Investment objective & strategy
As of Sept. 29, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The NEOS S&P 500 Hedged Equity Income ETF (the Fund) seeks high monthly income in a tax efficient manner with a measure of downside protection.
Strategy. The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective principally by investing in a portfolio of the stocks included in the S&P 500 Index (the S&P 500 or the Reference Index) and a put spread options collar ( i.e. , a mix of written (sold) call options, long (bought) put options, and written (sold) put options) on the S&P 500. The Fund seeks to generate tax efficient monthly income from a combination of the dividends received from the Funds equity holdings and the premiums earned from the put spread options collar. The put spread options collar seeks to generate a net-credit by receiving premium from the sale of the call and put options that … The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective principally by investing in a portfolio of the stocks included in the S&P 500 Index (the S&P 500 or the Reference Index) and a put spread options collar ( i.e. , a mix of written (sold) call options, long (bought) put options, and written (sold) put options) on the S&P 500. The Fund seeks to generate tax efficient monthly income from a combination of the dividends received from the Funds equity holdings and the premiums earned from the put spread options collar. The put spread options collar seeks to generate a net-credit by receiving premium from the sale of the call and put options that is greater than the cost of buying the protective put options. The put spread options collar is designed to reduce the Funds volatility and provide a measure of downside protection, but upside gains will be limited. The S&P 500 is a market capitalization weighted index comprised of the securities of approximately 500 leading U.S.-listed companies representing approximately 80% of the U.S. equity market capitalization. As of August 29, 2025, a significant portion of the Reference Index was represented by securities of companies in the information technology sector. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Reference Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The Fund, while not an index fund, will generally use a replication strategy to invest in the S&P 500, meaning the Fund will generally invest in all of the component securities of the S&P 500 in the same approximate proportions as in the S&P 500. However, the Fund may in limited circumstances use a representative sampling strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the securities in the S&P 500 whose risk, return, and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return, and other characteristics of the S&P 500 as a whole, when NEOS Investment Management, LLC, the Funds investment adviser (the Adviser) believes it is in the best interests of the Fund ( e.g. , when replicating the S&P 500 involves practical difficulties or substantial costs, a S&P 500 constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable, or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but not to the S&P 500). The Fund rebalances the equity positions of its investment portfolio to correspond to the extent reasonably possible each time the S&P 500 Index reconstitutes. The S&P 500 reconstitutes annually and often reconstitutes quarterly. In some cases, there are special reconstitutions of the S&P 500. The Adviser generally utilizes a proprietary, systematic rules-based model to manage the Funds options positions in an objective manner, which may signal the written call options should be closed prior to expiration to potentially capture gains and minimize losses due to the movement of the S&P 500 ( e.g. , after an increase in the S&P 500, the model may indicate that the short call should be closed so the Fund can capture more upside potential in the reference asset, or the model may determine most of the premium derived from the sale of the call has been captured due to a falling market). The Funds put spread options collar strategy typically consists of three components: (i) selling call options on the S&P 500 or another reference asset representing U.S. equity securities on up to 100% of the value of the equity securities held by the Fund to generate premium from such options, while (ii) simultaneously reinvesting a portion of such premium to buy put options on the same reference asset(s) to hedge or mitigate the downside risk associated with owning equity securities and (iii) selling put options on the S&P 500 to generate additional premium. The options purchased or sold by the Fund will typically have an expiration date approximately 6 weeks from the time of purchase or sale. Options are rolled at the end of the month. The written calls and puts along with purchased puts for the new put spread collar are reset to current market levels. The Fund expects the total value of the call options and the total value of the put options to each be up to 100% of the Funds net assets. The Fund will use a portion of the premium received from writing call and put options to purchase put options. Call options written by the Fund will typically have a strike price that is at, near, or higher than the current price of the reference asset, and put options purchased by the Fund will typically have a strike price that is lower (in some cases, significantly lower) than the current price of the reference asset. Put options written will typically have a strike price that is lower than the long put option. In addition, both the call and put options will be traded on a national securities exchange and be settled in cash. The Fund seeks tax efficient returns by utilizing index options that qualify as Section 1256 Contracts. If such options are held at year end, the Fund will receive favorable tax treatment on such investments. Under Internal Revenue Code rules, they will be deemed as if they were sold at fair market value on the last business day of the tax year. If the Section 1256 contracts produce capital gain or loss, such gain or loss on the Contracts open at the end of the year, or terminated during the year, will be treated as 60% long term and 40% short term, instead of 100% short term gains. The Fund may seek to take advantage of tax loss harvesting opportunities by taking investment losses from certain equity and/or options positions. This can be accomplished by taking investment losses from certain equity to offset realized and/or options positions to offset realized taxable gains of equities and/or options positions. The Fund is considered to be diversified. Additionally, the Funds investment strategies may involve active and frequent trading resulting in high portfolio turnover. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in securities, or derivative instruments linked to securities, of companies that are included in the Reference Index. For purposes of the 80% policy, the value of such derivative instruments shall be valued at their notional value.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $1.94M | 7.54% |
| APPLE INC | — | $1.72M | 6.69% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $1.25M | 4.83% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $933.88K | 3.62% |
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $767.50K | 2.98% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $671.33K | 2.60% |
| ALPHABET INC CL C | — | $613.02K | 2.38% |
| META PLATFORMS INC CL A | — | $572.13K | 2.22% |
| TESLA INC | — | $478.44K | 1.86% |
| BERKSHIRE HATH-B | — | $406.36K | 1.58% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 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.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| NEOS S&P 500(R) High Income ETF · SPYI | 96% | 0.68% |
| Index 500 Stock Portfolio | 96% | 0.19% |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST | 96% | — |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| NEOS Investment Management, LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of September 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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