Investment objective & strategy
As of Feb. 26, 2026 · prospectusObjective. The Hull Tactical US ETF (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund is actively managed and invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and instruments issued by or economically tied to U.S. issuers. In seeking to achieve the Funds investment objective, the Funds Adviser uses various proprietary analytical investment models that examine current and historical market data to attempt to predict the performance of the S&P 500 Index (the S&P 500 ), a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is composed primarily of large-capitalization U.S. issuers. The models deliver investment signals that the Adviser uses to make investment decisions for the Fund. The investment models used are to anticipate forward market movements … Under normal circumstances, the Fund is actively managed and invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities and instruments issued by or economically tied to U.S. issuers. In seeking to achieve the Funds investment objective, the Funds Adviser uses various proprietary analytical investment models that examine current and historical market data to attempt to predict the performance of the S&P 500 Index (the S&P 500 ), a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is composed primarily of large-capitalization U.S. issuers. The models deliver investment signals that the Adviser uses to make investment decisions for the Fund. The investment models used are to anticipate forward market movements and position the Fund to take advantage of these movements. Currently, signals are combined into an ensemble an array that spans statistical, behavior-sentimental, technical, fundamental, and economic data sources. This combined signal is generated each trading day towards the close of the market and dictates whether the Fund is long/short and the magnitude of position sizing. The Adviser routinely evaluates the performance and impact of each model on the Fund with the goal of outperforming the benchmark S&P 500 without excess volatility. Depending on the discretion of the Adviser and the investment signals delivered by the models, the Adviser takes long or short positions in the S&P 500 by allocating the Funds assets to one or more S&P 500 -related instruments. The Fund is permitted to maintain short or long exposure to the overall market. When going long or short, the Fund may buy/sell S&P 500 futures contracts, S&P 500 related ETFs, SPX Options, and single-name U.S. equity options to arrive at a targeted market exposure. When the Fund takes long positions, it may maintain long exposure of up to 200% of its net assets and, when the Fund takes short positions, its short exposure is limited to no more than 100% of its net assets. The Adviser may adjust the allocation between the Funds long and short positions as necessary to account for new market conditions as well as data from the models. The Funds positions may be adjusted at the Advisers discretion as model predictions and market opportunities fluctuate. The Adviser implements the Funds S&P 500 investment strategy by taking positions in one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that seek to track the performance of the S&P 500 (each an S&P 500 -related ETF). The Adviser may then further obtain or adjust the Funds long or short exposure to the S&P 500 by engaging in transactions in the following S&P 500 -related instruments: ? entering into futures contracts on the S&P 500 ; ? buying or selling (writing) put or call options on the S&P 500 Index or on S&P 500 Index-related ETFs (together, S&P 500 Options); or ? taking long positions or short positions, including through short sales, in one or more pooled investment vehicles designed to provide leveraged exposure to an index that measures the returns of a portfolio of monthly VIX futures contracts with a weighted average of one month to expiration. The Fund uses the S&P 500 -related instruments detailed above as a more efficient use of capital to obtain a leveraged exposure to the market. This permits the Fund to potentially benefit from forward market movements in seeking its objective of long term capital appreciation. In addition to the S&P 500 -focused strategy described above, in an effort to generate income for the Fund, the Adviser may buy and sell (write) exchange-listed put and call options on individual U.S. equity securities or on securities indices (Equity Options). When engaging in this strategy, the Adviser seeks to opportunistically exploit inefficiencies in the pricing of Equity Options. The Advisers models attempt to identify Equity Options that the market may have mispriced and deliver investment signals that alert the Adviser to sell overpriced Equity Options and purchase underpriced Equity Options. From time to time, the Fund may own the equity security underlying an Equity Option as a means of hedging the Funds exposure consistent with the Advisers strategy. During periods when the Funds assets (or portion thereof) are not fully invested in accordance with the above, all or a portion of the Fund may be invested in ETFs whose strategy or investment objective is to attain price and yield performance similar to short-term U.S. Treasury obligations and/or cash instruments, which for this purpose include U.S. Treasury obligations; cash and cash equivalents including commercial paper, certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances; repurchase agreements; shares of money market mutual funds; and high-quality, short-term debt instruments including, in addition to U.S. Treasury obligations, other U.S. government securities (collectively, Cash Instruments). Additionally, to respond to certain adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, the Fund may invest 100% of its assets, without limitation, in Cash Instruments. The Fund may be invested in this manner for extended periods, depending on the Advisers assessment of market conditions. During this time, the Fund may not be able to meet its investment objective. To the extent that the Fund invests in ETFs or money market mutual funds, the Fund would bear its pro rata portion of each such money market funds advisory fees and operational expenses. Additional information relating to the S&P 500 -related instruments is included below: Futures contracts are exchange-traded contracts that call for the future delivery of an asset at a certain price and date or cash settlement of the terms of the contract ( i.e., payment of the gain or loss on the contract). They provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security at a specified future time and at a specified price. A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer (seller) of the option the obligation to sell, the underlying security at any time during the option period. A put option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer of the option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The premium paid to the writer is the consideration for undertaking the obligations under the option contract. Call and put options on indices are similar to options on securities except that options on an index give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise of the option, an amount of cash if the closing level of the underlying index is greater than (or less than, in the case of puts) the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option, expressed in dollars multiplied by a specified number. Thus, unlike options on individual securities, all settlements are in cash, and gain or loss depends on price movements in the particular market represented by the index generally, rather than the price movements in individual securities. In pursuing its investment objective, the Fund does not seek performance that is a specific multiple or inverse, or inverse multiple of the S&P 500 . The Fund may invest in one or more pooled investment vehicles to gain exposure to an index that measures the returns of VIX futures contracts. VIX futures contracts are futures contracts based on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (the VIX Index). The VIX Index seeks to measure the markets current expectation of 30-day volatility of the S&P 500 as reflected by the prices of near-term S&P 500 options. The markets current expectation of the possible rate and magnitude of movements in an index is commonly referred to as the implied volatility of the index. Because S&P 500 options derive value from the possibility that the S&P 500 may experience movement before such options expire, the prices of near-term S&P 500 options are used to calculate the implied volatility of the S&P 500 .
Top holdings
As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | — | $64.67M | 47.17% |
| US ULTRA BOND CBT Sep25 | — | $27.42M | 20.00% |
| U.S. Treasury Bills | B | $9.96M | 7.27% |
| U.S. Treasury Bills | B | $6.00M | 4.38% |
| U.S. Treasury Bills | 912797SZ | $4.98M | 3.63% |
| U.S. Treasury Bills | — | $4.96M | 3.62% |
| U.S. Treasury Bills | B | $4.93M | 3.59% |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF | BOXX | $4.21M | 3.07% |
| CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | UXZ5 | $72.67K | 0.05% |
| CBOE Volatility Index Futures Contracts | UXZ5 | $65.10K | 0.05% |
Portfolio moves
Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026How 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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Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| HTAA LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of February 26, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.
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