SPD
Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF
Simplify Exchange Traded Funds
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.53%
Net assets2
$100.99M
Holdings2
3
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
18.55%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Oct. 31, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. Investment Objective: The Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF (the Fund or SPD) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. Principal Investment Strategies: The Adviser seeks to achieve the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies and applying a downside convexity option overlay strategy to the equity investments. U.S. Equity Strategy 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 of U.S. companies, primarily by purchasing exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Adviser does not frequently trade U.S. equities but seeks to maintain consistent exposure to the U.S. equity market. Downside Convexity Option Overlay Strategy Up to twenty percent of the Funds net assets will be subject to the Funds downside convexity option overlay. The downside … Principal Investment Strategies: The Adviser seeks to achieve the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies and applying a downside convexity option overlay strategy to the equity investments. U.S. Equity Strategy 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 of U.S. companies, primarily by purchasing exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Adviser does not frequently trade U.S. equities but seeks to maintain consistent exposure to the U.S. equity market. Downside Convexity Option Overlay Strategy Up to twenty percent of the Funds net assets will be subject to the Funds downside convexity option overlay. The downside convexity option overlay strategy includes purchasing exchange-traded and over-the-counter (OTC) put options on the S&P 500 Index or an S&P 500 Index ETF. When the Fund purchases a put option, the Fund has the right, but not the obligation, to sell a stock or other asset at a specified price (strike price) within a specific time period. The downside convexity option overlay is a strategic, persistent exposure meant to hedge against market moves and is intended to add convexity to the Fund. If the market goes down, the Funds returns may fall less than the market because the Adviser will sell or exercise the put options. The Adviser selects options based upon its evaluation of relative value based on cost, strike price (price that the option can be bought or sold by the option holder) and maturity (the last date the option contract is valid) and will exercise or close the options based on maturity or portfolio rebalancing requirements. The Fund anticipates purchasing and selling options on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, depending upon the Funds rebalancing requirements and the individual option expiration dates. However, the Fund may rebalance its option portfolio on a more frequent basis for a number of reasons such as market volatility renders the protection provided by the option strategy ineffective or an option position has appreciated to the point that it is prudent to decrease the Funds exposure and realize gains for the Funds shareholders. While the downside convexity option overlay is intended to protect the Fund from losses, there is no guarantee that it will be able to protect the Fund from losses. If the Adviser determines that purchasing put options is not a cost-effective way to implement the overlay strategy, it may employ option spreads. In a put option spread intended to acquire convexity, the Fund purchases a put option while writing a put option that is further out of the money to partially offset the cost of the purchased option. To generate additional income, the Fund employs an exchange-traded and over-the-counter (OTC) option spread writing strategy on equity, fixed income, volatility, commodity, and currency ETFs and exchange traded products (ETPs). In these income-seeking option spreads, the Fund writes a call or put option while purchasing a call or put option that is further out of the money to partially offset the risk of the cost of the written option. Convexity in the Funds name is a reference to the mathematical term convexity. The Funds losses, if any, are anticipated to show convexity because the relationship between the Funds and market declines is not designed to be linear. That is, if markets decline in a linear fashion, the Funds returns are expected to decline slower than the market. Otherwise stated, the term convexity in the Funds name refers to the intended non-linear nature between the Funds and the market returns; it does not refer to the concept of bond convexity, which is a measure of the non-linear relationship between bond duration and changes in interest rates. The Adviser may invest in affiliated money market ETFs to manage liquidity or to pledge as collateral for derivatives.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF $100.23M 99.25%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $638.58K 0.63%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $183.32K 0.18%
DREYFUS TRSY OBLIG CASH M $63.78K 0.06%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $32.40K 0.03%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $21.85K 0.02%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $1.76K 0.00%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $1.10K 0.00%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $618 0.00%
SPXW E 2026-03-31 PUT 6200 $315 0.00%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
2
Increased
0
Decreased
1
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.

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Advisers

As of June 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Simplify Asset Management Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of October 31, 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).

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