# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### 2x Daily Software Platform ETF (Series ID: S000093429)

| Class ID   | Class Name                     | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000261704 | 2x Daily Software Platform ETF | SOFL            |

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| ![](daily485bpos001.jpg) | **2x Daily Software Platform ETF<br>Trading Symbol: SOFL<br>Listed on NYSE Arca, Inc.<br>Summary Prospectus<br>June 30, 2025<br>www.SOFLETF.com** |

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Before you invest, you may want to review the 2x Daily Software Platform ETF (the "Fund") statutory prospectus and statement of additional information, which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. The current statutory prospectus and statement of additional information dated June 29, 2025 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Fund's statutory prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at www.SOFLETF.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling at (888) 668-3557 or by sending an e-mail request to jkt@aotetf.com.

**Important Information About the Fund**

The 2x Daily Software Platform ETF (the "Fund") seeks daily leveraged investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the return of the AOT VettaFi Software Platform Index (the "Index") for a single day. Because the Fund seeks daily leveraged investment results, it is very different from most other exchange-traded funds. It is also riskier than alternatives that do not use leverage.

The return for investors that invest for periods longer or shorter than a trading day should not be expected to be 2x of the performance of the Index for the period. The return of the Fund for a period longer than a trading day will be the result of each trading day's compounded return during such period held, which will very likely differ from 2x the return of the Index for that period. Holding shares of the Fund for longer than a single day, higher volatility of the Index, and the use of leverage increase the impact of compounding on an investor's returns, which may have a negative or positive impact on an investor's returns. During periods of higher Index volatility, the volatility of the Index may affect the Fund's return as much as, or more than, the return of the Index. The impact of compounding will impact each shareholder differently depending on the period of time an investment in the Fund is held and the volatility of the Index during a shareholder's holding period of an investment in the Fund. See "*Principal Investment Risks – Compounding and Market Volatility Risk*" below for an example of how volatility of the Index may affect the Fund's return as much as, or more than, the return of the Index.

**The Fund is not suitable for all investors. The Fund is designed to be utilized only by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking daily leveraged (2x) investment results, understand the risks associated with the use of leverage, and are willing to monitor their portfolios frequently. The Fund is not intended to be used by, and is not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios. For periods longer than a single day, the Fund will lose money if the Index's performance is flat, and it is possible that the Fund will lose money even if the level of the Index increases over a period longer than a single day. An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day.**

**Investment Objective**

The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the return of the AOT VettaFi Software Platform Index (the "Index") for a single day.

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.**

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| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>(1)</sup> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | <sup>1</sup> |
| Management Fees | 1.29% |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.00% |
| Other Expenses<sup>(2)</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses<sup>(3)</sup>** | 1.29% |

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<sup>(1)</sup> The Fund's investment adviser, Tidal Investments LLC (the "Adviser"), a Tidal Financial Group company, will pay, or require a sub-adviser to pay, all expenses incurred by the Fund (except for advisory fees and sub-advisory fees, as the case may be) excluding interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expenses on securities sold short, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, distribution fees and expenses paid by the Fund under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the"1940 Act"), and litigation expenses, and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.

<sup>(2)</sup> Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

<sup>(3)</sup> The cost of investing in swaps, including the embedded cost of the swap and the operating expenses of the referenced assets, is an indirect expense that is not included in the above fee table and is not reflected in the expense example.

**Expense Example**

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **1 Year** | **3 Years** |
| $131 | $409 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

**Principal Investment Strategies**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund ("ETF") that attempts to achieve, before fees and expenses, two times (200%) the daily percentage change in the performance of the Index by employing derivatives, namely swap agreements and/or listed options contracts. **The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective for a period of time different than a trading day.** The terms "daily," "day," and "trading day," refer to the period from the close of the markets on one trading day to the close of the markets on the next trading day.

