FEPI
- REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETFKey Information
Earliest date | 2023-10-11 |
About FEPI
TheFund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income while maintaining the opportunityfor exposure to the share price (i.e., the price returns) of the securities of the companies comprising the Solactive FANGInnovation Index (the “Index”). The Fund seeks to employ its investment strategy regardless of whether there are periodsof adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not seek to take temporary defensive positions during such periods.As further described below, the Fund uses a covered call strategy to provide income and exposure to the share price returns ofthe companies comprising the Index. The Fund’s options contracts provide: ● exposure to the share price returns, and ● current income from the option premiums Aboutthe Index TheSolactive FANG Innovation Index, the benchmark Index for the Fund, includes 15 technology stocks. There are 8 core-componentsin the Index: Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA),and Tesla (TSLA). The remaining 7 stocks within the Index are determined by selecting the top traded names from a universe ofthese FactSet Industries: ●Semiconductors●Electronic Components●Electronic Equipment/Instruments●Telecommunications Equipment●Computer Processing Hardware●Computer Peripherals●Computer Communications●Electronic Production Equipment●Data Processing Services●Information Technology Services●Packaged Software●Internet Software/Services Eachof the 8 “core” holdings in the portfolio are recognizable, large-cap technology companies domiciled in the UnitedStates, with the remaining 7 “non-core” components coming from the top traded U.S. technology stocks. These non-coreholdings are meant to reflect the potential evolution of investor demand in the market; they are reconstituted quarterly accordingto trading volumes and may change from time to time. TheIndex rebalances monthly and reconstitutes quarterly. The Index’s underlying composition is equally weighted across allstocks, providing a unique benchmark that allows for a uniform performance-driven approach to investing. Whilemarket capitalization weighted indices can be dominated by a few of the largest stocks in the index, an equal weighting approachallows for a more balanced exposure and reduces concentration risk. Aboutthe Fund’s Strategy TheFund’s strategy is to create long exposure to the Index by purchasing and rebalancing all of the stocks in the Index and to generateincome by selling call options on the stocks included in the Index. TheFund’s investment portfolio is constructed with the same securities and same equal weighting as is done by the Index. TheFund’s portfolio is rebalanced and reconstituted in the same frequency as is done by the Index. Whilemarket capitalization weighted indices can be dominated by a few of the largest stocks in the Index, the Adviser believes thatan equal-weighting allows for a more diversified portfolio. TheFund seeks to generate current income from option premiums by writing (i.e., selling) covered call options on the Fund’sportfolio securities. The writing of a call option generates income in the form of a premium paid by the option buyer. The Fund’sinvestment strategy is to write call options that are slightly out of the money, which will allow for some capital appreciation,as well as income generation - the degree to which the Fund’s written call options will be out of the money when writtenwill depend on market conditions at the time; however, the Fund intends to target written call options that are not at or in themoney. In general, an option contract is an agreement between a buyer and a seller that gives the purchaser of the option theright (but not the obligation) to purchase or sell the underlying asset at a specified price (the “strike price”)within a specified time period (the “expiration date”). A call option gives the purchaser of the option the rightto buy, and obligates the seller (i.e., the Fund) to sell, the underlying security at the exercise price before the expirationdate. In exchange for writing the option, the Fund receives income, in the form of a premium, from the option buyer. Writing calloptions generally is a profitable strategy if prices of the underlying securities remain stable or decrease. Since the Fund receivesa premium from the purchaser of the option, the Fund partially offsets the effect of a price decline in the underlying security.At the same time, because the Fund must be prepared to deliver the underlying security in return for the strike price, even ifits current value is greater, the Fund gives up some ability to participate in the underlying security price increases. A “coveredcall” option written by the Fund is a call option with respect to which the Fund owns the underlying security. TheFund’s Use Of Option Contracts TheFund may purchase and sell a combination of standardized exchange-traded and FLexible EXchange® Options (“FLEXOptions”) call option contracts that are based on the value of the price returns of the underlying instrument. Standardizedexchange-traded options include standardized terms. FLEX Options are also exchange-traded, but they allow for customizable terms(e.g., the strike price can be negotiated). For more information on FLEX Options, see “Exchange Traded Options Portfolio”.