EQLS
Simplify Market Neutral Equity Long/Short ETF
Simplify Exchange Traded Funds
Expense ratio1
1.00%
Net assets2
$4.77M
Holdings2
7
Category
Taxable Bond
2024 return3
-4.10%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Oct. 28, 2024 · prospectus

Objective. Investment Objective: The Simplify Market Neutral Equity Long/Short ETF (the Fund or EQLS) seeks to provide positive absolute returns and income.

Strategy. Principal Investment Strategies: The Fund invests primarily in total return swaps that provide the returns, long or short, of a basket of common stocks. The companies in the swap basket are selected using a third-party, multi-factor quantitative ranking system based on machine learning. The ranking system seeks to identify the factors that are driving both positive and negative returns and classify securities based on forward-looking return expectations. The ranking system considers over 500 fundamental factors. The adviser selects securities based on analyses from the third-party research provider and aims to include the names of over 200 stocks with the best expected returns in the long basket and the names of over 200 stocks with lowest expected returns in the short … Principal Investment Strategies: The Fund invests primarily in total return swaps that provide the returns, long or short, of a basket of common stocks. The companies in the swap basket are selected using a third-party, multi-factor quantitative ranking system based on machine learning. The ranking system seeks to identify the factors that are driving both positive and negative returns and classify securities based on forward-looking return expectations. The ranking system considers over 500 fundamental factors. The adviser selects securities based on analyses from the third-party research provider and aims to include the names of over 200 stocks with the best expected returns in the long basket and the names of over 200 stocks with lowest expected returns in the short basket. Machine learning is a form of computer program that analyses raw data and detects patterns and translates those patterns into mathematical formulas that can be used to forecast security prices. The Fund has adopted a non-fundamental policy that, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. Equity securities include investments that provide long or short exposure to equity securities, including total return swaps, and equity futures contracts. The direct and indirect equity investments are primarily U.S. companies but may include companies from both emerging and developed foreign markets and may include companies of any market capitalization. The Fund also holds cash and invests in cash-equivalents (money market funds) or high-quality short term fixed income securities as collateral for the swaps and futures. A market neutral strategy is one that seeks to provide profits during both rising and falling markets. The total return swaps provide the Fund equity exposure of approximately 200% long the stocks of companies exhibiting positive performance factors, and 200% short the stocks of companies exhibiting negative performance factors. The 200% long and short positions are not direct hedges and the adviser constructs the portfolio in a manner that it believes will achieve a market neutral result. Ordinary gains on swaps are generally considered income to the Fund, contribute to the income component of the Funds investment objective and are considered absolute positive returns. Other investments that contribute to income include treasuries and income-generating collateral. The Fund is an actively managed ETF. The adviser rebalances the Funds portfolio monthly based on the third- party ranking system, may rebalance more frequently to reduce industry or company specific concentration or other risks, and may tactically shift the Funds net long/short exposure to equity markets based on its proprietary research. The Fund is market neutral because of the equal notional exposure on the long and short side when the Funds portfolio is rebalanced.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2025 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
U.S. Treasury Bills $2.33M 48.83%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $1.88M 39.38%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $512.80K 10.75%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $500.00K 10.48%
ZSCALER INC CFD V 6 C395 $275.85K 5.78%
ZSCALER INC N/A $152.27K 3.19%
U.S. Treasury Bills B $99.89K 2.09%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2025 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2024 → Mar 31, 2025
Opened
5
Exited
2
Increased
0
Decreased
0
Unchanged
2

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of October 28, 2024, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2024, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2024 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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