If the Fund is unable to obtain the necessary exposure to the Index through swaps or other derivatives, or encounters other constraints (e.g., market or regulatory), **the Fund may not always achieve investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the daily performance of the Index, and may return substantially less during such periods. During such periods, the Fund's actual leverage levels may differ substantially from its intended target, both intraday and at the close of trading, potentially resulting in significantly lower returns.**

**<u>The Index</u>**

The Index is a rules-based index designed to track the performance of the top companies that rely on, contribute to, or create "Software Platforms" (described below) that enable the core functions (described below) and delivery of services.

"Software Platforms" refer to integrated software systems or frameworks that serve as foundational technologies enabling the development, deployment, and operation of applications, services, or digital ecosystems. These platforms are essential to the functionality and strategic direction of software-driven enterprises, which rely on software as a core enabler of their business models, product offerings, and operational capabilities. Software platforms are designed to be extensible and scalable, and they often support broad user, client, or developer ecosystems. See the prospectus section entitled "Additional Information About the Fund" for more information about Software Platforms and software-driven enterprises.

*<u>The Index Universe</u>*:

Index constituents are selected from a universe of companies classified, based on their business model and activities, as software driven enterprises. These are companies where a Software Platform is a central driver of the business, and/or the company's products are crucial to software-driven enterprises.

To be eligible for inclusion the initial universe, companies must derive at least 20% of their revenue from software-driven enterprise business activities. See the prospectus section entitled "Additional Information About the Fund" for more information software-driven enterprise business activities.

In addition, Index constituents must also trade on eligible U.S. exchanges, and meet the following minimum criteria:

● Three-month average daily trading value of $1 million;

● 20% of their outstanding shares are available for the public to trade; and

● Market capitalization of $100 million.

● A positive price to earnings ratio.

*<u>Index Constituent Selection:</u>*

From the remaining companies, each company is evaluated on two factors:

● **Quality** – assessed using three equally weighted sub-factors:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. *Cost of Goods Sold to Revenue* – a measure of gross efficiency that indicates how
 much of each dollar of revenue is consumed by production costs.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. *Earnings-to-Price Ratio* – a valuation metric calculated as earnings per share divided by market
 price per share, used to assess earnings yield.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. *Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)* – a measure of how effectively a company generates
 returns on capital invested in the business.

● **Market Presence** – measured solely by market capitalization.

Each company is ranked based on its quality factor score and its market capitalization rank. These ranks are averaged to produce a composite score. The top 50 companies by composite score are considered for inclusion in the Index.

Following the composite score-based selection process, the Index Provider applies a revenue-based engagement requirement to ensure alignment with its focus on Software Platforms. Specifically, at least 80 percent of the value of the Index must be composed of "*principally*" engaged companies, defined as those that derive at least 50 percent of their revenue from software-driven enterprise business activities. Companies that do not meet this threshold, referred to as "*materially*" engaged companies, may collectively comprise only up to 20 percent of the Index. If the total weight of materially engaged companies would exceed this limit following constituent selection, the excess weight is reallocated proportionally to the principally engaged companies.

The Index Provider does not exercise discretion in the Index's constitution or rebalancing. All decisions regarding constituent inclusion and weighting are made in accordance with the predefined, rules-based methodology.

*<u>Index Weighting:</u>*

Index constituents are weighted by float-modified market capitalization with a maximum weight of 7.5% and a minimum weight of 0.5%. The sum of all Index constituents with weights greater than 5% must be less than 45% of the Index. Excess weights are redistributed in accordance with the Index Provider's standard processes. See the prospectus section entitled "Additional Information About the Fund" for more information about the weighting processes.

*<u>Rebalancing/Reconstitution/Selection Dates:</u>*

The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly after the close of business on the 3rd Friday in March, June, September and December. Index constituents are selected upon the close of the last trade date of the month preceding the month in which the Index is rebalanced/reconstituted. They are weighted after the close of trading eight business days before the Index is rebalanced/reconstituted.

*<u>Constituent Selection and Buffer Rule</u>:*

At each reconstitution, Index constituents are selected using a composite score calculated as the average of a company's quality factor ranking and market capitalization ranking, as defined in the Index methodology. Companies not currently included in the Index must rank within the top 50 based on this composite score to be eligible for selection.

