Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

211 Main Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

July 2, 2012

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Judiciary Plaza

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:        Strategic Trust (File Nos. 333-160595 and 811-22311)

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

Post-Effective Amendment No. 25

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated June 28, 2012, for the above-named fund that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) do not differ from the prospectus and Statement of Additional Information in the most recently electronically filed Post-Effective Amendment, as referenced above, for the above-named Trust.

Sincerely,

/s/ David J. Lekich

David J. Lekich

Senior Vice President

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.