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Simplify U.S. Equity PLUS GBTC ETF

$49.77+1.07% today
405052-WK

Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. companies and the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The fund invests in equity securities of U.S. companies through exchange-traded futures contracts, equity securities of U.S. companies and ETFs that primarily invest in the equity securities of U.S. companies. The fund invests up to 15% of its total assets in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.

Price & daily flows
47.745.042.449.77DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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 +11.0% so far this year. At 0.72% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$43Massets under management
0.72%expense ratio · $72 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
10Kavg daily volume, 30 days
4holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed May 23, 2021 · beta 1.14
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1IVVISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF0.87%$769.31+0.4%
2HODLVANECK BITCOIN TRUST0.12%$21.78+5.9%
3Cash0.01%
Sector weights
ETF95.88%
Technology33.64%
Other13.84%
Financial Services12.01%
Healthcare11.66%
Consumer Cyclical10.15%
Communication Services9.33%
Industrials7.48%
Consumer Defensive5.7%
Energy3.64%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.44%
Other17.26%
Switzerland0.28%
Netherlands0.15%
United Kingdom0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.1%
1 month+5.8%
3 months+3.3%
6 months+13.8%
YTD+11.0%
1 year+14.5%
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
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.9% of the book; the top ten carry 1%. Spread across 3+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
2Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
IVV ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF$247,197$308,373
HODL VANECK BITCOIN TRUST$5,791$8,837

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