SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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| Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 | x |
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ||||
| Amendment No. 46 | x |
STRATEGY SHARES
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
36 North New York Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1-631-629-4237
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
The Corporation Trust Company
Corporate Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of Agent for service)
(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service)
Copies to:
JoAnn Strasser, Esq.
Thompson Hine LLP
41 South High Street, Suite 1700
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6101
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
| X | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) |
| on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) |
| 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) |
| on pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) 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. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 the Fund certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus and State of Ohio, on September 6, 2018.
| STRATEGY SHARES | ||
| By: |
/s/ JoAnn Strasser | |
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JoAnn Strasser Attorney-in-Fact | ||
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(s) indicated:
* September 6, 2018
Jerry Szilagyi, President and Principal Executive Officer Date
* September 6, 2018
James Szilagyi, Treasurer and Principal Date
Financial Officer
* September 6, 2018
Tobias Caldwell, Trustee Date
* September 6, 2018
Stephen Lachenauer, Trustee Date
* September 6, 2018
Donald McIntosh, Trustee Date
| *By: | /s/ JoAnn Strasser |
JoAnn Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| EX-101.ins | XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-101.sch | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-101.cal | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| EX-101.lab | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
| EX-101.pre | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| EX-101.def | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
| Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL(TM) Index ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fund Summary: Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL™ Index ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Objective: | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correlate generally, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Index. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fees and Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 (fees paid directly from your investment) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Example: | ||||||||||||||||||||
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Portfolio Turnover: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal period ending April 30, 2018 was 18%. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Principal Investment Strategy: | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Index (the “Index”). The Index consists of securities issued by exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and is split into two components, with a 50% allocation to fixed income and equity ETFs (the “Core Portfolio”) and a 50% allocation to ETFs of 12 asset categories (the “Explore Portfolio”) as described below. Because the Index is comprised of securities issued by other investment companies, the Fund operates as a “fund of funds”.
The Index is broadly diversified and seeks to offer the potential for high monthly distributions while maintaining a stable net asset value over time. The goal of the Index is to represent an allocation to a balanced portfolio of U.S. equities, bonds and alternative investments that employs leverage in an amount equal to 23% of the total portfolio (measured as a percent of the combined base of the portfolio plus the leverage amount i.e. 30%/(100%+30%)=23%). Accordingly, returns for the Index are calculated assuming leverage on the underlying portfolio in the amount of 23% (net of the estimated cost of employing such leverage). To achieve leveraged returns, the Fund will purchase a total return swap on a securities-only version of the Index known as, the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Base Index (the “Base Index”), which is composed of only ETFs and does not include a leverage component. The Index will have risk characteristics similar to the broad US capital markets and will generally rise and fall with prevailing market conditions, with the goal, but not the guarantee, of achieving a total return sufficient, over time and after expenses, to support a seven percent (7.0%) annual distribution rate.
The Core Portfolio component of the Index seeks to provide broad exposure to the U.S. fixed-income and equity markets and consists of a 70% allocation to U.S. aggregate fixed-income ETFs (the “Core Fixed Income Sleeve”) and a 30% allocation to U.S. large capitalization equity ETFs (the “Core Equity Sleeve”). The Index defines large cap as the market capitalization range of the large capitalization segment of Nasdaq’s US Benchmark Index. The Core Fixed Income Sleeve is allocated on an equal weight basis to the three U.S. aggregate bond ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers that have no maturity or duration limitations and invest primarily in investment grade securities. Half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated on an equal weight basis to the three ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers that track large capitalization U.S. stocks. The remaining half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated to the largest ETF (by assets under management) that tracks the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Core Portfolio is rebalanced monthly to weight the Core Portfolio in accordance with the Index’s methodology and is reconstituted annually in December.
The Explore Portfolio component of the Index employs a 100% rules-based proprietary tactical asset allocation methodology to provide exposure to ETFs across a range of asset categories that have historically provided high levels of income. There are 12 asset categories represented in the Explore Portfolio, which include various types of equity and fixed income securities. The Explore Portfolio invests without limit as to maturity, duration, or credit quality.
Each asset category in the Explore Portfolio is represented by a single ETF. By default, the ETF representative of an asset category is the largest ETF (by assets under management) in the asset category. However, an alternative ETF with a lower expense ratio at least 20% lower may instead serve as the ETF representative of an asset category. The 12 ETF representatives of the Explore Portfolio asset categories are weighted and rebalanced on a monthly basis using a proprietary asset allocation methodology, subject to the constraints that no position may be less than 50% nor more than 200% of an equal weight position within the Explore Portfolio.
