(a)
|
|
1 Year
|
3 Year
|
Since Inception(1)
|
|
Equable Shares Hedged Equity Fund
|
9.67%
|
5.72%
|
7.26%
|
S&P 500® Index(2)
|
22.66%
|
8.06%
|
14.95%
|
(1)
|
Commencement date of the Fund was June 1, 2019.
|
(2)
|
The S&P 500® Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap US equities and serves as the
foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.
|
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period(1)
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
(11/1/2023 to
|
|
(11/1/2023)
|
(4/30/2024)
|
4/30/2024)
|
|
Institutional Class
|
|||
Actual(2)(3)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,074.70
|
$5.88
|
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)(3)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,019.19
|
$5.72
|
(1)
|
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.14%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 to reflect
the one-half year period.
|
(2)
|
Based on the actual return for the six-month period ended April 30, 2024 of 7.47%.
|
(3)
|
Excluding tax payments your actual cost of investing and your hypothetical cost of investing would have been $5.67 and $5.52, respectively.
|
(1)
|
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
|
(2)
|
Data expressed excludes written option contracts and other liabilities in excess of other assets. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments and Schedule of Written Options for more details on
the Fund’s individual holdings.
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS – 96.34%
|
||||||||
Clearshares Ultra-Short Maturity ETF
|
30,000
|
$
|
3,004,875
|
|||||
iShares Core S&P 500® ETF (a)(c)
|
85,000
|
42,877,400
|
||||||
SPDR S&P 500® ETF (a)(b)(c)
|
265,000
|
133,024,700
|
||||||
Total Exchange Traded Funds
|
||||||||
(Cost $127,846,359)
|
178,906,975
|
Notional
|
||||||||||||
Contracts (e)
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||
PURCHASED OPTIONS – 0.57% (a)(d)
|
||||||||||||
Purchased Put Options – 0.57%
|
||||||||||||
SPDR S&P 500® ETF
|
||||||||||||
Exercise Price: $505.00, Expiration: 06/21/2024
|
1,000
|
$
|
50,198,000
|
1,051,500
|
||||||||
Total Purchased Options
|
||||||||||||
(Cost $551,535)
|
1,051,500
|
Shares
|
||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Money Market Funds – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Dreyfus Cash Management, Class Administrative, 5.12% (f)
|
43
|
43
|
||||||
Total Short-Term Investments
|
||||||||
(Cost $43)
|
43
|
|||||||
Total Investments
|
||||||||
(Cost $128,397,937) – 96.91%
|
179,958,518
|
|||||||
Money Market Deposit Account – 4.37% (g)
|
8,121,155
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (1.28)%
|
(2,367,213
|
)
|
||||||
Net Assets – 100.00%
|
$
|
185,712,460
|
(a)
|
Held in connection with written option contracts. See Schedule of Written Options for further information.
|
(b)
|
Fair value of this security exceeds 25% of the Fund’s net assets. Additional information for this security, including the financial statements, is available from the SEC’s EDGAR database at
https://www.sec.gov/.
|
(c)
|
All or a portion of this security has been committed as collateral for open written option contracts. The total value of assets committed as collateral as of as of April 30, 2024 is
$175,902,100.
|
(d)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(e)
|
100 shares per contract.
|
(f)
|
The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of April 30, 2024.
|
(g)
|
The Money Market Deposit Account (“MMDA”) is a short-term vehicle in which the Fund holds cash balances. The MMDA will bear interest at a variable rate that is determined based on conditions and
may change daily and by any amount. The rate as of April 30, 2024, was 5.17%.