To promote stability and reduce turnover, the Index applies a buffer rule for existing constituents. Companies that are already in the Index may remain constituents if they rank within the top 60 at the time of reconstitution. All current constituents that meet the top-60 threshold are retained, and any remaining positions are filled by new companies ranked within the top 50. This buffer mechanism is designed to minimize unnecessary changes in Index composition due to marginal fluctuations in rankings.

After the application of the buffer rule, the Index also applies the aforementioned revenue-based engagement requirement to ensure alignment with its focus on Software Platforms. If the total weight of materially engaged companies would exceed 20% of the Index following application of the buffer, the excess weight will be reallocated proportionally to the principally engaged companies.

**<u>The Fund's Investment Strategy</u>**

The Fund will enter into one or more swap agreements with financial institutions for a specified period, which may range from one day to longer than a year. Through each swap agreement, the Fund and the financial institution will agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on the Index. Rather than entering into swaps on individual securities, the Fund intends to obtain exposure to the Index through a single total return swap referencing the performance of the Index in its entirety.

The gross return (meaning the return before deducting any fees or expenses) to be exchanged or "swapped" between the parties is calculated with respect to a "notional amount," (meaning the face amount of the instrument) e.g., the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount representing the underlying Index.

At the end of each day, the Fund's swaps are valued using market valuations and the Adviser rebalances the Fund's holdings in an attempt to maintain leveraged exposure of approximately 200% to the daily performance of the Fund's Index.

For examples of a hypothetical investment in the Fund, see the prospectus section entitled "Additional Information About the Fund – Principal Investment Strategies."

Fund performance for periods greater than one single day is primarily (but not solely) a function of the following factors: a) the volatility of the Index; b) the performance of the Index; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with leveraged exposure; and e) other Fund expenses.

The Fund may also utilize listed options to seek to achieve leveraged 2X exposure to the Index. The Fund will primarily buy short-dated (a month or less) in-the-money call options (options with strike prices below the current market price of one or more Index securities, offering immediate intrinsic value). Additionally, the Fund may use other option strategies to produce similar exposure to the Index securities, like buying calls and selling puts with identical strike prices. These options allow the Fund to adjust its leverage strategy in response to market conditions, liquidity constraints, or other factors that may affect the availability or pricing of swap agreements. The use of listed options provides additional flexibility in pursuing the Fund's daily investment objective. See the provision in the Prospectus entitled "Additional Information About the Fund," for more information about the Fund's use of options.

The Fund may also invest directly in other ETFs that are focused on the software industry and have characteristics similar to the Index ("Underlying ETFs"). These Underlying ETFs are primarily intended to provide the Fund with continuing exposure to the performance of the Index while the Adviser adjusts the Fund's derivatives positions.

The Adviser is responsible selecting the derivative instruments used to implement the Fund's strategy as well as for effecting all portfolio transactions involving securities and derivative instruments. The Sub-Adviser is responsible for providing investment advice with respect to the Fund's collateral holdings.

**Collateral**

The Fund will hold assets to serve as collateral for the Fund's derivatives transactions. For those collateral holdings, the Fund may invest in (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) money market funds; (3) short term bond ETFs; and/or (4) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or of comparable quality.

**Fund Attributes**

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the 1940 Act. The Fund has adopted a policy of having at least 80% exposure to financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform 2X the daily performance of the Index.

Due to the Fund's investment strategy, the Fund concentrates its investments in securities that provide exposure to companies within the software group of industries.

It is expected that the Fund's investment strategy will result in a high annual portfolio turnover rate.

**Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each day's return over time, the return of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will be the result of each day's returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from 200% of the return of the Index over the same period. The Fund will lose money if the Index's performance is flat over time, and because of daily rebalancing, the volatility of the Index and the effects of compounding, the Fund may lose money over time while the Index's performance increases over a period longer than a single day. As a consequence, investors should not plan to hold shares of the Fund unmonitored for periods longer than a single trading day.**

**Principal Investment Risks**

The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. As with any investment, there is a risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value per share ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return and/or ability to meet its investment objective. For more information about the risks of investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund's Prospectus titled "Additional Information About the Fund Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund." An investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective and there is a risk that you could lose all of your money invested in the Fund. The Fund is not a complete investment program. In addition, the Fund presents risks not traditionally associated with other ETFs. It is important that investors closely review all of the risks listed below and understand them before making an investment in the Fund.

