DBMF
iMGP DBI Managed Futures Strategy ETF
LITMAN GREGORY FUNDS TRUST
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.85%
Net assets2
$3.30B
Holdings2
11
Category
Other
2025 return3
13.84%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its objective by: (i) investing its assets pursuant to a managed futures strategy (described below); (ii) allocating up to 20% of its total assets in its wholly-owned subsidiary (the Subsidiary), which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is advised by the Funds sub-advisor, Dynamic Beta investments (DBi or the Sub-Advisor), and will comply with the Funds investment objective and investment policies; and (iii) investing directly in select debt instruments for cash management and other purposes. The Funds managed futures strategy employs long and short positions in derivatives, primarily futures contracts and forward contracts, across the broad asset classes of equities, fixed income, currencies and, through … The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its objective by: (i) investing its assets pursuant to a managed futures strategy (described below); (ii) allocating up to 20% of its total assets in its wholly-owned subsidiary (the Subsidiary), which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is advised by the Funds sub-advisor, Dynamic Beta investments (DBi or the Sub-Advisor), and will comply with the Funds investment objective and investment policies; and (iii) investing directly in select debt instruments for cash management and other purposes. The Funds managed futures strategy employs long and short positions in derivatives, primarily futures contracts and forward contracts, across the broad asset classes of equities, fixed income, currencies and, through the Subsidiary, commodities. Fund positions in those contracts are determined based on a proprietary, quantitative model the Dynamic Beta Engine that seeks to identify the main drivers of performance by approximating the current asset allocation of a selected pool of the largest commodity trading hedge fund managers (the Target), which are managers that use futures or forward contracts to achieve their investment objectives. The Dynamic Beta Engine analyzes recent (i.e., trailing 60-day) performance of the Target in order to identify a portfolio of liquid financial instruments that closely reflects the Targets estimated current asset allocation with the goal of simulating the performance, but not the underlying positions, of the Target. The Sub-Advisor relies exclusively on the Dynamic Beta Engine and does not have discretion to override the model-determined asset allocation or portfolio weights. The Sub-Advisor will periodically review whether instruments should be added to or removed from the model in order to improve the models efficiency. The models asset allocation is limited to asset classes that are traded on U.S.-based exchanges. Based on this analysis, the Fund will invest in an optimized portfolio of long and short positions in domestically-traded, liquid derivative contracts selected from a pool of the most liquid derivative contracts, as determined by the Sub-Advisor. Futures contracts and forward contracts are contractual agreements to buy or sell a particular currency, commodity or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. The Fund takes long positions in derivative contracts that provide exposure to various asset classes, sectors and/or markets that the Fund expects to rise in value, and takes short positions in asset classes, sectors and/or markets that the Fund expects to fall in value. The Fund expects to limit its investments to highly-liquid, domestically-traded contracts that the Sub-Advisor believes exhibit the highest correlation to what the Sub-Advisor perceives to be the core positions of the Target. Such core positions are generally long and short positions in domestically-traded derivative contracts viewed as highly liquid by the Sub-Advisor. Agreeing to buy the underlying instrument is called buying a futures contract or taking a long position in the contract. Likewise, agreeing to sell the underlying instrument is called selling a futures contract or taking a short position in the contract. The Fund may have gross notional exposure, which is defined as the sum of the notional exposure of both long and short derivative positions across the Fund, that approximates the current asset allocation and matches the risk profile of a diversified pool of the largest CTAs. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and the rules and interpretations thereunder, impose certain limitations on the Funds ability to use leverage. Under normal market conditions, the Sub-Advisor will seek to achieve Fund volatility of 8-10% on an annual basis, which refers to the approximate maximum amount of expected gains or losses during a given year expressed as a percentage of value. The Sub-Advisor will, in an effort to reduce certain risks ( e.g., volatility of returns), limit the Funds gross notional exposure on certain futures contracts whose returns are expected to be particularly volatile. In addition to these specific exposure limits, the Sub-Advisor will use quantitative methods to assess the level of risk for the Fund. The Fund intends to gain exposure to commodities through its investments in the Subsidiary and may invest up to 20% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest primarily in commodity futures, but it may also invest in financial futures, fixed income securities, pooled investment vehicles, including those that are not registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act, and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiarys derivative positions. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-linked derivative instruments; however, the Subsidiary complies with the same 1940 Act requirements with respect to its investments in commodity-linked derivatives that are applicable to the Funds transactions in derivatives. In addition, to the extent applicable to the investment activities of the Subsidiary, the Subsidiary will be subject to the same fundamental investment restrictions and will follow the same compliance policies and procedures as the Fund. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary will not seek to qualify as a regulated investment company (RIC) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The Fund is the sole investor in the Subsidiary and does not expect shares of the Subsidiary to be offered or sold to other investors. In addition to its use of futures and investment in the Subsidiary, the Fund expects, under normal circumstances, to invest a large portion of the portfolio in debt securities in order to collateralize its derivative investments, for liquidity purposes, or to enhance yield. The Fund may hold fixed income instruments of varying maturities, but that have an average duration of less than one year. In particular, the Fund may hold government money market instruments, such as U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. government agency discount notes and bonds with maturities of two years or less. The Fund will not invest in cryptocurrency or digital assets or cryptocurrency or digital asset derivatives.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
U.S. Treasury Bills B $1.67B 50.77%
U.S. Treasury Bills $364.27M 11.05%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $269.27M 8.17%
U.S. Treasury Bills $94.79M 2.87%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $34.87M 1.06%
SILVER SEP 26 SIH6 COMDTY $18.58M 0.56%
FIXED INC CLEARING CORP.REPO $17.74M 0.54%
ZCS BRL 14.0087 05/12/25-01/04/27 CME XASH6 INDEX $15.52M 0.47%
U.S. Treasury Bills 912797TH $14.98M 0.45%
WHEAT SEP 26 WU6 $6.26M 0.19%
View all holdings →

Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
View portfolio breakdown →

Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
7
Exited
2
Increased
2
Decreased
3
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

View portfolio moves →

Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight

Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Dynamic Beta Investments, LLC Sub-adviser
IM Global Partner Fund Management, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

Machine-readable: JSON · Markdown. Programmatic access via the agent surface.