|
Notional
|
||||||||||||
Contracts (a)
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||||||
WRITTEN OPTIONS (b)
|
||||||||||||
Written Call Options
|
||||||||||||
iShares Core S&P 500® ETF
|
||||||||||||
Exercise Price: $520.00, Expiration: 06/21/2024
|
(850
|
)
|
$
|
(42,877,400
|
)
|
$
|
(386,750
|
)
|
||||
SPDR S&P 500® ETF
|
||||||||||||
Exercise Price: $510.00, Expiration: 06/21/2024
|
(2,050
|
)
|
(102,905,900
|
)
|
(1,635,900
|
)
|
||||||
Exercise Price: $515.00, Expiration: 06/21/2024
|
(600
|
)
|
(30,118,800
|
)
|
(347,100
|
)
|
||||||
(2,369,750
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Written Put Options
|
||||||||||||
SPDR S&P 500® ETF
|
||||||||||||
Exercise Price: $475.00, Expiration: 06/21/2024
|
(1,000
|
)
|
(50,198,000
|
)
|
(291,000
|
)
|
||||||
(291,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Total Written Options
|
||||||||||||
(Premiums received $6,179,291)
|
$
|
(2,660,750
|
)
|
(a)
|
100 shares per contract.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
ASSETS:
|
||||
Investments, at value (Cost $128,397,937)
|
$
|
179,958,518
|
||
Cash equivalents
|
8,121,155
|
|||
Receivable for capital shares sold
|
440,134
|
|||
Interest receivable
|
36,865
|
|||
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
|
23,131
|
|||
Total assets
|
188,579,803
|
|||
LIABILITIES:
|
||||
Written option contracts, at value (Premiums received $6,179,291)
|
2,660,750
|
|||
Payable for capital shares redeemed
|
32,153
|
|||
Payable to Adviser
|
112,814
|
|||
Payable for fund administration and fund accounting fees
|
23,747
|
|||
Payable for transfer agent fees
|
7,738
|
|||
Payable for custody fees
|
1,671
|
|||
Payable for compliance fees
|
2,466
|
|||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
26,004
|
|||
Total liabilities
|
2,867,343
|
|||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
185,712,460
|
||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
|
||||
Paid-in capital
|
$
|
168,450,890
|
||
Total distributable earnings
|
17,261,570
|
|||
Net assets
|
$
|
185,712,460
|
||
Institutional
|
||||
Class Shares
|
||||
Shares issued and outstanding(1)
|
14,134,513
|
|||
Net asset value and offering price per share
|
$
|
13.14
|
(1)
|
Unlimited shares authorized without par value.
|
INVESTMENT INCOME:
|
||||
Dividend income
|
$
|
1,296,570
|
||
Interest income
|
297,010
|
|||
Total investment income
|
1,593,580
|
|||
EXPENSES:
|
||||
Investment advisory fees (See Note 3)
|
649,242
|
|||
Administration and fund accounting fees (See Note 3)
|
82,259
|
|||
Transfer agent fees (See Note 3)
|
68,658
|
|||
Sub-transfer agent fees – Institutional Class
|
59,007
|
|||
Excise tax expense
|
34,407
|
|||
Federal and state registration fees
|
17,521
|
|||
Legal fees
|
15,326
|
|||
Audit fees
|
9,944
|
|||
Reports to shareholders
|
9,792
|
|||
Custody fees (See Note 3)
|
8,077
|
|||
Compliance fees (See Note 3)
|
7,466
|
|||
Other expenses
|
7,271
|
|||
Trustees’ fees (See Note 3)
|
7,038
|
|||
Total expenses before recoupment/waiver
|
976,008
|
|||
Adviser recoupment (See Note 3)
|
20,544
|
|||
Less: waiver from investment adviser (Note 3)
|
(9,915
|
)
|
||
Net expenses
|
986,637
|
|||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
|
606,943
|
|||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
|
||||
Net realized loss on:
|
||||
Investments
|
(2,144,644
|
)
|
||
Written option contracts expired or closed
|
(14,987,390
|
)
|
||
Net realized loss
|
(17,132,034
|
)
|
||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
|
||||
Investments
|
29,157,140
|
|||
Written option contracts
|
(699,354
|
)
|
||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
28,457,786
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
|
11,325,752
|
|||
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
$
|
11,932,695
|
For the
|
||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
For the
|
|||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
606,943
|
$
|
1,065,683
|
||||
Net realized loss on investments and
|
||||||||
written options contracts expired or closed
|
(17,132,034
|
)
|
(587,083
|
)
|
||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
||||||||
on investments and written option contracts
|
28,457,786
|
12,767,794
|
||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
11,932,695
|
13,246,394
|
||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
||||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions(1)
|
22,511,741
|
38,176,574
|
||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
|
||||||||
Institutional Class (See Note 4)
|
(4,864,580
|
)
|
(4,234,510
|
)
|
||||
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
