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YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF

APLY
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Today’s Change
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Apr 18, 2023
Expense Ratio
0.99%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Elevate Shares
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$2,977,324
AUM
$61,366,590
Associated Index
None
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Active
Fractionable on Composer
No
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

UNITED STATES TREAS NTS 0.75% 12/31/2023
50.05%
UNITED STATES TREAS NTS 0.75% 11/15/2024
49.91%
APPLE IN CLL OPT 11/23 175
4.3%
Cash & Other
-0.3%
APPLE IN CLL OPT 09/23 180
-0.3%
AAPL 11/17/2023 175.01 P
-3.62%

What is APLY?

The YieldMax APLY Option Income Strategy ETF (APLY) is an actively managed fund that seeks to generate monthly income by selling/writing call options on AAPL. APLY pursues a strategy that aims to harvest compelling yields, while retaining capped participation in the price gains of AAPL. The Fund's synthetic covered call strategy consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail further below: Synthetic long exposure to AAPL, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of AAPL's stock.Covered call writing (where AAPL call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income. U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

1M
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YTD
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APLY
Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 18, 2023 to Aug 4, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return: -1.8%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 5.6%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -31.1%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 21.7%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.63

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.39

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toAPLY

ETFs correlated to APLY include AAPU, HLAL, SPYG

APLY
Tidal Trust II - YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF
AAPU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 1.5X Shares
HLAL
Listed Funds Trust - Wahed FTSE USA Shariah ETF
SPYG
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
IVW
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF
VGT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Information Technology ETF
FTEC
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
VOOG
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF
XLK
SSgA Active Trust - Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
IUSG
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core S&P U.S.Growth ETF
TECL
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
Related toAPLY

V1b Simple Sort w/ Dividends

Category

Leveraged ETFs, tactical, trend-following, mean reversion, Nasdaq-100, semiconductors, hedging, option income

OOS Cumulative Return

263.11%

V1a Yieldmax Weekly Simplified Holiday Competition

Category

Trend-following, mega-cap tech rotation, options-income ETFs, healthcare tilt, weekly rebalance

OOS Cumulative Return

225.14%

Create your own algorithmic trading strategy with APLY using Composer

FAQ

APLY is a US Equities ETF. The YieldMax APLY Option Income Strategy ETF (APLY) is an actively managed fund that seeks to generate monthly income by selling/writing call options on AAPL. APLY pursues a strategy that aims to harvest compelling yields, while retaining capped participation in the price gains of AAPL. The Fund's synthetic covered call strategy consists of the following three elements, each of which is described in greater detail further below: Synthetic long exposure to AAPL, which allows the Fund to seek to participate in the changes, up or down, in the price of AAPL's stock.Covered call writing (where AAPL call options are sold against the synthetic long portion of the strategy), which allows the Fund to generate income. U.S. Treasuries, which are used for collateral for the options, and which also generate income.

Yes, APLY is actively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

No, APLY is not passively managed. It is actively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on APLY is -0.0294%. This is the percent change in the value of APLY over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on APLY is -0.0807%. This is the percent change in the value of APLY over the most recent 3-month period.

ETFs similar to APLY include XLI, XLY, and XLV.

ETFs correlated to APLY include AAPU, HLAL, and SPYG.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to APLY include AAPD, TECS, and SQQQ.

Disclaimers

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