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As of 04/17/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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ZEGA Buy and Hedge ETF

ZHDG | Active ETF

$18.14

$43.4 M

1.48%

$0.27

0.97%

Vitals

YTD Return

2.8%

1 yr return

11.5%

3 Yr Avg Return

N/A

5 Yr Avg Return

N/A

Net Assets

$43.4 M

Holdings in Top 10

100.0%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$18.2
$16.29
$18.86

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.97%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 04/17/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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ZEGA Buy and Hedge ETF

ZHDG | Active ETF

$18.14

$43.4 M

1.48%

$0.27

0.97%

ZHDG - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 2.8%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
  • Net Income Ratio N/A
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 1.5%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    ZEGA Buy and Hedge ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    N/A
  • Inception Date
    Jul 06, 2021
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Charles Ragauss

Fund Description

The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to provide exposure to the U.S. large capitalization equity market, while mitigating overall market downside risk in the event of a major market decline. To achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests in a combination of options, as well as fixed income securities, or other income producing securities, including preferred shares, through ETFs or other investment companies or through direct investments.

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, ZEGA Financial, LLC (“ZEGA” or the “Sub-Adviser”), the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, seeks to achieve exposure to the performance of the U.S. large capitalization equity market, generally recognized as the S&P 500® Index (the “S&P 500”), through call index options, call options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (“SPY”) or other ETFs that track the S&P 500, and FLexible EXchange® Options (“FLEX Options”) (collectively, “S&P 500 options”). The Fund’s S&P 500 option positions will represent 100% notional exposure to the S&P 500.

An option gives the purchaser of the option the right to purchase (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) the underlying asset (or deliver cash equal to the value of an underlying index) at a specified price (“strike price”). In the event the underlying asset declines in value, the value of a call option will generally decrease (and may end up worthless) and the value of a put option will generally increase. In the event the underlying asset appreciates in value, the value of a call option will generally increase and the value of a put option will generally decrease (and may end up worthless). FLEX Options are customizable exchange-traded option contracts guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”).

The Sub-Adviser may “ladder” the Fund’s S&P 500 option positions. “Laddering” is an investment technique that utilizes multiple option positions over multiple expiration dates, to avoid the risk of reinvesting a large portion of assets in an unfavorable financial environment, as well as creating more opportunities to roll hedges and secure gains during extended periods of market appreciation. The Sub-Adviser will ladder the Fund’s S&P 500 option positions by investing in options with multiple expiration dates over a 12-month period using at least two intervals or “rungs.” By regularly rebuilding each ladder rung as options expire the Sub-Adviser will seek to achieve additional equity exposure as markets experience reduced prices (essentially buying on dips), or realize gains as market prices increase and as hedged positions are reestablished at higher levels.

The Fund may invest significantly in fixed income and other income producing securities through ETFs or other investment companies, or through direct investments. The Fund’s fixed income investments may include below investment grade debt securities (often referred to as “high yield” or “junk” bonds). The Fund’s fixed income investments aim to generate income as a means of offsetting expenses associated with the cost of purchasing options. The Fund may purchase put options as a means of hedging to provide downside protection on the underlying holdings in the income portion of the Fund’s portfolio.

The Fund also seeks to produce income by selling out-of-the-money call options. A call option is considered “out-of-the-money” when the strike price of the option at expiration exceeds the current price of the underlying asset. The Fund will only sell call options that are either covered by the underlying asset held in the Fund’s portfolio (also known as covered call selling) or by corresponding purchased call options held in the Fund’s portfolio (also known as a long call spread).

The Fund’s option positions are determined by the Sub-Adviser based on underlying quantitative metrics, including open interest, depth of expirations, number of strike prices, implied volatility, bid/ask spread width and cost. Open interest and bid/ask spread width are indicators of the liquidity of an option position and likelihood of efficient price execution. Implied volatility is an indicator of how expensive an option is relative to other options and relative to historical ranges. In general, as volatility rises option premiums will also rise making an option more expensive. A greater number of strike prices and expirations generally gives the Sub-Adviser more flexibility when choosing levels and length of protection. The Sub-Adviser analyzes such metrics to determine the Fund portfolio’s ability to mitigate market risk while generating returns.

