund
may use swaps based on published indices, including international indices. The
Fund also may invest in exchange-traded currency trusts (collectively, with ETFs
and ETNs, "ETPs"). On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold money market
instruments, cash, other cash equivalents, and ETPs that invest in these and
other highly liquid instruments to collateralize its derivative positions.
Risk, Heading rr_RiskHeading PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
Risk, Narrative rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock
The Fund is subject to a number of risks that may affect the value of its
shares, including:

Allocation Risk. The Fund's particular allocations may have a significant effect
on the Fund's performance. Allocation risk is the risk that the selection of
ETPs and the allocation of assets among such ETPs will cause the Fund to
underperform other funds with a similar investment objective that do not
allocate their assets in the same manner or the market as a whole.

Counterparty Credit Risk. The Fund may make investments in financial instruments
involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of
securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or
investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund's use of such financial
instruments, including swap agreements and structured notes, involves risks that
are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities
transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its
payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your
investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be
illiquid.

Credit Risk. The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt
instrument in which the Fund invests becomes unwilling or unable to make timely
principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise meet its obligations.

Derivatives Risk. The Fund intends to invest in derivatives to a significant
extent. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they
may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other
types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the
Fund's original investment. A derivative is a financial contract the value of
which depends on, or is derived from, the value of a financial asset (such as
stock, bond or currency), a physical asset (such as gold) or a market index
(such as the S&P 500 Index). Many derivatives (including option contracts)
create leverage thereby causing the Fund to be more volatile than it would be if
it had not invested in derivatives. Derivatives also expose the Fund to
counterparty risk (the risk that the derivative counterparty will not fulfill
its contractual obligations) and to credit risk.

Early Closing Risk. An unanticipated early closing of the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the
"Exchange") may result in a shareholder's inability to buy or sell shares of the
Fund on that day.

Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price
movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or
the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in
cycles which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of
time.

ETN Risk. ETNs are senior, unsecured unsubordinated debt securities issued by an
underwriting bank that are designed to provide returns that are linked to a
particular benchmark less investor fees. ETNs have a maturity date and
generally, are backed only by the creditworthiness of the issuer. As a result,
the value of an ETN may be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and
demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying market
(e.g., the commodities market), changes in the applicable interest rates, and
changes in the issuer's credit rating and economic, legal, political or
geographic events that affect the referenced market. ETNs also may be subject to
commodities market risk and credit risk.

Investment Risk. As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject
to investment risk. Investors in the Fund could lose money, including the
possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or
even long periods of time.

Liquidity Risk. Trading in shares of the Fund or an ETP may be halted because of
market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading
in shares inadvisable. In addition, the Fund's investments in ETNs and certain
other ETPs may be subject to restrictions on the amount and timing of any
redemptions, which may adversely affect the Fund.

Market Risk. Due to market conditions, the Fund's investments may fluctuate
significantly from day to day. This volatility may cause the value of your
investment in the Fund to decrease.

Short Sales Risk. Short sales are transactions in which the Fund sells a
security it does not own. To complete the transaction, the Fund must borrow the
security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace
the security borrowed by purchasing the security at the market price at the time
of replacement. The price at such time may be higher or lower than the price at
which the security was sold by the Fund. If the underlying security goes down in
price between the time the Fund sells the security and buys it back, the Fund
will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the underlying security
goes up in price during the period, the Fund will realize a loss on the
transaction. Any such loss is increased by the amount of premium or interest the
Fund must pay to the lender of the security. Likewise, any gain will be
decreased by the amount of premium or interest the Fund must pay to the lender
of the security. Because a short position loses value as the security's price
increases, the loss on a short sale is theoretically unlimited. Short sales
involve leverage because the Fund borrows securities and then sells them,
effectively leveraging its assets. The use of leverage may magnify gains or
losses for the Fund.

Trading Risk. Shares of the Fund may trade below their net asset value ("NAV").
The NAV of shares will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund's
holdings. In addition, although the Fund's shares are currently listed on the
Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares
will develop or be maintained.