Each risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.

**Software Industry Risk.** The software industry can be significantly affected by intense competition, aggressive pricing, technological innovations, and product obsolescence. Companies in the software industry are subject to significant competitive pressures, such as aggressive pricing, new market entrants, competition for market share, short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of technological developments and the potential for limited earnings and/or falling profit margins. These companies also face the risks that new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. These factors can affect the profitability of these companies and, as a result, the value of their securities. Also, patent protection is integral to the success of many companies in this industry, and profitability can be affected materially by, among other things, the cost of obtaining (or failing to obtain) patent approvals, the cost of litigating patent infringement and the loss of patent protection for products (which significantly increases pricing pressures and can materially reduce profitability with respect to such products). In addition, many software companies have limited operating histories. Prices of these companies' securities historically have been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term.

**Compounding and Market Volatility Risk.** The Fund has a daily leveraged investment objective and the Fund's performance for periods greater than a trading day will be the result of each day's returns compounded over the period, which is very likely to differ from two times (2x) the performance of the Index, before the Fund's management fee and other expenses. Compounding affects all investments but has a more significant impact on funds that aim to replicate leveraged daily returns and that rebalance daily. For the Fund aiming to replicate two times the daily performance of the Index, if adverse daily performance of the Index reduces the amount of a shareholder's investment, any further adverse daily performance will lead to a smaller dollar loss because the shareholder's investment had already been reduced by the prior adverse performance. Equally, however, if favorable daily performance of the Index increases the amount of a shareholder's investment, the dollar amount lost due to future adverse performance will increase because the shareholder's investment has increased.

The effect of compounding becomes more pronounced as the Index's volatility and the holding period increase. The impact of compounding will impact each shareholder differently depending on the period of time an investment in the Fund is held and the volatility of the Index during a shareholder's holding period of an investment in the Fund.

The chart below provides examples of how the Index's volatility could affect the Fund's performance. The chart illustrates the impact of two factors that affect the Fund's performance – the volatility of the Index and the performance of the Index. The performance of the Index shows the percentage change in the performance of the Index over the specified time period, while the volatility of the Index is a statistical measure of the magnitude of fluctuations in the returns during that time period. As illustrated below, even if the Index's performance over two equal time periods is identical, different Index volatility (*i.e.*, in magnitude of fluctuations in the performance of the Index) during the two time periods could result in drastically different Fund performance for the two time periods because of compounding daily returns during the time periods.

Fund performance for periods greater than one single day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: a) the Index volatility; b) the Index performance; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with leveraged exposure; and e) other Fund expenses. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of Index volatility and Index performance over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes that: (i) there were no Fund expenses; (ii) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain leveraged exposure) of 0%. If Fund expenses and/or actual borrowing/lending rates were reflected the estimated returns would be different than those shown. Particularly during periods of higher Index volatility, compounding will cause results for periods longer than a trading day to vary from two times (2x) the performance of the Index.

As shown in the chart below, the Fund would be expected to lose 6.1% if the Index provided no return over a one-year period during which the Index experienced annualized volatility of 25%. If the Index's annualized volatility were to rise to 75%, the hypothetical loss for a one-year period would widen to approximately -43%. At higher ranges of volatility, there is a chance of a significant loss of value in the Fund, even if the cumulative Index return for the year was 0%. For instance, if the Index's annualized volatility is 100%, the Fund would be expected to lose 63.2% of its value, even if the cumulative Index return for the year was 0%.

Areas shaded red (or dark gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than two times (2x) the performance of the Index and those shaded green (or light gray) represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than two times (2X) the performance of the Index. The Fund's actual performance may be significantly better or worse than the performance shown below as a result of any of the factors discussed above or in the "Daily Correlation/Tracking Risk" below.