The Sub-Adviser makes buy and sell decisions for the Fund based on a set of defined rules established by the Sub-Adviser’s investment committee, including proprietary quantitative models as well as information and data supplied by third parties (“Models and Data”), which may be revised from time to time. With regard to buy and sell decisions, the Sub-Adviser’s investment committee considers option data and probabilities, along with the ability to manage the risk of a position. For fixed income investments, the investment committee assesses a position’s ability to have a viable hedge that limits risk while producing desired revenue. For S&P 500 options, the investment committee typically adds new purchased call options to the Fund’s portfolio when the market value of the S&P 500 materially declines. When new call options are purchased during market declines, the Sub-Adviser still intends to limit the Fund’s S&P 500 option positions to only approximately 8-10% of the Fund’s portfolio over a 12-month period. When the market value of the S&P 500 appreciates, the S&P 500 options generally increase in value. If the value of the Fund’s S&P 500 options materially exceed the 8-10% target, the Sub-Adviser will simultaneously sell the S&P 500 options with higher market values in the Fund’s portfolio and purchase new S&P 500 options that have a lower premium to bring the Fund’s S&P 500 options holdings in-line with the 8-10% target.

By using a combination of options and fixed income positions, the Sub-Adviser seeks to limit the loss exposure of Fund portfolio holdings. The Fund’s notional exposure to the S&P 500 with options will represent 100% of the Fund’s portfolio. This limitation may be done by using put options for protection or restricting the amount spent on long calls. The Fund aims to restrict exposure to major declines in the market value of the S&P 500 as the most a purchased call option can lose is the amount paid for the call (also known as the premium). As a result, the Sub-Adviser seeks to limit the level of exposure to loss with respect to that portion of the Fund’s portfolio holding S&P 500 options to 8-10% over any 12-month period. The portion of the Fund’s portfolio holding S&P 500 options may experience a loss of more than 8-10% in a single month or quarter; however, over the prior 12-month period the Sub-Adviser’s strategy aims to limit losses within the 8-10% target range. During periods where the market value of the S&P 500 experiences multiple years of double-digit losses, the portion of the Fund’s portfolio holding S&P 500 options may experience losses of 8-10% in consecutive 12-month periods.

The portion of the Fund’s portfolio holding fixed income investments also has risk of loss exposure. The Sub-Adviser may hedge this risk of loss exposure by purchasing put options that are directly correlated to the underlying fixed income investments held in the Fund’s portfolio. The underlying fixed income investments held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience losses, but the Sub-Adviser seeks to limit those losses to 10% through the Fund’s investments in purchased put options.

The Fund may simultaneously experience losses in both its S&P 500 option positions and fixed income investments. This may result in the Fund’s total portfolio experiencing losses in excess of the 8-10% target range over a 12-month period.

There are costs associated with the Sub-Adviser’s options hedging strategy and the Fund typically experiences such costs in the form of option time decay. Option time decay is a measure of the rate of decline in the value of an option contract due to the passage of time. The cost of the Fund’s S&P 500 options can limit the Fund’s ability to achieve returns equal to the gains experienced by the S&P 500.

The Fund is deemed to be non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it was a diversified fund.

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ZHDG - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ZHDG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 2.8% -72.1% 44.1% N/A
1 Yr 11.5% 5.6% 73.4% N/A
3 Yr N/A* -2.4% 25.0% N/A
5 Yr N/A* 3.5% 26.8% N/A
10 Yr N/A* 4.3% 17.8% N/A

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ZHDG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 11.4% -94.0% 2181.7% N/A
2022 -24.8% -22.7% 41.1% N/A
2021 N/A -100.0% 4.6% N/A
2020 N/A -100.0% 33.2% N/A
2019 N/A -44.8% 25.0% N/A

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ZHDG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 2.8% -71.7% 44.1% N/A
1 Yr 11.5% 5.6% 73.4% N/A
3 Yr N/A* -2.4% 26.2% N/A
5 Yr N/A* 3.5% 26.8% N/A
10 Yr N/A* 4.3% 17.8% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ZHDG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 13.1% -94.0% 2181.7% N/A
2022 -22.1% -21.6% 41.1% N/A
2021 N/A -100.0% 8.2% N/A
2020 N/A -100.0% 33.2% N/A
2019 N/A -13.4% 26.8% N/A