The Fund employs a “passive management” investment strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The Fund will typically invest 90% of its assets in the Index’s component securities and use 10% of its assets as cash collateral for the Fund’s 40% total return swap (measured as a percent of the Fund’s portfolio) on the Base Index. The Fund does not include the swap for purposes of the 80% investment test described above. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The Fund generally will use a replication methodology, meaning it will invest in all of the ETFs comprising the Index in proportion to the weightings in the Index. However, the Fund may utilize a sampling methodology when there is severe, unforeseen market stress or a market disruption where it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the ETFs in the Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of the date of this prospectus, the Index is not concentrated. The Fund may engage in frequent trading of portfolio securities.
The Index and Base Index were created by and are provided by Bryant Avenue Ventures LLC (the “Index Provider”) and is calculated by Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Calculator”). The Index Provider and Index Calculator are not affiliated with the Fund or the Advisor.
Distribution Policy: In order to allow shareholders of the Fund to realize a predictable, but not assured, level of cash flow, the Fund has adopted a policy (which may be modified at any time by its Board of Trustees) to pay monthly distributions on Fund shares at a target rate that represents an annualized payout of approximately 7.0% on the Fund’s per-share net asset value on the date of a distribution’s declaration. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. For more information about the Fund’s distribution policy, please turn to “Additional Information About the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks – Principal Investment Strategies –Distribution Policy and Goals” section in the Fund’s Prospectus. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Principal Investment Risks | ||||||||||||||||||||
As with any ETF, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective. Investment markets are unpredictable and there will be certain market conditions where the Fund will not meet its investment objective and will lose money. The Fund’s net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund and those losses could be significant. 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 following summarizes the principal risks of investing in the Fund. These risks could adversely affect the net asset value, total return and the value of the Fund and your investment. These risks affect the Fund directly as well as through the ETFs in which it invests.
Authorized Participant Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. An “Authorized Participant” is a participant in the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and that has executed a Participant Agreement with the applicable Fund’s distributor (“Distributor”). To the extent these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to process creation and/or redemption orders, in either of these cases, shares of the Fund may trade like closed-end fund shares at a discount to NAV and possibly face delisting.
Concentration Risk. The Fund will concentrate its investments in securities of a particular industry to the extent the Index does, which may cause the Fund’s net asset value to fluctuate more than that of a fund that does not concentrate in a particular industry.
Distribution Policy Risk. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital (i.e., from your original investment). Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares.
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk. An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may prevent the Fund from buying or selling certain securities or financial instruments. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and may incur substantial trading losses.
Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. Equity securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value.
ETF Structure Risks. The Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:
○ Not Individually Redeemable. Shares are not individually redeemable and may be redeemed by the Fund at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation Units.” You may incur brokerage costs purchasing enough Shares to constitute a Creation Unit. Fund shares are typically bought and sold in the secondary market and investors typically pay brokerage commissions or other charges on these transactions.
○ Trading Issues. Trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, such as extraordinary market volatility. There can be no assurance that Shares will continue to meet the listing requirements of the Exchange. An active trading market for the Fund’s shares may not be developed or maintained. If the Fund’s shares are traded outside a collateralized settlement system, the number of financial institutions that can act as authorized participants that can post collateral on an agency basis is limited, which may limit the market for the Fund’s shares.
○ Market Price Variance Risk. The market prices of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for Shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.
▪ In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
▪ The market price for the Fund’s shares may deviate from the Fund’s net asset value, particularly during times of market stress, with the result that investors may pay significantly more or significantly less for Fund shares than the Fund’s net asset value, which is reflected in the bid and ask price for Fund shares or in the closing price.
▪ When all or a portion of an ETFs underlying securities trade in a market that is closed when the market for the Fund’s shares is open, there may be changes from the last quote of the closed market and the quote from the Fund’s trading day, which could lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
▪ In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
Fixed Income Risk. When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Recently, interest rates have been historically low and interest rate risk may be heightened. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default). Lowered credit ratings may cause a drop in a fixed income security’s price and are associated with greater risk of default on interest and principal payments. Certain fixed income securities may be paid off early when the issuer can repay the principal prior to a security’s maturity. If interest rates are falling, the Fund may have to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income. If interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain fixed income securities may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected maturity of those securities could lengthen as a result, which reduces the Fund’s ability to reinvest at higher rates. These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.
Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not utilize an investing strategy that seeks returns in excess of the Index. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a security unless that security is removed from the Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.