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| **Index Performance** | **Index Performance** | **One Year Volatility Rate** | **One Year Volatility Rate** | **One Year Volatility Rate** | **One Year Volatility Rate** | **One Year Volatility Rate** |
| **One Year**<br> **Index Return** | **2X Times**<br> **(2x) the**<br> **One Year**<br> **Index Return** | **10%** | **25%** | **50%** | **75%** | **100%** |
| **-60%** | **-120%** | -84.2% | -85.0% | -87.5% | -90.9% | -94.1% |
| **-50%** | **-100%** | -75.2% | -76.5% | -80.5% | -85.8% | -90.8% |
| **-40%** | **-80%** | -64.4% | -66.2% | -72.0% | -79.5% | -86.8% |
| **-30%** | **-60%** | -51.5% | -54.0% | -61.8% | -72.1% | -82.0% |
| **-20%** | **-40%** | -36.6% | -39.9% | -50.2% | -63.5% | -76.5% |
| **-10%** | **-20%** | -19.8% | -23.9% | -36.9% | -53.8% | -70.2% |
| **0%** | **0%** | -1.0% | -6.1% | -22.1% | -43.0% | -63.2% |
| **10%** | **20%** | 19.8% | 13.7% | -5.8% | -31.1% | -55.5% |
| **20%** | **40%** | 42.6% | 35.3% | 12.1% | -18.0% | -47.0% |
| **30%** | **60%** | 67.3% | 58.8% | 31.6% | -3.7% | -37.8% |
| **40%** | **80%** | 94.0% | 84.1% | 52.6% | 11.7% | -27.9% |
| **50%** | **100%** | 122.8% | 111.4% | 75.2% | 28.2% | -17.2% |
| **60%** | **120%** | 153.5% | 140.5% | 99.4% | 45.9% | -5.8% |

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Since market volatility has negative implications for the Fund which rebalances its derivatives daily, investors should be sure to monitor and manage their investments in the Fund particularly in volatile markets. The negative implications of volatility noted in the table above can be combined with the recent volatility ranges of the Index's historical volatility, as shown in the table below. **Historical volatility and performance for the Index are not likely indicative of future volatility and performance.** 

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| **Historical Index\* Volatility** | **Historical Index\* Volatility** |
| Period (each ending March 31, 2025) |  |
| 12 months | 17.89% |
| 3 Years | 22.90% |
| 5 Years | 23.23% |

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\* The Index's inception date is December 15, 2015.

**Daily Correlation/Tracking Risk.** There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of leveraged correlation to the Index and therefore achieve its daily leveraged investment objective. To achieve a high degree of leveraged correlation with the Index, the Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio daily to keep exposure consistent with its daily leveraged investment objective. The possibility of the Fund being materially over- or under-exposed to the Index increases on days when the Index is volatile near the close of the trading day. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions and extreme volatility will also adversely affect the Fund's ability to adjust exposure to the required levels. If there is a significant intra-day market event and/or the Index experiences a significant increase or decline, the Fund may not meet its investment objective, be able to rebalance its portfolio appropriately, or may experience significant premiums or discounts, or widened bid-ask spreads.

The Fund may have difficulty achieving its daily leveraged investment objective due to fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, investments in ETFs, directly or indirectly, income items, valuation methodology, accounting standards and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for the securities or derivatives held by the Fund. The Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to the Index. The Fund may take or refrain from taking positions to improve the tax efficiency or to comply with various regulatory restrictions, either of which may negatively impact the Fund's leveraged correlation to the Index.

**Leverage Risk.** The Fund obtains investment exposure in excess of its net assets by utilizing leverage and may lose more money in market conditions that are adverse to its investment objective than a fund that does not utilize leverage. An investment in the Fund is exposed to the risk that a decline in the daily performance of the Index will be magnified. This means that an investment in the Fund will be reduced by an amount equal to 2% for every 1% daily decline in the performance of the Index, not including the costs of financing leverage and other operating expenses, which would further reduce its value. The Fund could theoretically lose an amount greater than its net assets in the event the performance of the Index declines more than 50%. Leverage will also have the effect of magnifying any differences in the Fund performance's correlation with the return of the Index.

