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Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Aug. 10, 2016
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName Strategy Shares
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001506213
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol hss
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Aug. 10, 2016
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Aug. 10, 2016
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Aug. 10, 2016
US Market Rotation Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading

FUND SUMMARY – US MARKET ROTATION STRATEGY ETF
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading

Investment Objective:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. If you purchase or sell shares of the Fund in the secondary market through your financial institution, your financial institution may assess brokerage commissions or other charges to process the transactions.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination Aug. 31, 2017
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover:
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] 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 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 annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 85% of the average value of its portfolio for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2016.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 85.00%
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent Estimated and restated for the current fiscal year.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example:
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. This Example does not reflect the effect of brokerage commissions or other transaction costs you pay in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same and the expense reduction/reimbursement remains in place for the contractual period only. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategy
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that, under normal conditions, will invest primarily in U.S. common stock, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and exchange traded notes (“ETNs”). Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in securities of U.S. companies or in other investment companies that principally invest in such securities. The Fund may also invest in common stocks of foreign companies traded on a U.S. exchange (including American Depositary Receipts. The Fund’s portfolio is composed of two components: (i) the common stock component and (ii) the tactical component. The Fund’s assets may be invested in either of these two components without limit.

 

The Common Stock Component

 

The Common Stock Component of the Fund’s portfolio will invest in companies within each of the large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap U.S. equity market segments (each a “Market Segment”) that operate in each of the ten (10) sectors represented in the S&P Composite 1500®. A sector is a large grouping of companies operating within the market that share similar characteristics. The ten (10) sectors comprising the S&P Composite 1500® are: utilities, consumer staples, information technology, healthcare, financials, energy, consumer discretionary, materials, industrials, and telecommunication services (“Sectors”). The S&P Composite 1500 is comprised of the S&P 500®, the S&P MidCap 400® and S&P SmallCap 600®.

 

As market conditions change, the Fund intends to rotate the investment focus of the Fund so as to overweight its portfolio in companies comprising those Market Segments and Sectors that the Advisor believes offer the greatest potential for capital appreciation in the given market environment and underweight its portfolio in those Market Segments and Sectors that the Advisor believes offer the least potential for capital appreciation in that same market environment. If the Fund’s portfolio allocation to a particular Market Segment or Sector exceeds that Market Segment’s or Sector’s current weighting in the S&P Composite 1500, then the Fund will be “overweighting” that Market Segment or Sector. Similarly, if the Fund’s portfolio allocation to a specific Market Segment or Sector is less than that Market Segment’s or Sector’s current weighting in the S&P Composite 1500, then the Fund will be “underweighting” that Market Segment or Sector. The Advisor believes that these adjustments, collectively, will position the Fund for continued capital appreciation in the new market environment.

 

The Common Stock of the Fund’s portfolio is created using two proprietary quantitative strategies. The first strategy identifies and evaluates various factors including value, momentum, smart money (ex. tracking insider and institutional buying and selling), profitability, trading friction (ex. volume, price and beta) and growth. The second strategy utilizes a multi-factor model which analyzes earnings, technical factors, valuations and industry leadership.

 

The Advisor retains a broad mandate and discretion to invest in companies consistent with its evaluation of the capital appreciation potential of the Market Segments and Sectors. The strategy of overweighting and underweighting Sectors to maximize opportunities for capital appreciation may result in the Fund investing greater than 25% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies operating in one or more Sectors. Sectors are comprised of multiple individual industries. The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its total assets in an individual industry.

 

Both in current market conditions and, more importantly, over longer time periods, the Advisor believes that investing in companies consistent with its ongoing evaluation of the capital appreciation potential of the Market Segments and Sectors is intrinsic to maximizing performance in the domestic equity markets.