Issuer Risk. The performance of the Fund depends on the performance of the issuers of the individual securities in which the Fund invests. Poor performance by any issuer may cause the value of its securities, and the value of the Fund’s Shares, to decline.
Large Capitalization Stock Risk. Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.
Leverage Risk. When the Fund invests in swaps, it can create leverage, which can amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund’s share price and make the Fund’s returns more volatile. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to have higher expenses than those of funds that do not use such techniques.
Limited History of Operations Risk. The Fund has a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate. Investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategies, may be unable to implement certain of its investment strategies or may fail to attract sufficient assets, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated and terminated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders.
Management Risk. As the Fund may not fully replicate the Index, it is subject to the risk that investment management strategy may not produce the intended results.
Market Risk. Overall stock and bond market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets.
Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor will not sell a security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of that security is otherwise required upon a rebalancing of the Index as addressed in the Index methodology.
Sampling Risk. The Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach, if used, could result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in the Index. As a result, an adverse development with an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in the Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater.
Swaps Risk. Total return swaps are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect substitutes for the instruments they are intended to replace. Total return over the counter swaps are subject to counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the Fund’s losses.
Tracking Error Risk. Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. Tracking error may occur because of imperfect correlation between the Fund’s holdings of portfolio securities and those in the Index, pricing differences, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences on timing of the accrual of dividends, changes to the Index or the need to meet various regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not.
Turnover Risk. The Fund may have a high turnover of the securities held in its portfolio. Increased portfolio turnover causes the Fund to incur higher brokerage costs, which may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and may produce increased taxable distributions.
Underlying Fund Risk. Other investment companies, that is 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 mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each of the Underlying Funds is subject to its own specific risks, but the Advisor expects the principal investments risks of such Underlying Funds will be similar to the risks of investing in the Fund. Certain additional risks of investing in ETFs are described below:
○ Net Asset Value and Market Price Risk. The market value of ETF shares may differ from their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for fund shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when shares trade at a premium or discount to net asset value. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Performance: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Because the Fund is a relatively new fund and does not yet have a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Updated performance information will be available at www.strategysharesetfs.com or by calling (855) 4SS-ETFS or (855) 477-3837. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Document Type | dei_DocumentType | 485BPOS | ||
| Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Apr. 30, 2018 | ||
| 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 | Sep. 01, 2018 | ||
| Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Sep. 01, 2018 | ||
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 01, 2018 | ||
| Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL(TM) Index ETF | ||||
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| Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | Fund Summary: Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL™ Index ETF |
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| Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective: |
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| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correlate generally, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Index. |
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| Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses: |
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| 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. |
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| Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
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| 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) |
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| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover: |
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| 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 portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal period ending April 30, 2018 was 18%. |
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 18.00% | ||
| Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates | Estimated for the current fiscal year. | ||
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesBasedOnEstimates | Estimated for the current fiscal year. | ||
| Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example: |
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| 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. |
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| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption | The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
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| Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategy: |
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| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Index (the “Index”). The Index consists of securities issued by exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and is split into two components, with a 50% allocation to fixed income and equity ETFs (the “Core Portfolio”) and a 50% allocation to ETFs of 12 asset categories (the “Explore Portfolio”) as described below. Because the Index is comprised of securities issued by other investment companies, the Fund operates as a “fund of funds”.
The Index is broadly diversified and seeks to offer the potential for high monthly distributions while maintaining a stable net asset value over time. The goal of the Index is to represent an allocation to a balanced portfolio of U.S. equities, bonds and alternative investments that employs leverage in an amount equal to 23% of the total portfolio (measured as a percent of the combined base of the portfolio plus the leverage amount i.e. 30%/(100%+30%)=23%). Accordingly, returns for the Index are calculated assuming leverage on the underlying portfolio in the amount of 23% (net of the estimated cost of employing such leverage). To achieve leveraged returns, the Fund will purchase a total return swap on a securities-only version of the Index known as, the NASDAQ 7 HANDL™ Base Index (the “Base Index”), which is composed of only ETFs and does not include a leverage component. The Index will have risk characteristics similar to the broad US capital markets and will generally rise and fall with prevailing market conditions, with the goal, but not the guarantee, of achieving a total return sufficient, over time and after expenses, to support a seven percent (7.0%) annual distribution rate.