**Derivatives Risk.** Derivatives are financial instruments that derive value from the underlying reference asset or assets, such as stocks, bonds, or funds (including ETFs), interest rates or indexes. The Fund's investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in securities or other ordinary investments, including risk related to the market, leverage, imperfect daily correlations with underlying investments or the Fund's other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation and legal restrictions. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than directly investing in securities. When the Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the return of the Index and the derivative, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. Because derivatives often require only a limited initial investment, the use of derivatives may expose the Fund to losses in excess of those amounts initially invested.

The Fund will be subject to regulatory constraints relating to level of value at risk that the Fund may incur through its derivative portfolio. To the extent the Fund exceeds these regulatory thresholds over an extended period, the Fund may determine that it is necessary to make adjustments to the Fund's investment strategy, including the desired daily leveraged performance for the Fund.

In addition, the Fund's investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:

*Swap Agreements.* The use of swap transactions is a highly specialized activity, which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Whether the Fund will be successful in using swap agreements to achieve its investment goal depends on the ability of the Adviser to structure such swap agreements in accordance with the Fund's investment objective and to identify counterparties for those swap agreements. If the Adviser is unable to enter into swap agreements that provide leveraged exposure to the Index, the Fund may not meet its stated investment objective. Additionally, any financing, borrowing or other costs associated with using swap transactions may also have the effect of lowering the Fund's return.

The swap agreements in which the Fund invests are generally traded in the over-the-counter market, which generally has less transparency than exchange-traded derivatives instruments. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined reference assets or underlying securities or instruments. The gross return to be exchanged or swapped between the parties is calculated based on a notional amount or the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a basket of securities.

If the Index has a dramatic move that causes a material decline in the Fund's net assets, the terms of a swap agreement between the Fund and its counterparty may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the swap transaction with the Fund. In that event, the Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve exposure consistent with the Fund's investment objective. This may prevent the Fund from achieving its leveraged investment objective, even if the Index later reverses all or a portion of its movement*.* 

*Options Contracts.* The use of options contracts involves investment strategies and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The prices of options are volatile and are influenced by, among other things, actual and anticipated changes in the value of the underlying instrument, including the anticipated volatility, which are affected by fiscal and monetary policies and by national and international political, changes in the actual or implied volatility or the reference asset, the time remaining until the expiration of the option contract and economic events. The value of the options contracts in which the Fund invests are substantially influenced by the value of the Index. The Fund may experience substantial downside from specific option positions and certain option positions held by the Fund may expire worthless. The options held by the Fund are exercisable at the strike price on their expiration date. As an option approaches its expiration date, its value typically increasingly moves with the value of the underlying instrument. However, prior to such date, the value of an option generally does not increase or decrease at the same rate as the underlying instrument. There may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in values options contracts and the underlying instrument, and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain options contracts. The value of the options held by the Fund will be determined based on market quotations or other recognized pricing methods. Additionally, as the Fund intends to continuously maintain indirect exposure to the Index through the use of options contracts, as the options contracts it holds are exercised or expire it will enter into new options contracts, a practice referred to as "rolling." If the expiring options contracts do not generate proceeds enough to cover the cost of entering into new options contracts, the Fund may experience losses. The use of options to generate leverage introduces additional risks, including significant potential losses if the market moves unfavorably. The leverage inherent in options can amplify both gains and losses, leading to increased volatility and potential for substantial losses, particularly in periods of market uncertainty or low liquidity. Additionally, the Fund may incur losses if the value of the Index moves against its positions, potentially resulting in a complete loss of the premium paid.

**Counterparty Risk.** The Fund is subject to counterparty risk by virtue of its investments in derivatives which exposes the Fund to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Counterparty risk may arise because of the counterparty's financial condition (*i.e.*, financial difficulties, bankruptcy, or insolvency), market activities and developments, or other reasons, whether foreseen or not. A counterparty's inability to fulfill its obligation may result in significant financial loss to the Fund and the Fund may be unable to recover its investment from such counterparty or may obtain a limited and/or delayed recovery.

