CTA

Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF

Record
ETFCTA-FUND-US-CTA
Issuer
Simplify Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Inception
7 March 2022
SEC identifiers
CIK 0001810747 · series S000075092 · class C000233897
Admission
26 July 2026
Review due
26 July 2027
Standard
ECS-001 v0.1.0

How to read this dossier

CTA is the first fund admitted after the two-fund generalization test closed: it is the proof that admission is governed by evidence and release rules, not by a fixed ticker list. Each result below is a structural statement derived from the fund's SEC summary prospectus (Form 497K) under a named, versioned ECS rule, carrying its evidence and its limits. Where the disclosure does not settle a question, the record states the unknown rather than inferring a value.

Knowledge states used below: derived under ECS — mapped by rule from disclosed structure; not disclosed — the reviewed sources do not settle the question and no value is asserted.

Admitted classifications

Strategy family — Explicit trend following

Derived under ECS · rule ECS-SF-R01 · evidence EVD-CTA-SF-001 · knowledge state: derived under ECS.

The summary prospectus states the fund attempts to capture the economic benefit derived from rising trends based on the price changes of its futures contracts, positioning long on positive price trends and short on negative price trends using momentum signals; ECS-SF-R01 maps that disclosure to the controlled result.

Limit: the classification is structural and makes no performance claim.

Related: structural fingerprint · source: SEC Form 497K summary prospectus.

Market breadth — Multi-asset

Derived under ECS · rule ECS-MB-R02 · evidence EVD-CTA-MB-001 · knowledge state: derived under ECS.

The disclosed portfolio spans four governed asset families — equity, U.S. Treasury, commodity, and foreign exchange futures contracts — satisfying the multi-asset threshold of ECS-MB-R02.

Limit: market breadth reflects the disclosed universe, not a point-in-time holdings inference.

Implementation route — Direct futures with commodity subsidiary

Derived under ECS · rule ECS-IR-R03 · evidence EVD-CTA-IR-001, EVD-CTA-IR-002 · knowledge state: derived under ECS.

The summary prospectus discloses that the fund invests directly in a portfolio of equity, Treasury, commodity, and foreign-exchange futures, and that it gains commodity exposure by investing up to 25% of assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Two distinct passages of the same primary document jointly establish the route.

Limit: both supporting records derive from the same summary prospectus; independent Statement of Additional Information corroboration is a recorded future-review item.

Related: implementation route · KMLM uses the same route.

Directional flexibility — Long / short

Derived under ECS · rule ECS-DF-R01 · evidence EVD-CTA-DF-001 · knowledge state: derived under ECS.

The primary disclosure positions each futures contract long on a positive price trend and permits short positions on a negative price trend, satisfying ECS-DF-R01.

Limit: directional flexibility describes what is permitted, not current positioning.

Signal horizon — Not determinable from reviewed sources

Explicit unknown · rule ECS-SH-R00 · evidence EVD-CTA-SH-001 · knowledge state: not disclosed.

The disclosure references momentum signals over various look-back periods and monthly positioning, but does not state a specific signal look-back horizon; those frequencies are not treated as the horizon. ECS-SH-R00 preserves the distinction as a bounded non-disclosure finding — not a claim that no horizon exists.

Limit: the question re-opens if a document disclosing the look-back horizon is admitted.

Related: signal horizon · open methodology gaps.

Evidence and sources

Five decisions rest on six admitted evidence records drawn from the fund's SEC summary prospectus (Form 497K, effective 1 November 2025), preserved by content hash. Management mode is deliberately not classified: the reviewed summary prospectus does not describe the fund as actively managed in explicit terms, so no active-management result is asserted.

Trace source → evidence → rules → decisions Classification timeline

Publication boundary

This dossier records structure and evidence state only. It contains no performance commentary, ranking, recommendation, comparison score, or suitability conclusion. Monthly positioning and references to look-back periods are not treated as disclosure of a signal look-back horizon.

Review and governance

Classified and published under a disclosed single-operator review model (operator: Sohadot). No independent second reviewer is appointed; independent review becomes mandatory only on conflict, material correction, standard amendment, legally sensitive claims, or paid classification-related activity. Next scheduled review: 26 July 2027.

See independence and review model · KMLM dossier · DBMF dossier · full registry.