29,579,856
|
47,188,458
|
||||||
NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
156,132,604
|
108,944,146
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
185,712,460
|
$
|
156,132,604
|
(1)
|
A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:
|
For the Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
For the Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||
Issued
|
2,212,849
|
$
|
28,940,010
|
5,937,704
|
$
|
73,139,101
|
||||||||||
Issued to holders in
|
||||||||||||||||
reinvestment of dividends
|
335,645
|
4,360,179
|
316,097
|
3,838,787
|
||||||||||||
Redeemed
|
(824,703
|
)
|
(10,788,448
|
)
|
(3,124,277
|
)
|
(38,801,314
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase in shares outstanding
|
1,723,791
|
$
|
22,511,741
|
3,129,524
|
$
|
38,176,574
|
For the
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
For the Period
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
For the Year Ended October 31,
|
Inception through
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
October 31, 2019(1)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
PER SHARE DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period
|
$
|
12.58
|
$
|
11.74
|
$
|
12.44
|
$
|
10.63
|
$
|
10.63
|
$
|
10.00
|
||||||||||||
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(2)(3)
|
0.04
|
0.10
|
0.03
|
0.01
|
0.04
|
0.05
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gains (loss) on investments(4)
|
0.89
|
1.13
|
(0.70
|
)
|
1.84
|
0.01
|
0.58
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
0.93
|
1.23
|
(0.67
|
)
|
1.85
|
0.05
|
0.63
|
|||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.12
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.04
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
(0.32
|
)
|
(0.27
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.37
|
)
|
(0.39
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.04
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period
|
$
|
13.14
|
$
|
12.58
|
$
|
11.74
|
$
|
12.44
|
$
|
10.63
|
$
|
10.63
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(5)
|
7.47
|
%
|
10.62
|
%
|
-5.35
|
%
|
17.50
|
%
|
0.43
|
%
|
6.30
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period (in thousands)
|
$
|
185,712
|
$
|
156,133
|
$
|
108,944
|
$
|
69,296
|
$
|
51,182
|
$
|
23,489
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before expense
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
recoupment/waiver(6)(7)
|
1.13
|
%
|
1.13
|
%
|
1.10
|
%
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.34
|
%
|
2.85
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After expense
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
recoupment/waiver(6)(7)
|
1.14
|
%
|
1.15
|
%(9)
|
1.20
|
%
|
1.20
|
%
|
1.20
|
%
|
1.20
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income to average net assets(6)(7)
|
0.70
|
%
|
0.77
|
%
|
0.27
|
%
|
0.11
|
%
|
0.35
|
%
|
1.05
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(5)(8)
|
0
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
77
|
%
|
25
|
%(10)
|
106
|
%(11)
|
0.04
|
%
|
(1)
|
Commencement date of the Fund was June 1, 2019.
|
(2)
|
Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
|
(3)
|
Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying exchange traded funds in which the Fund invests. The ratio does not
include net investment income of the exchange traded funds in which the Fund invests.
|
(4)
|
Realized and unrealized gains and losses per shares in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile
with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.
|
(5)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(6)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(7)
|
These ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying exchange traded funds as represented in the Schedule of Investments. Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by
the timing of the underlying exchange traded funds in which the Fund invests.
|
(8)
|
The numerator for the portfolio turnover rate includes the lesser of purchases or sales (excluding short-term investments and short-term options). The denominator includes the average fair value
of long positions throughout the period.
|
(9)
|
Prior to April 1, 2023, the annual expense limitation was 1.20% of the average daily net assets. Thereafter it was 1.10%. See Note 3.
|
(10)
|
The change in portfolio turnover is related to the trade activity executed during the Fund’s fiscal period/year.
|
(11)
|
The change in portfolio turnover relates to the Fund executing its investment strategy over the course of the full annual year.