ZHDG - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

ZHDG Category Low Category High ZHDG % Rank
Net Assets 43.4 M 503 K 1.31 T 83.13%
Number of Holdings 9 2 3980 59.51%
Net Assets in Top 10 42.2 M -472 M 306 B 70.02%
Weighting of Top 10 100.01% 2.0% 100.0% 60.08%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. SPY 12/19/2025 150.01 C 72.66%
  2. United States Treasury Note/Bond 17.88%
  3. United States Treasury Note/Bond 13.13%
  4. First American Government Obligations Fund 1.73%
  5. SPDR SP 500 ETF Trust 0.74%
  6. Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management 0.44%
  7. SPDR SP 500 ETF Trust 0.38%
  8. SPY 01/17/2025 370.01 P 0.35%
  9. SPDR SP 500 ETF Trust -7.29%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High ZHDG % Rank
Other
66.83% -15.82% 100.00% 86.86%
Bonds
31.01% 0.00% 87.09% 0.11%
Cash
2.16% -93.93% 50.07% 6.21%
Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 139.05% 99.94%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 3.21% 88.42%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 8.52% 87.64%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ZHDG % Rank
Derivative
66.83% 0.00% 62.47% 86.11%
Cash & Equivalents
2.16% 0.00% 100.00% 98.62%
Securitized
0.00% 0.00% 50.96% 85.90%
Corporate
0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 0.96%
Municipal
0.00% 0.00% 2.33% 85.63%
Government
0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 86.45%

Bond Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ZHDG % Rank
US
31.01% -0.33% 82.05% 0.06%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 42.71% 1.29%

ZHDG - Expenses

Operational Fees

ZHDG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.97% 0.01% 4.53% 26.12%
Management Fee 0.95% 0.00% 2.00% 93.57%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% 21.43%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.00% 0.95% N/A

Sales Fees

ZHDG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 0.00% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

ZHDG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 0.25% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

ZHDG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 0.00% 363.00% N/A

ZHDG - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

ZHDG Category Low Category High ZHDG % Rank
Dividend Yield 1.48% 0.00% 1.97% 88.43%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

ZHDG Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annually Monthly Monthly

Net Income Ratio Analysis

ZHDG Category Low Category High ZHDG % Rank
Net Income Ratio N/A -2.09% 2.65% N/A

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

ZHDG Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency

Distributions History

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ZHDG - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Charles Ragauss


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 06, 2021

0.9

0.9%

Mr. Ragauss currently serves as Director of Product Management at CSat Investment Advisory, having joined the it in April 2016. Prior to joiningCSat Investment Advisory, Mr. Ragauss was Assistant Vice President at Huntington National Bank (“Huntington”), where he was Product Manager for the Huntington Funds and Huntington Strategy Shares ETFs, a combined fund complex of almost $4 billion in assets under management. At Huntington, he led ETF development bringing to market some of the first actively managed ETFs. Mr. Ragauss joined Huntington in 2010. Mr. Ragauss attended Grand Valley State University where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and International Business, as well as a minor in French. He is a member of both the National and West Michigan CFA societies and holds the CFA designation.

Michael Venuto


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 06, 2021

0.9

0.9%

Mr. Venuto is a co-founder and has been the Chief Investment Officer of the Toroso Investments, LLC since 2012. Mr. Venuto is an ETF industry veteran with over a decade of experience in the design and implementation of ETF-based investment strategies. Previously, he was Head of Investments at Global X Funds where he provided portfolio optimization services to institutional clients. Before that, he was Senior Vice President at Horizon Kinetics where his responsibilities included new business development, investment strategy and client and strategic initiatives.

Jay Pestrichelli


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 06, 2021

0.9

0.9%

Jay has been an investment manager at ZEGA since its inception and is actively involved in all of ZEGA’s investment strategies ZEGA’s founding principles grew out of the book Jay co-authored with Wayne Ferbert, entitled Buy and Hedge, the Five Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term. Jay has over 20 years of experience in business management, with 12 years in the online brokerage field with TD Ameritrade and Datek Online. As the manager of the Active Trading business at TD Ameritrade, Jay helped drive it to become #1 in trade volume among U.S. brokers. Jay has been a regular contributor on CNBC’s Fast Money, has provided video interviews for CNN, and is quoted regularly in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Smart Money. Jay resides in West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife and son.

Mick Brokaw


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 06, 2021

0.9

0.9%

As the product families at ZEGA grew, Mick joined the firm to tackle two roles. The first focuses on trading execution and support. The second examines, and helps to refine, investment strategies as they move from the incubation stage to broader distribution among clients. Mick brings a product manager’s sensibility and methodology to his work, having performed this role most recently at Bank of the West and for a more extended run at TD Ameritrade. In his 15+ years at the online broker, he oversaw myriad changes in a rapidly growing industry.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.01 38.28 6.55 1.67