 

The Tactical Component

 

The Tactical Component of the Fund’s portfolio invests in actively managed or index equity-based ETFs and ETNs. This portion of the Fund’s portfolio may also invest in treasury, fixed income, volatility and commodity ETFs and ETNs. The Fund may invest in fixed income ETFs and ETNs that principally invest in investment grade securities of any duration or maturity. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. For example, if a bond has a duration of 5 years, a 1% rise in rates would result in a 5% decline in share price. If a bond has a duration of 10 years, a 1% rise in interest rates would result in a 10% decline in share price. The goal of this component of the Fund’s portfolio is to be opportunistic during market rallies and move into defensive positions during market declines though the use of three tactical strategies:

 

• Trend Following---The trend following models seeks to identify strong sectors to buy and weak sectors to sell. Trend following is based on the idea that strong areas of the market will remain strong and weak areas will remain weak.

 

• Mean Reversion---The mean reversion models look for strong sectors that appear overbought to sell and weak sectors that appear oversold to buy. Mean reversion is based on the idea that market sectors often become overextended on the upside and downside before ultimately snapping back to equilibrium.

 

• Intermarket Analysis---These models will analyze market sectors that are correlated or uncorrelated and look for divergences. These divergences often signal major market turning points.

 

The Fund actively trades its portfolio securities in an attempt to achieve its investment objective.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks:
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

All ETFs, including the Fund, take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), market price per share and returns include:

 

Active Trading Risk. The Fund may trade securities actively, which could increase its transaction costs (thereby lowering its performance) and could increase the amount of taxes you owe by generating short-term gains, which may be taxed at a higher rate.

 

Commodities Risk. Investing in the commodities markets (directly or indirectly) may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and restrictions.

 

Equity Securities Risk. The price of equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio will fluctuate based on changes in a company’s financial condition and on market and economic conditions.

 

ETF Risk. The Fund is an actively-managed ETF and the Fund’s NAV will fluctuate based on changes in the prices of the securities it owns. The market price of Fund shares will fluctuate based on changes in the Fund’s NAV as well as changes in the supply and demand of its shares in the secondary market. It is also possible that an active secondary market for Fund shares may not develop and market trading in the Fund shares may be halted under certain circumstances. Shares of the Fund are not individually redeemable.

 

ETN Risk. 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 underlying commodities markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the referenced commodity. The value of the ETN may drop due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating, even if the underlying index remains unchanged. Investments in ETNs are subject to the risks facing income securities in general including the risk that a counterparty will fail to make payments when due or default.

 

Fixed Income Risk. The value of the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities may decline when prevailing interest rates rise or increase when interest rates fall. The longer a security’s maturity or duration, the greater its value will change in response to changes in interest rates. The interest earned on the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities may decline when prevailing interest rates fall.

 

Foreign Risk.

 

Investment Style Risk. The type of securities in which the Fund focuses may underperform other assets or the overall market.

 

Large-Cap Stock Risk. The Fund’s investment in larger companies is subject to the risk that larger companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

 

Management Risk. The Advisor may not successfully implement the Fund’s investment strategies and, as a result, the Fund may not meet its investment objective and/or underperform other investment vehicles with similar investment objectives and strategies.

 

Market Risk. The value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio will fluctuate and, as a result, the Fund’s NAV or market price per share may decline suddenly or over a sustained period of time.

 

Market Price Variance Risk. There may be times when the market price per share and NAV of the Fund may vary significantly, and because most investors buy and sell shares of the Fund in the secondary market at market price, investors may pay more than NAV when buying Fund shares, and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. In addition, investors will incur certain transaction costs in purchasing and selling Fund shares in the secondary market.

 

Mid/Small-Cap Stock Risk. Because the smaller companies in which the Fund may invest may have unproven track records, a limited product or service base and limited access to capital, they may be more likely to fail than larger companies.

 

Sector Risk. If the Fund invests more than 25% of its total assets in securities of issuers within a particular Sector, it is subject to increased Risk. Performance will generally depend on the performance of the Sector, which may differ in direction and degree from that of the overall U.S. stock markets. In addition, financial, economic, business and political developments affecting the Sector may have a greater effect on the Fund than they would if the Fund did not focus on that Sector.

 

Treasury Obligations Risk. Direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity. However, due to fluctuations in interest rates, the market value of such securities may vary during the period shareholders own shares of the Fund.

