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Wednesday, August 19, 2026The Morning Brief →Sign in

Simplify Volatility Premium ETF

$16.40-0.06% today
15.1118.3452-WK

In pursuing its investment objective, the fund primarily purchases or sells futures contracts, call options, and put options on VIX futures. The fund will hold cash, cash-like instruments or high-quality short term fixed income securities. Up to twenty percent of the fund’s net assets will be subject to the fund’s option overlay to mitigate against extreme volatility.

Price & daily flows
17.6516.7215.8016.40DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$4M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$4M walked out over the past month, about 0.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -6.6% so far this year. At 1.16% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

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

$530Massets under management
1.16%expense ratio · $116 per $10,000 a year
−$4Mnet flow, trailing month
255Kavg daily volume, 30 days
20holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed May 11, 2021 · beta 1.00
The book at a glance
XV0.0%SPUC0.1%QIS0.1%NXTI0.1%NMB0.1%CAS0.0%BUCK0.1%AGGH0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1XVSIMPLIFY TARGET 15 DISTRIBUTION ETF0.02%
2SPUCSIMPLIFY US EQUITY PLUS UPSIDE CONVEXITY ETF0.05%
3QISSIMPLIFY MULTI-QIS ALTERNATIVE ETF0.08%
4NXTISIMPLIFY NEXT INTANGIBLE CORE INDEX ETF0.06%
5NMBSIMPLIFY NATIONAL MUNI BOND ETF0.07%
6LITLSIMPLIFY PIPER SANDLER US SMALL-CAP PLUS INCOME ETF0.01%
7CASSIMPLIFY CHINA A SHARES PLUS INCOME ETF0.02%
8BUCKSIMPLIFY STABLE INCOME ETF0.07%
9AGGHSIMPLIFY AGGREGATE BOND PLUS CREDIT HEDGE ETF0.05%
10B 9/22/26 Govt0.01%
11B 12/15/26 Govt0.07%
12B 11/5/26 Govt0.01%
13B 11/24/26 Govt0.12%
14B 11/17/26 Govt0.15%
15B 11/12/26 Govt0.07%

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Sector weights
Other100%
Mutual fund31.81%
ETF26.58%
Cash26.35%
Government20.31%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other62.79%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.0%
1 month+2.1%
3 months+2.4%
6 months-3.2%
YTD-6.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$4M
1 month−$4M
3 months−$4M
YTD−$4M
1 year−$4M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.1% of the book; the top ten carry 1%. Spread across 50+ names, it behaves like roughly 14 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
23calls today
36puts today
1.57put/call ratio
218Kshares traded
InstrumentsHarvest substitutesTrade cost at $1MClient tearsheetStress this fund
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