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Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF

$9.91+9.50% today
8.293252-WK

The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (an "ETF"). The fund's adviser seeks to achieve its investment objective by using three strategies: (1) a Bitcoin futures strategy, (2) an income strategy, and (3) an option overlay strategy. Even though the adviser employs three strategies, the fund's portfolio is composed primarily of income producing securities. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
26.920.113.399.91DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET — OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -33.0% so far this year. At 11.18% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$25Massets under management
11.18%expense ratio · $1118 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
10Kavg daily volume, 30 days
20holdings · US-domiciled
2022listed September 28, 2022 · beta 2.84
The book at a glance
IBIT+6.0%0.4%0.0%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1IBITiShares Bitcoin Trust ETF0.58%$38.77+6.0%
2B 10/27/26 Govt0.36%
333485008334850080.00%
431216775312167750.00%
531702774317027740.00%
632709421327094210.00%
730622090306220900.01%
830631515306315150.01%
933471171334711710.00%
10Cash0.05%
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Mutual fund65.51%
Government32.3%
Cash2.3%
Futures0.11%
Rights & Warrants0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States65.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+13.1%
1 month+7.5%
3 months-10.4%
6 months-5.3%
YTD-33.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
50%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
66%realized volatility, 1 year
-74.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-69.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 1%. Spread across 10+ names, it behaves like roughly 2 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
6calls today
16puts today
2.67put/call ratio
50Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF$96M$85M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against MAXI

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat MAXI on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-1113bp on fee · 74× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF0.08%$15B+$214M-1110bp on fee · 601× the assets · +$214M in over the monthHead-to-head
SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF0.06%$60.6B-1112bp on fee · 2423× the assetsHead-to-head
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund0.06%$58.1B-1112bp on fee · 2323× the assetsHead-to-head
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF0.08%$43.6B−$50M-1110bp on fee · 1743× the assetsHead-to-head
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