In addition, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with a limited number of counterparties, which may increase the Fund's exposure to counterparty credit risk. Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties will be willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.

**Intra-Day Investment Risk.** The Fund seeks investment results from the close of the market on a given trading day until the close of the market on the subsequent trading day. The exact exposure of an investment in the Fund intraday in the secondary market is a function of the difference between the value of the Index at the market close on the first trading day and the value of the Index at the time of purchase. If the value of the Index rises, the Fund's net assets will rise by approximately twice the amount as the Fund's exposure. Conversely, if the value of the Index declines, the Fund's net assets will decline by approximately two times the amount as the Fund's exposure. Thus, an investor that purchases Shares intra-day may experience performance that is greater than, or less than, the Fund's stated leveraged performance of the Index.

If there is a significant intra-day market event and/or the constituent securities of the Index experience a significant increase or decrease, the Fund may not meet its investment objective or rebalance its portfolio appropriately.

**Rebalancing Risk.** If for any reason the Fund is unable to rebalance all or a portion of its portfolio, or if all or a portion of the portfolio is rebalanced incorrectly, the Fund's investment exposure may not be consistent with the Fund's daily investment objective. In these instances, the Fund may not successfully track two times (2x) the performance of the Index and may not achieve its investment objective.

**Concentration Risk.** The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities that provide exposure to the software group of industries. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences that affect such industries more than the market as a whole.

**Economic and Market Risk.** Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions. Securities in the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to securities in the general financial markets, a particular financial market, or other asset classes, due to a number of factors, including inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, financial system instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of the Fund's investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, country instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics. The imposition by the U.S. of tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries and reciprocal tariffs levied on U.S. goods by those countries also may lead to volatility and instability in domestic and foreign markets.

**ETF Risks**

*○* *Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that are authorized to purchase and redeem Shares directly from the Fund (known as Authorized Participants or APs). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services; or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.

*○* *Cash Redemption Risk.* The Fund's investment strategy may require it to redeem its shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. For example, the Fund may not be able to redeem in-kind certain securities held by it (e.g., derivative instruments). In such a case, the Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used. By paying out higher annual capital gain distributions, investors may be subjected to increased capital gains taxes. The costs associated with cash redemptions may include brokerage costs that the Fund may not have incurred if it had made the redemptions in-kind. These costs could be imposed on the Fund, decreasing its NAV, to the extent these costs are not offset by a transaction fee payable by an authorized participant.

*○* *Costs of Buying or Selling Shares.* Investors buying or selling Shares in the secondary market will pay brokerage commissions or other charges imposed by brokers, as determined by that broker. Brokerage commissions are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Shares. In addition, secondary market investors will also incur the cost of the bid-ask spread. The bid-ask spread varies over time for Shares based on trading volume and market liquidity, and is generally lower if Shares have more trading volume and market liquidity and higher if Shares have little trading volume and market liquidity. Further, a relatively small investor base in the Fund, asset swings in the Fund and/or increased market volatility may cause increased bid-ask spreads. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.

*○* *Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.* As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund's NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because securities held by the Fund may trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the Fund's primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience premiums and discounts greater than those of ETFs holding only domestic securities.

*○* *Trading.* Although Shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, such as NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"), and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund's portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares. This adverse effect on liquidity for the Fund's shares may lead to wider bid-ask spreads and differences between the market price of the Fund's shares and the underlying value of the shares.

**High Portfolio Turnover Risk.** Daily rebalancing of the Fund's holdings pursuant to its daily investment objective causes a much greater number of portfolio transactions when compared to most ETFs. Additionally, active market trading of the Fund's Shares on exchanges (such as the Exchange), could cause more frequent creation and redemption activities, which could increase the number of portfolio transactions. Frequent and active trading may lead to higher transaction costs because of increased broker commissions resulting from such transactions. In addition, there is the possibility of significantly increased short-term capital gains (which will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them). The Fund calculates portfolio turnover without including the short-term cash instruments or derivative transactions that comprise the majority of the Fund's trading. As such, if the Fund's extensive use of derivative instruments were reflected, the calculated portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.