ETP Investment Risk. Through its investments in ETPs, the Fund will be subject
to the risks associated with such investment vehicles' investments, or reference
assets in the case of ETNs, including the possibility that the value of the
securities or instruments held or tracked by an ETP could decrease. These risks
include any combination of the risks described below. The Fund's exposure to a
particular risk will be proportionate to the Fund's overall allocation to the
ETPs and their exposure to various security types, currencies, market sectors,
and geographic regions.

  o Commodity Risk. Because certain of the ETPs may have a significant portion of
    their assets exposed directly or indirectly to commodities or commodity-linked
    securities, developments affecting commodities may have a disproportionate
    impact on such ETPs. An ETP's investment in commodities or commodity-linked
    derivative instruments may subject the ETP (and indirectly the Fund) to
    greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if
    the instruments involve leverage. The value of commodities and
    commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall
    market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or
    factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods,
    weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic,
    political and regulatory developments.

  o Concentration Risk. An ETP may, at various times, concentrate in the
    securities or commodities of a particular industry, group of industries, or
    sector. When an ETP is overweighted in an industry, group of industries, or
    sector, it may be more sensitive to any single economic, business, political,
    or regulatory occurrence than a fund that is not overweighted in an industry,
    group of industries, or sector.

  o Counterparty Risk. Commodity-linked derivatives, repurchase agreements, swap
    agreements and other forms of financial instruments that involve
    counterparties subject an ETP to the risk that the counterparty could default
    on its obligations under the agreement, either through the counterparty's
    bankruptcy or failure to perform its obligations.

  o Credit Risk.  Certain of the ETPs are subject to the risk that a decline in
    the credit quality of a portfolio investment or a counterparty to a portfolio
    investment could cause the ETP's share price to fall. The ETPs could lose
    money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty
    to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments
    or otherwise honor its obligations.

  o Emerging Markets Risk. There is an increased risk of price volatility
    associated with an ETP's investments in, or exposure to, emerging market
    countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the
    U.S. dollar.

  o Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities in which an ETP invests or is
    exposed to rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors
    affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a
    whole.

  o Foreign Currency Risk. Currency movements may negatively impact the value of
    an ETP security even when there is no change in the value of the security in
    the issuer's home country. Certain of the ETPs may not hedge against the risk
    of currency exchange rate fluctuations, while other ETPs may if there is
    volatility in currency exchange rates.

  o Foreign Securities Risk. An ETP's investments in, or exposure to, foreign
    issuers involve certain risks including, but not limited to, risks of adverse
    changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, or
    changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including
    limitations on currency movements and exchanges). In certain countries, legal
    remedies available to investors may be more limited than those available with
    respect to investments in the United States. In addition, the securities of
    some foreign companies may be less liquid and, at times, more volatile than
    securities of comparable U.S. companies.

  o Investment Risk. Similar to an investment in the Fund, an investment in an ETP
    is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
    Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund may experience
    losses with respect to its investment in an ETP.

  o Large-Cap Risk. An ETP may invest in large-capitalization companies. Returns
    on investments in stocks of large U.S. companies could trail the returns on
    investments in stocks of small- and mid-cap companies or the market as a
    whole.

  o Mid-Cap Risk. An ETP may invest in mid-capitalization companies. Mid-cap
    companies may be more volatile and more likely than large-cap companies to
    have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or depend on a few
    key employees. Returns on investments in stocks of mid-cap companies could
    trail the returns on investments in stocks of large-cap companies or the
    market as a whole.

  o Small-Cap Risk. An ETP may invest in small-capitalization companies. Small-cap
    companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations
    to adverse business or economic developments. In particular, small-cap
    companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources and
    may be dependent upon a relatively small management group. These securities
    may be listed on an exchange or trade over-the-counter, and may or may not pay
    dividends. During a period when small-cap stocks fall behind other types of
    investments - large-cap stocks, for instance - the ETP's performance could be
    adversely affected.

  o Tracking Error Risk. Tracking error can arise due to factors such as the
    affect of transaction fees and expenses incurred by the ETP, changes in
    composition of the benchmark, and the ability of the ETP manager or sponsor to
    successfully implement his or her investment strategy.

As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.
Risk, Lose Money rr_RiskLoseMoney As with all investments, an investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk. Investors in the Fund could lose money, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount of an investment, over short or even long periods of time.
Risk, Not Insured Depository Institution rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution Similar to an investment in the Fund, an investment in an ETP is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table, Heading rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading FUND PERFORMANCE
Performance, Narrative rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock
The Fund is new and therefore does not have a performance history for a full
calendar year.
Performance, One Year or Less rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess The Fund is new and therefore does not have a performance history for a full calendar year.
QAM Equity Hedge ETF | QAM Equity Hedge ETF
 
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MANAGEMENT FEES rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
DISTRIBUTION (12b-1) FEES rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
OTHER EXPENSES rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.39% [1]
ACQUIRED FUND FEES AND EXPENSES rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [2]
TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.64% [3]
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 167
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 518
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] As a shareholder in certain underlying ETFs (the "Acquired Funds"), the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the Acquired Funds. "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses" are based upon estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[3] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights (and the Fund's financial statements) because the financial highlights include only the Fund's direct operating expenses and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.