|
Level 1 –
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
|
Level 2 –
|
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the
identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
|
Level 3 –
|
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant
would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
|
Investments at Fair Value
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds
|
$
|
178,906,975
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
178,906,975
|
||||||||
Purchased Options
|
—
|
1,051,500
|
—
|
1,051,500
|
||||||||||||
Money Market Funds
|
43
|
—
|
—
|
43
|
||||||||||||
$
|
178,907,018
|
$
|
1,051,500
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
179,958,518
|
|||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Written Options
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(2,660,750
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(2,660,750
|
)
|
||||||
$
|
—
|
$
|
(2,660,750
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(2,660,750
|
)
|
Average
|
Average
|
||
Quantity
|
Notional Amount
|
||
Purchased Option Contracts
|
1,100
|
$ 53,803,783
|
|
Written Option Contracts
|
4,558
|
$ 223,916,458
|
Statement of Assets and
|
Fair Value
|
|||
Liabilities Location
|
Assets
|
Liabilities
|
||
Purchased Option Contracts:
|
Investments,
|
|||
Equity
|
at value
|
$1,051,500
|
$ —
|
|
Written Option Contracts:
|
Written option contracts,
|
|||
Equity
|
at value
|
—
|
2,660,750
|
|
Total fair values of derivative instruments
|
$1,051,500
|
$2,660,750
|
Net Realized Loss on Derivatives
|
|||
Purchased
|
Written
|
||
Option
|
Option
|
||
Derivatives
|
Contracts*
|
Contracts
|
Total
|
Equity Contracts
|
$(2,144,661)
|
$(14,987,390)
|
$(17,132,051)
|
Total
|
$(2,144,661)
|
$(14,987,390)
|
$(17,132,051)
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
|
|||
Purchased
|
Written
|
||
Option
|
Option
|
||
Derivatives
|
Contracts**
|
Contracts
|
Total
|
Equity Contracts
|
$167,892
|
$(699,354)
|
$(531,462)
|
Total
|
$167,892
|
$(699,354)
|
$(531,462)
|
*
|
The amounts disclosed are included in the realized loss on investments.
|
|
**
|
The amounts disclosed are included in the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.
|
AUM Range (in millions)
|
Management Fee
|
|
Less than $250
|
0.75%
|
|
Between $250 and $500
|
0.70%
|
|
Greater than $500
|
0.65%
|
Expiration
|
Amount
|
|
September 2026 to October 2026
|
$24,904
|
|
February 2027 to April 2027
|
$ 9,915
|
Tax Cost of Investments*
|
$
|
122,093,941
|
|||
Gross unrealized appreciation
|
27,095,198
|
||||
Gross unrealized depreciation
|
(1,482,236
|
)
|
|||
Net unrealized appreciation**
|
25,612,962
|
||||
Undistributed ordinary income
|
4,389,993
|
||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains
|
—
|
||||
Other accumulated losses***
|
(19,809,500
|
)
|
|||
Total distributable earnings
|
$
|
10,193,455
|
*
|
Tax cost of investments differs from book cost of investments due to wash sales.
|
|
**
|
Net unrealized appreciation is inclusive of unrealized depreciation on the Fund’s written option positions.
|
|
***
|
Other accumulated losses value includes $19,809,500 of straddle loss deferrals.
|
Total
|
||||
Ordinary
|
Distributions
|
|||
Income*
|
Paid
|
|||
April 30, 2024
|
$4,864,580
|
$4,864,580
|
||
October 31, 2023
|
4,234,510
|
4,234,510
|
Purchases
|
Sales
|
||||||||
U.S. Government Securities
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Other Securities
|
—
|
2,484,377
|
Gross
|
Net Amounts
|
Gross Amounts not
|
||||
Gross
|
Amounts
|
Presented
|
offset in the Statement
|
|||
Amounts of
|
Offset in the
|
in the
|
of Assets and Liabilities
|
|||
Recognized
|
Statement
|
Statement
|
Collateral
|
|||
Assets/
|
of Assets
|
of Assets
|
Financial
|
Received/
|
Net
|
|
Liabilities
|
and Liabilities
|
and Liabilities
|
Instruments*
|
Pledged
|
Amount
|
|
Liabilities:
|
||||||
Description
|
||||||
Written Option Contracts**
|
$2,660,750
|
$ —
|
$2,660,750
|
$2,660,750
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$2,660,750
|
$ —
|
$2,660,750
|
$2,660,750
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
*
|
Offset with underlying exchange traded fund held long. See Schedule of Investments for more details.
|
|
**
|
Marex Capital Markets, Inc. is the prime broker for all written option contracts held by the Fund as of April 30, 2024.
|
•
|
Information the Fund receives about you on applications or other forms;
|
|
•
|
Information you give the Fund orally; and/or
|
|
•
|
Information about your transactions with the Fund or others
|
(b)
|
Not applicable.
|
(a)
|
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
|
(b)
|
Not applicable.
|
(a)
|
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of
this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.
|
(b)
|
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
(a)
|
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the Registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an
exhibit. Not applicable.
|