The Core Portfolio component of the Index seeks to provide broad exposure to the U.S. fixed-income and equity markets and consists of a 70% allocation to U.S. aggregate fixed-income ETFs (the “Core Fixed Income Sleeve”) and a 30% allocation to U.S. large capitalization equity ETFs (the “Core Equity Sleeve”). The Index defines large cap as the market capitalization range of the large capitalization segment of Nasdaq’s US Benchmark Index. The Core Fixed Income Sleeve is allocated on an equal weight basis to the three U.S. aggregate bond ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers that have no maturity or duration limitations and invest primarily in investment grade securities. Half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated on an equal weight basis to the three ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers that track large capitalization U.S. stocks. The remaining half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated to the largest ETF (by assets under management) that tracks the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Core Portfolio is rebalanced monthly to weight the Core Portfolio in accordance with the Index’s methodology and is reconstituted annually in December.
The Explore Portfolio component of the Index employs a 100% rules-based proprietary tactical asset allocation methodology to provide exposure to ETFs across a range of asset categories that have historically provided high levels of income. There are 12 asset categories represented in the Explore Portfolio, which include various types of equity and fixed income securities. The Explore Portfolio invests without limit as to maturity, duration, or credit quality.
Each asset category in the Explore Portfolio is represented by a single ETF. By default, the ETF representative of an asset category is the largest ETF (by assets under management) in the asset category. However, an alternative ETF with a lower expense ratio at least 20% lower may instead serve as the ETF representative of an asset category. The 12 ETF representatives of the Explore Portfolio asset categories are weighted and rebalanced on a monthly basis using a proprietary asset allocation methodology, subject to the constraints that no position may be less than 50% nor more than 200% of an equal weight position within the Explore Portfolio.
The Fund employs a “passive management” investment strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The Fund will typically invest 90% of its assets in the Index’s component securities and use 10% of its assets as cash collateral for the Fund’s 40% total return swap (measured as a percent of the Fund’s portfolio) on the Base Index. The Fund does not include the swap for purposes of the 80% investment test described above. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The Fund generally will use a replication methodology, meaning it will invest in all of the ETFs comprising the Index in proportion to the weightings in the Index. However, the Fund may utilize a sampling methodology when there is severe, unforeseen market stress or a market disruption where it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the ETFs in the Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of the date of this prospectus, the Index is not concentrated. The Fund may engage in frequent trading of portfolio securities.
The Index and Base Index were created by and are provided by Bryant Avenue Ventures LLC (the “Index Provider”) and is calculated by Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Calculator”). The Index Provider and Index Calculator are not affiliated with the Fund or the Advisor.
Distribution Policy: In order to allow shareholders of the Fund to realize a predictable, but not assured, level of cash flow, the Fund has adopted a policy (which may be modified at any time by its Board of Trustees) to pay monthly distributions on Fund shares at a target rate that represents an annualized payout of approximately 7.0% on the Fund’s per-share net asset value on the date of a distribution’s declaration. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. For more information about the Fund’s distribution policy, please turn to “Additional Information About the Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks – Principal Investment Strategies –Distribution Policy and Goals” section in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
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| Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | rr_StrategyPortfolioConcentration | The Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of the NASDAQ 7 HANDLâ„¢ Index (the “Indexâ€). | ||
| Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Principal Investment Risks |
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| Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | As with any ETF, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective. Investment markets are unpredictable and there will be certain market conditions where the Fund will not meet its investment objective and will lose money. The Fund’s net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund and those losses could be significant. 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 following summarizes the principal risks of investing in the Fund. These risks could adversely affect the net asset value, total return and the value of the Fund and your investment. These risks affect the Fund directly as well as through the ETFs in which it invests.
Authorized Participant Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. An “Authorized Participant” is a participant in the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and that has executed a Participant Agreement with the applicable Fund’s distributor (“Distributor”). To the extent these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to process creation and/or redemption orders, in either of these cases, shares of the Fund may trade like closed-end fund shares at a discount to NAV and possibly face delisting.
Concentration Risk. The Fund will concentrate its investments in securities of a particular industry to the extent the Index does, which may cause the Fund’s net asset value to fluctuate more than that of a fund that does not concentrate in a particular industry.
Distribution Policy Risk. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital (i.e., from your original investment). Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares.
Early Close/Trading Halt Risk. An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may prevent the Fund from buying or selling certain securities or financial instruments. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and may incur substantial trading losses.
Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value. Equity securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value.
ETF Structure Risks. The Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:
○ Not Individually Redeemable. Shares are not individually redeemable and may be redeemed by the Fund at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation Units.” You may incur brokerage costs purchasing enough Shares to constitute a Creation Unit. Fund shares are typically bought and sold in the secondary market and investors typically pay brokerage commissions or other charges on these transactions.
