UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22497
 
Strategy Shares
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

36 North New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip code)

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43219
(Name and address of agent for service)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (855) 477-3837

 

Date of fiscal year end:       April 30

 

Date of reporting period:       January 31, 2020

 

 

Day Hagan/Ned Davis Research Smart Sector ETF (SSUS) January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

Portfolio of Investments Summary Table
    Percentage of Fair Value
Exchange-Traded Funds   100.0%
Total   100.0%
     
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. As of January 31, 2020, percentages in the table above are based on total investments. Such total investments may differ from the percentages set forth in the following Portfolio of Investments which are computed using the Fund’s total net assets.

 

Portfolio of Investments

Shares         Fair Value  
Exchange-Traded Funds — 100.0%        
  42,960     Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF   $ 2,315,974  
  25,560     Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     3,203,179  
  28,120     Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     1,776,622  
  17,920     Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     957,645  
  83,680     Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     2,507,053  
  35,960     Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     3,565,074  
  28,480     Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     2,310,013  
  5,800     Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     334,254  
  19,960     Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     783,031  
  61,420     Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     5,855,168  
  7,480     Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF     515,970  
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $24,872,095)   $ 24,123,983  
Total Investments — 100.0%        
(Cost $24,872,095)   $ 24,123,983  
Other Assets less Liabilities — 0.0%     3,361  
                 
Net Assets — 100.0%   $ 24,127,344  

 

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund
 
SPDR — Standard and Poor’s Depositary Receipts

 

(See Notes to Portfolio of Investments)

 

 

Strategy Shares

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

1. Organization

 

Strategy Shares (the “Trust”) was organized on September 7, 2010 as a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trust to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) in one or more series representing interests in separate portfolios of securities. Currently, the Trust offers its Shares in five separate series. The assets of each series are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the series in which shares are held. The accompanying Schedule of Investments relates to Day Hagan/Ned Davis Research Smart Sector ETF (SSUS) (the “Fund”). The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the 1940 Act and is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation and preservation of capital. The Fund’s prospectus provides a description of the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and strategies.

 

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Board of Trustees (“the Board”) are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust. However, based on experience, the Trust expects that risk of loss to be remote.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its portfolio of investments. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The preparation of portfolios of investments in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

A.  Investment Valuations

 

The Fund holds investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be expected to be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques used to determine fair value are further described below.

 

Security values are ordinarily obtained through the use of independent pricing services in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board. Pursuant to these procedures, the Fund may use a pricing service, bank, or broker-dealer experienced in such matters to value the Fund’s securities. When reliable market quotations are not readily available for any security, the fair value of that security will be determined by a committee established by the Board in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. The fair valuation process is designed to value the subject security at the price the Fund would reasonably expect to receive upon its current sale. Additional consideration is given to securities that have experienced a decrease in the volume or level of activity or to circumstances that indicate that a transaction is not orderly.

 

 

Strategy Shares

Notes to Portfolio of Investments, continued

January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

The Trust has a three-tier fair value hierarchy that is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of the Fund’s investments. The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

 

Level 2 - Other observable pricing inputs at the measurement date (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable pricing inputs at the measurement date (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

Equity securities (including foreign equity securities) traded on a securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange. Equity securities quoted by Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price. If there is no reported sale on the principal exchange, and in the case of over-the-counter securities, equity securities are valued at a bid price estimated by the security pricing service. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Debt securities traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange. If there is no reported sale on the principal exchange, and for all other debt securities, debt securities are valued at a bid price estimated by a security pricing service. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

The following table provides the fair value measurement as of January 31, 2020, while the breakdown, by category, of common stocks is disclosed in the Portfolio of Investments for the Fund.

 

    Level 1     Total
Investments
 
Day Hagan/Ned Davis Research Smart Sector ETF (SSUS)                
Exchange-Traded Funds   $ 24,123,983     $ 24,123,983  
Total Investments   $ 24,123,983     $ 24,123,983  

 

B.  Security Transactions and Related Income

 

Investment transactions are accounted for no later than the first calculation of the NAV on the business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date on the last business day of the reporting period. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Securities gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Dividends, less foreign tax withholding, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

2. Investment Risks

 

ETF Risk

 

The NAV of the Fund can fluctuate up or down, and you could lose money investing in the Fund if the prices of the securities owned by the Fund decline. In addition, the Fund may be subject to the following risks: (1) the market price of the Fund’s shares may trade above or below its NAV; (2) an active trading market for the Fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; or (3) trading of the Fund’s shares may be halted if the listing exchange’s officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from the exchange, or the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally.

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-Q is (i) accumulated and communicated to the investment company’s management, including its certifying officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and (ii) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Strategy Shares

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Jerry Szilagyi
  Jerry Szilagyi, Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: March 18, 2020  
   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Jerry Szilagyi
  Jerry Szilagyi, Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: March 18, 2020  
   
By (Signature and Title) /s/ James Szilagyi
  James Szilagyi, Treasurer
   
Date: March 16, 2020  

 

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