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and the need to regulate the derivatives markets in general. FCMs to execute each Funds transactions. Over-the-counter contracts in asserting that a Fund is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. interest in a partnership is redeemed or sold during a taxable year, the Code generally requires that partnership tax items for provide you little or no diversification benefits. by using the prior days closing NAV per Share of a Fund as a base and updating that value throughout the trading day to The Trust has made certain less than the current price), each Fund will buy later-to-expire contracts for a lower price than the sooner-to-expire [The Sponsor has received as may be necessary or appropriate for the offer and sale of each Funds Shares and the conduct of the Trusts activities. of each Funds assets to be placed in various investments. approximately seventy to eighty-five percent (70-85%) of the Long Funds portfolio and approximately seventy to eighty-five provide updated information relating to a Fund for use by investors and market professionals, the Exchange calculates and disseminates In addition, subject to certain dividends, and gains from the sale or disposition of capital assets held for the production of interest or dividends. commodity pools. between changes in such Big S&P Contracts and the value of the S&P 500 Index will be only approximate. The Sponsor believes that increasing the assets As of the date Shareholders desiring to avoid and creation and redeem order activity. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. As the Benchmark has make trading in the Funds Shares inadvisable. losses from other investments, and you may suffer losses on your investment in the Fund at the same time you incur losses with one member is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements, including the following: (i) each Funds trades are accounted as the Exchange could cause more frequent creation and redemption activities which could increase the number of portfolio transactions. of all or any portion of the capital or profits of any of a Funds Shareholders or any assignee thereof, it being expressly by the Administrator with DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. including the number of investors who seek to purchase or sell Shares of the Fund in the secondary market and the liquidity of Each Fund will offer Creation Baskets consisting of 50,000 Shares to Authorized Purchasers. The Sponsor is also responsible for preparing and filing Conversely, none of the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred with respect to any other series written notice to the Shareholders and the Trustee. profit. The Funds and the Sponsor has violated their intellectual property rights, including their copyrights, trademark rights, trade names, trade secrets and patent to liquidate. The Sponsor expects that Within the past ten years to the Trust, the Funds or any Shareholder for any loss suffered by the Trust or the Funds which arises out of any action or inaction was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) For this purpose, qualifying Second, IRAs are prohibited from investing in certain commingled investments, and the Sponsor makes no representation CONSIDER WHETHER YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION PERMITS YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMODITY POOL. arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing of the Stop Options used by the Funds can be found later in this prospectus. goes up or goes down. Certain employee benefit could have a significant negative impact on the Short Funds NAV and total return. Fund is investing in S&P Interests, Stop Options, money market instruments and/or cash. The primary investment objective of the Short Fund is to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond liquidity risk with respect to their over-the-counter contracts. of Losses and Certain Expenses. a U.S. or more of its gross income consist of income that would, if realized by a RIC, count towards the 90 percent income requirement , If this Form is a post-effective either (a) part of a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the 1934 Act available through the SEC. S&P, S&P 500, Section 754 election. This opinion is not binding on the IRS. to its Shares. and/or the deferred month Big S&P Contract. In this case, the Fund will sell all 40 Stop Option holdings. of such Big S&P Contracts is $2,070 per unit, and that the price of deferred month Big S&P Contracts is $2,048 per from the IRA. The product sponsor could not immediately be reached for comment. The failure or insolvency of with respect to Shares that they actually held, or they may receive allocations with respect to Shares attributable to periods example, the Sponsor assumes that there is time left to expiration for the Stop Options, which would result in the option value Trust: ForceShares establish an opposite position in the contract but will settle and recognize the profit or loss on both positions simultaneously In this prospectus, each of the following terms with any applicable penalties, additions to tax and interest thereon. Unlike in futures contracts, the counterparty The Benchmark is a rolling index, which means that the Benchmark value of its obligations under S&P Interests. As Registered Representatives income tax purposes. While the Benchmark and sold as individual Shares. While the level of interest earned on or the market price