 

Underlying Fund Risk. Other investment companies including ETFs (“Underlying Funds”) in which the Fund invests are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the Underlying Funds and may be higher than other funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each of the Underlying Funds is subject to its own specific risks, but the sub-adviser expects the principal investments risks of such Underlying Funds will be similar to the risks of investing in the Fund.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney All ETFs, including the Fund, take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution An investment in the Fund 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

Performance: Bar Chart and Average Annual Total Return Table
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The performance information shown below will help you analyze the Fund’s investment risks in light of its historical returns. The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund’s total returns on a calendar year-by-year basis. The Average Annual Total Return Table shows returns averaged over the stated periods, and includes comparative performance information. The Fund’s performance will fluctuate, and past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results.

 

The annual returns in the bar chart which follows do not reflect payment of any sales charge; if they did reflect such payment of sales charges, annual returns would be lower. Updated performance information will be available at www.strategysharesetfs.com, or by calling (855) 4SS-ETFS or (855) 477-3837.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund’s total returns on a calendar year-by-year basis. The Average Annual Total Return Table shows returns averaged over the stated periods, and includes comparative performance information.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture The Fund’s performance will fluctuate, and past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading

Risk/Return Bar Chart
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text] rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads The annual returns in the bar chart which follows do not reflect payment of any sales charge; if they did reflect such payment of sales charges, annual returns would be lower.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
Best Quarter: Q1 2013 10.55%
Worst Quarter: Q1 2015 (5.45)%

 

Year-to-date performance as of June 30, 2016 was 1.02%

Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel Year-to-date performance
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Jun. 30, 2016
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn 1.02%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2013
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 10.55%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2015
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (5.45%)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns

(for periods ended December 31, 2015)
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After tax returns are calculated assuming the highest historical federal income and capital gains tax rates
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred After tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. Actual after tax returns depend on a shareholder’s tax situation and may differ from those shown.
US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | S&P Composite 1500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.01% [1]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 15.18% [1]
US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | US Market Rotation Strategy ETF  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Shareholder Fee, Other rr_ShareholderFeeOther none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.60%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 3.23%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.12% [2],[3]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.95% [3]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (2.88%) [4]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.07%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 109
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 939
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,786
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 3,983
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 33.65%
Annual Return 2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 12.00%
Annual Return 2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 2.49%
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Returns before taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 2.49%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 15.40%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jul. 23, 2012
US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | Returns after taxes on distributions  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.87% [5]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 14.62% [5]
US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | US Market Rotation Strategy ETF | Returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund Shares  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.93%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 12.10%
[1] The S&P Composite 1500 Index ("S&P Composite 1500") is a broad equity index based on the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. Thus, the S&P Composite 1500 includes the top large cap, mid cap and small cap stocks, representing about 85% of the entire U.S. equity market. Indices are unmanaged and, unlike the Fund, are not affected by cash flows. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. For additional disclosure relating to the S&P indices, please see "Additional Disclaimers" in this Prospectus.
[2] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.
[3] Estimated and restated for the current fiscal year.
[4] Rational Advisors, Inc. ("Advisor") has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or reimburse the Fund's expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement to 0.95% of the Fund's average annual daily net assets ("Expense Cap"). The Expense Cap will remain in effect until at least August 31, 2017. The Expense Cap may be terminated earlier only upon the approval of the Board. The Advisor may recoup fees reduced or expenses reimbursed at any time within three years from the year such expenses were incurred, so long as the repayment does not cause the Expense Cap at the time of such reimbursement and any expense limit in place at the time of recoupment to be exceeded.
[5] After tax returns are calculated assuming the highest historical federal income and capital gains tax rates. Returns after taxes on distributions assumes a continued investment in the Fund and show the effect of taxes on Fund distributions. Returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund Shares assumes all Shares were redeemed at the end of each measurement period, and shows the effect of any taxable gain (or offsetting loss) on redemption, as well as the effects of taxes on Fund distributions. These after tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. After tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRA or 401(k) plans. Actual after tax returns depend on a shareholder's tax situation and may differ from those shown.