As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2010

Securities Act File No. 333-148826

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22175

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. 17	x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 19	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

ALPS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

1290 Broadway

Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(303) 623-2577

Registrant’s Telephone Number

Tané T. Tyler, Esq.

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

1290 Broadway

Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

¨ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x On April 30, 2010 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

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

¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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

If appropriate, check the following box:

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to its Registration Statement until April 30, 2010. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No.18 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on March 4, 2010, are incorporated by reference herein.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on the 2nd day of April, 2010.

ALPS ETF TRUST
By:	/S/    THOMAS A. CARTER
	Thomas A. Carter
	President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signatures	Title	Date
/S/    MARY K. ANSTINE         Mary K. Anstine*	Trustee	April 2, 2010
/S/    JEREMY W. DEEMS         Jeremy W. Deems*	Trustee	April 2, 2010
/S/    RICK A. PEDERSON         Rick A. Pederson*	Trustee	April 2, 2010
/S/    THOMAS A. CARTER         Thomas A. Carter	Trustee and President	April 2, 2010
/S/    KIMBERLY R. STORMS         Kimberly R. Storms	Treasurer	April 2, 2010

* Signature affixed by Tané T. Tyler pursuant to a power of attorney dated December 8, 2008.