○ Trading Issues. Trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, such as extraordinary market volatility. There can be no assurance that Shares will continue to meet the listing requirements of the Exchange. An active trading market for the Fund’s shares may not be developed or maintained. If the Fund’s shares are traded outside a collateralized settlement system, the number of financial institutions that can act as authorized participants that can post collateral on an agency basis is limited, which may limit the market for the Fund’s shares.
○ Market Price Variance Risk. The market prices of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for Shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.
▪ In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
▪ The market price for the Fund’s shares may deviate from the Fund’s net asset value, particularly during times of market stress, with the result that investors may pay significantly more or significantly less for Fund shares than the Fund’s net asset value, which is reflected in the bid and ask price for Fund shares or in the closing price.
▪ When all or a portion of an ETFs underlying securities trade in a market that is closed when the market for the Fund’s shares is open, there may be changes from the last quote of the closed market and the quote from the Fund’s trading day, which could lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
▪ In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s net asset value.
Fixed Income Risk. When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Recently, interest rates have been historically low and interest rate risk may be heightened. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default). Lowered credit ratings may cause a drop in a fixed income security’s price and are associated with greater risk of default on interest and principal payments. Certain fixed income securities may be paid off early when the issuer can repay the principal prior to a security’s maturity. If interest rates are falling, the Fund may have to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income. If interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain fixed income securities may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected maturity of those securities could lengthen as a result, which reduces the Fund’s ability to reinvest at higher rates. These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.
Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not utilize an investing strategy that seeks returns in excess of the Index. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a security unless that security is removed from the Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.
Issuer Risk. The performance of the Fund depends on the performance of the issuers of the individual securities in which the Fund invests. Poor performance by any issuer may cause the value of its securities, and the value of the Fund’s Shares, to decline.
Large Capitalization Stock Risk. Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.
Leverage Risk. When the Fund invests in swaps, it can create leverage, which can amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund’s share price and make the Fund’s returns more volatile. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to have higher expenses than those of funds that do not use such techniques.
Limited History of Operations Risk. The Fund has a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate. Investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategies, may be unable to implement certain of its investment strategies or may fail to attract sufficient assets, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated and terminated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders.
Management Risk. As the Fund may not fully replicate the Index, it is subject to the risk that investment management strategy may not produce the intended results.
Market Risk. Overall stock and bond market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets.
Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor will not sell a security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of that security is otherwise required upon a rebalancing of the Index as addressed in the Index methodology.
Sampling Risk. The Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach, if used, could result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in the Index. As a result, an adverse development with an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in the Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater.
Swaps Risk. Total return swaps are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect substitutes for the instruments they are intended to replace. Total return over the counter swaps are subject to counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the Fund’s losses.
Tracking Error Risk. Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. Tracking error may occur because of imperfect correlation between the Fund’s holdings of portfolio securities and those in the Index, pricing differences, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences on timing of the accrual of dividends, changes to the Index or the need to meet various regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not.
Turnover Risk. The Fund may have a high turnover of the securities held in its portfolio. Increased portfolio turnover causes the Fund to incur higher brokerage costs, which may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and may produce increased taxable distributions.
Underlying Fund Risk. Other investment companies, that is 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 mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each of the Underlying Funds is subject to its own specific risks, but the Advisor expects the principal investments risks of such Underlying Funds will be similar to the risks of investing in the Fund. Certain additional risks of investing in ETFs are described below:
○ Net Asset Value and Market Price Risk. The market value of ETF shares may differ from their net asset value. This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for fund shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the underlying basket of securities. Accordingly, there may be times when shares trade at a premium or discount to net asset value. |
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| Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | The Fund’s net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund and those losses could be significant. | ||
| 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: |
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| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Because the Fund is a relatively new fund and does not yet have a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Updated performance information will be available at www.strategysharesetfs.com or by calling (855) 4SS-ETFS or (855) 477-3837. |
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| Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | Because the Fund is a relatively new fund and does not yet have a full calendar year of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. | ||
| Performance Availability Phone [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone | (855) 4SS-ETFS or (855) 477-3837 | ||
| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | www.strategysharesetfs.com | ||
| Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL(TM) Index ETF | Strategy Shares Nasdaq 7 HANDL(TM) Index ETF | ||||
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| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | HNDL | ||
| 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 | 0.13% | [1] | |
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses | rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets | 0.23% | [1] | |
| Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.96% | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 98 | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | $ 306 | ||
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