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Alternative Strategies Fund (First Prospectus Summary) | Alternative Strategies Fund
  
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Risk/Return, Heading rr_RiskReturnHeading ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FUND
Investment Objective, Heading rr_ObjectiveHeading INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE -
investment Objective, Primary rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock 
The Alternative Strategies Fund (the "Fund") seeks to achieve long-term capital
appreciation.
Expense, Heading rr_ExpenseHeading FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND -
Expense, Narrative rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock 
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
H-Class Shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees, Caption rr_ShareholderFeesCaption SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) N/A
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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. However, the Fund's portfolio
turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives.
If such instruments were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate might
be significantly higher.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 0.00%
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 Fund
with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated, and then redeem 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 (including one year of capped expenses each
period) 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's investment methodology is based on a systematic and dynamic
algorithm developed through extensive quantitative research that is designed
to select and weight a basket of liquid, investable factors that, when
combined, target return characteristics similar to those of funds of hedge
funds that invest in a broad cross-section of alternative strategies. Alternative
strategies generally refer to non-traditional investment strategies or those that
involve investment techniques other than long-only investments in traditional
asset classes such as stocks and bonds. The most common alternative
strategies are long/short equities, relative value/arbitrage strategies, event
driven strategies, and global macro strategies. The factors and weights of
those factors identified by the algorithm may change over time
and may be long or short at any given time. Potential factors include U.S.,
foreign and emerging market equity securities, currencies, and financial
instruments that provide exposure to short-term interest rates.

The Fund will seek to gain exposure to the factors selected by the algorithm by
investing primarily in futures, options, options on futures, forward contracts,
and swap agreements whose performance is expected to correspond to the
performance of the factors. The Fund also may invest in a combination of:
domestic and foreign common stock; American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"); credit
or equity-linked instruments, primarily consisting of exchange-traded notes
("ETNs") and structured notes; exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"); and other pooled
investment vehicles. While the Fund anticipates investing in these
instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the
Fund's investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a
number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market
conditions. Certain of the Fund's derivative investments may be traded in the
over-the-counter ("OTC") market. From time to time, the Fund may enter into
short sales and invest in short positions of certain of its portfolio
investments. The Fund may invest in derivatives for hedging and non-hedging
purposes, and also may employ leveraging techniques through the use of
derivatives. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government
securities, short-term, high quality (rated AA or higher) fixed income
securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase
agreements, cash, and other cash equivalents with maturities of one year or less
to collateralize its derivative positions.

In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis,
the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the
close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund also may engage in frequent and
active trading or portfolio investments to achieve its investment objective. The
Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its
assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.
Risk, Heading rr_RiskHeading PRINCIPAL RISKS -
Risk, Narrative rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock 
As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk
that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund
is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its
shares, including:

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, 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 and Equity-Linked Derivative Investment Risk - The value of the Fund's
investment in these securities will rise or fall in response to changes in the
underlying security or related benchmark or investment. These securities expose
the Fund economically to movements in the prices of the underlying credit or
equity security.

Currency Risk - The Fund's indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies
subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S.
Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund
also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various
currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk - The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies
in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund's
portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that
may affect the value of the Fund's portfolio. In addition, the value of the
securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are
not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also
involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with
investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk - The Fund's investments in derivatives may pose risks in
addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other
investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations
with underlying investments or the Fund's other portfolio holdings, lack of
availability and counterparty risk.

Early Closing Risk - The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early
closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the
Fund's inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on
that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Emerging Markets Risk - The Fund's investments may have exposure to emerging
markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic,
regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because
they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified
by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics
as determined by the Advisor.

Exchange-Traded Notes 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 or securities 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 or
security. The Fund's decision to sell its ETN holdings may also be limited by
the availability of a secondary market. If the Fund must sell some or all of
its ETN holdings and the secondary market is weak, it may have to sell such
holdings at a discount. ETNs also are subject to counterparty credit risk and
fixed income risk.

Fixed Income Risk - The Fund's investments in fixed income securities will
change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as
the perception of the issuer's creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed
income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may
cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund's investments in
fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response
to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk - The Fund may invest in securities of foreign
companies directly or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the
performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less
trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign
markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk - Investing in other investment
companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the
investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying
securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund
will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment
companies' expenses.

Investment Technique Risk - Some investment techniques of the Fund may be
considered aggressive. Risks associated with the use of futures contracts,
options, structured notes, and swap agreements include potentially dramatic
price changes (losses) in the value of the instruments and imperfect
correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security or
index. These instruments may increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve
a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk - The Fund is subject to the risk that
large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market
or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk - The Fund's investment in derivative instruments generally
requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure
assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the
amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments
generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund's
return.

Liquidity Risk - In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to
purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair
price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to
certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair
value the investments.

Market Risk - The Fund's investments in securities and derivatives, in general,
are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the
Fund's value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk - The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest
a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a
diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security
could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in
a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk - Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may
be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC
derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is
largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated
contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such
derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk - The Fund's strategy may frequently involve buying and
selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund's exposure to various market
sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels
of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders.
Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund's performance to be less than you
expect.

Short Sales Risk - Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security
with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the
security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security.
The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the
securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise,
thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government
actions also may affect the Fund's ability to engage in short selling.

Small-Capitalization and Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk - The Fund is
subject to the risk that small-and mid-capitalization stocks may underperform
other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Trading Halt Risk - If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable
to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading
halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund's ability to
use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.
Risk, Lose Money rr_RiskLoseMoney As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money.
Risk, Nondiversified Status rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table, Heading rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading PERFORMANCE INFORMATION -
Performance, Narrative rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock 
A comparison of the Fund's performance with that of abroad measure of market
performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund;
however, the Fund is new and, therefore, does not have a performance history
for a full calendar year. Of course, once the Fund has performance, this past
performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the
Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund's website at
rydex-sgi.com or by calling Rydex|SGI Client Services at 800.820.0888.
Performance, One Year or Less rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess however, the Fund is new and, therefore, does not have a performance history for a full calendar year.
Performance, Availability Phone Number rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 800.820.0888
Performance, Availability Website Address rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress rydex-sgi.com
Performance, Past Does Not Indicate Future rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Of course, once the Fund has performance, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
Alternative Strategies Fund (First Prospectus Summary) | Alternative Strategies Fund | H-Class Shares
  
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Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination This Agreement may be terminated only with the approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
Alternative Strategies Fund | H-Class Shares
  
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Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) and/or Shareholder Service Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.93%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.08%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.19%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.89%
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 192
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 594
Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,021
Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,212
[1] The Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep net operating expenses for H-Class Shares (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary expenses ("Excluded Expenses")) from exceeding 1.90% of the Fund's H-Class Shares average daily net assets. The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement includes Excluded Expenses and, thus, from time to time may be higher than 1.90%. This Agreement may be terminated only with the approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees. In any event, this undertaking will continue for at least twelve months from the date of this Prospectus.