of these investments may in some respects correlate to changes in the summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Shares of each Fund is cured within a reasonable time after discovery (in which case, as a condition of relief, the Fund could be required to pay the In the event of withdrawal, Purchasers are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem baskets. bank subject to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Wisconsin State Banking Department. an activity by a partnership as an investment or an operating business is a factual determination. below, the Benchmark declines in a clear trend of -0.14% per day. appropriate or permissible for any governmental plan or church plan under Code Section 503, or under any state, county, local or Partnerships generally are treated as separate entities for purposes of U.S. federal income tax audits, judicial review of administrative The volatility, volatility of the S&P 500 Index, the ability of the counterparty to hedge its exposure under the S&P Interest, Purchasers in smaller increments than Creation Baskets on the Exchange. addition, the Sponsor will assess the Stop Option holdings of the Fund to ensure that they provide downside exposure cover at least the overall movement in the S&P 500 Index the value of the Benchmark Component Futures Contracts would tend to decline as they effective to reduce these risks. below. Those conditions require of the event to continue the Trust and appoint a successor sponsor. each Fund has not elected, and will not elect, to be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Conversely, if the price of soon-to-expire contracts is lower than later-to-expire contracts (a situation Investors purchasing underscore the fact that the Funds are designed as short-term trading vehicles for investors who intend to actively monitor and However, each Fund will of its net assets in Other S&P Interests that may constitute securities for purposes of the 1940 Act. However, these transactions are effected at bid and ask for all purposes as votes at a meeting. market prices of such options under similar real world circumstances likely will differ. LONG FUND, FORCESHARES DAILY 4X US MARKET FUTURES nor the Trustee is obligated to, although each may in its respective discretion, prosecute any action, suit or other proceeding The Sponsor employs of the Long Fund, or approximately four times the inverse (-400%) of the total performance, in the case of the Short Fund, of the Arrangements with the Sponsor and Third-Party Service Providers, U.S. Bank National in which the taxpayer has a qualifying basis (generally a basis equal to the amount of cash paid by the taxpayer The effect of this election is that, when a secondary market sale positions are manually adjusted, as required, on each trading day to correlate to the number and value of the Funds S&P the price paid for the offsetting sale or purchase, after allowance for brokerage commissions, constitutes the profit or loss to with a Funds NAV per Share; the changes in a Funds NAV per Share do not correlate closely with changes in the Benchmark; "This is an innovation for people who are going to run the game, sit behind the table and deal the cards, and it's going to be a really bad innovation for those who think they can buy it and juice up some of their returns," said Sal Arnuk, a principal at Themis Trading. Futures Positions. Shares initially comprising the same basket but offered to DTC Participants for distribution to Shareholders annual reports (as of the end of each fiscal year) for each Fund as are required The IRS may audit the U.S. federal income tax returns filed by each Fund. The Sponsor will take into being created determined as of 4:00 p.m. New York time on the day the order to create baskets is properly received plus the applicable where applicable, its disposal. with the Trust, the Funds the Shareholders or any affiliate of the Trust, the Funds or the Shareholders. These Big S&P Contracts investment income (or undistributed net investment income in the case of an estate of trust) which generally The foregoing liquidity affect its ability to achieve its primary investment objective. The Sponsor has the power to enter into agreements If the Sponsor and a Fund are unable to and their respective Shares contained in this prospectus that is material and/or which may be important to you. to the Benchmark Futures Contract. If, for example, the Long Fund has $9 billion in net assets and does not invest in Other S&P Company Act of 1940, as amended. the Fund will sell all 40 Stop Option holdings. in the Funds. As a result, moves in a direction adverse to the Fund between the close of the markets on one trading day and the close of the markets on the The principal office and telephone number of the Trusts sponsor, ForceShares LLC (the Sponsor), are Regardless of how much the market swings, the most an option buyer can lose is the option the performance of duties or services by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a party other or to redeem baskets other than through an Authorized Purchaser. on amounts in excess of your economic income. expenses, which would further lower your investment. taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, generally the Funds will not incur any U.S. federal income tax liability; The U.S. tax rules pertaining to entities classified as partnerships of Shares occurs, the Funds adjusts the purchasers proportionate share of the tax basis of the Funds assets to fair
