Key stats
About Simplify Exchange Traded Funds Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Home page
Inception date
Mar 7, 2022
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
Simplify Asset Management, Inc.
CTA aims for long-term capital appreciation by using long and short positions, as determined by price trends, in the commodity, currency, and fixed income futures. This strategy is based on a comparison of the recent returns of each futures contract and the advisers models, which include price trend, mean reversion, carry, and risk-off. These models are designed to generate absolute returns, low correlation to equities, and help manage downside risk during risk-off events. Additionally, the fund may invest up to 100% in short-term US Treasurys or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income securities for direct investment or as collateral for the futures. The fund uses repurchase agreements as an indirect means of borrowing. For tax purposes, CTA does not hold the commodity futures contracts but gets its exposure through a wholly-owned Cayman Islands subsidiary, an approach that is common when using futures.
Classification
Returns
| 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Mutual fund
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government73.13%
Mutual fund24.83%
Futures1.23%
Cash0.81%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
CTA last dividends amounted to 0.25 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.12 USD in dividends, which shows a 52.00% increase.
Yes, CTA pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.77%. The last dividend (Jun 30, 2025) amounted to 0.25 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
CTA shares are issued by Simplify Asset Management, Inc. under the brand Simplify. The ETF was launched on Mar 7, 2022, and its management style is Active.
CTA expense ratio is 0.76% meaning you'd have to pay 0.76% of your investment to help manage the fund.
CTA follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
CTA invests in bonds.
CTA price has fallen by −1.49% over the last month, See more dynamics on CTA price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −6.98% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 5.52% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −6.98% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 5.52% in a year.
CTA trades at a premium (0.02%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.