**Tracking Error Risk.** Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund's performance from that of its investment objective which aims to replicate two times the daily percentage change in the value of the Index. Tracking error may occur for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, the Fund's holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, being under- or overexposed to the Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions such as market disruptions. The Fund may be required to deviate from its investment objectives, and therefore experience tracking error, as a result of market restrictions or other legal reasons, including regulatory limits or other restrictions on securities that may be purchased by the Adviser, Sub-Adviser and their affiliates.

**Liquidity Risk.** Some securities held by the Fund may be difficult to sell or be illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Markets for securities or financial instruments could be disrupted by a number of events, including, but not limited to, an economic crisis, natural disasters, epidemics/pandemics, new legislation or regulatory changes inside or outside the United States. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value, especially in changing or volatile markets. If the Fund is forced to sell an illiquid security at an unfavorable time or price, the Fund may be adversely impacted. Certain market conditions or restrictions may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation with the Index. There is no assurance that a security that is deemed liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid. Market illiquidity may cause losses for the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. The Fund's investment approach heavily relies on the use of leverage to manage overall investment risk. However, this strategy inherently carries the risk of magnifying the Fund's exposures, potentially undermining its foundational investment thesis. If the Adviser fails to effectively control the leveraging risk, the Fund's primary investment objective may become unachievable. Therefore, the success of the Fund is closely tied to the Adviser's ability to adeptly manage the risks associated with leveraged instruments.

**Market Capitalization Risk.** 

● **Large-Capitalization Investing.** The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion. Large-capitalization companies may also be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.

**Money Market Instrument Risk.** The Fund may use a variety of money market instruments for cash management purposes, including money market funds, depositary accounts and repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are contracts in which a seller of securities agrees to buy the securities back at a specified time and price. Repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk related to the collateral securing the repurchase agreement. Money market instruments, including money market funds, may lose money through fees or other means.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors do not have a track record or history on which to base their investment decisions.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is "non-diversified," it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it was a diversified fund. As a result, a decline in the value of an investment in a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers could cause the Fund's overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held a more diversified portfolio.

**Operational Risk.** The Fund is subject to risks arising from various operational factors, including, but not limited to, human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. The Fund relies on third-parties for a range of services, including custody. Any delay or failure relating to engaging or maintaining such service providers may affect the Fund's ability to meet its investment objective. Although the Fund, Adviser, and Sub-Adviser seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures, there is no way to completely protect against such risks.

**Tax Risk.** The Fund intends to elect and to qualify each year to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. As a RIC, the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income and net capital gain that it distributes to shareholders, provided that the Fund satisfies certain requirements of the Code. If the Fund does not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year and certain relief provisions are not available, the Fund's taxable income will be subject to tax at the Fund level and to a further tax at the shareholder level when such income is distributed. The IRS has never officially determined that swap contracts on a securities index are qualifying assets for the RIC diversification test, or that income from such swaps is qualifying income for the RIC income source test. The value of the swap and the income from it are necessarily tied to the performance of the securities which measure the swap return, and so the swaps should be considered a qualifying asset for the diversification test and income from them should be income derived from or related to investment in securities which meets the income source test. Listed options and the income from them are good assets and good income. To be sure to comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a RIC, the Fund will attempt to ensure that the value of swap contracts does not exceed 25% of the Fund's value at the close of any quarter. If the value of swap contracts were to exceed 25% of the Fund's total assets at the end of a tax quarter and the IRS were to determine that the contracts were not qualifying assets for purposes of the RIC diversification test, the Fund, generally, has a grace period to cure such lack of compliance. If the Fund fails to timely cure, it may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC. Further, as discussed, there is a risk that income from swap contracts will not qualify as good income for purposes of the RIC requirement that 90% of its income be derived from specified sources.

**Third Party Data Risk.** The composition of the Index, and consequently the Fund's portfolio, is heavily dependent on information and data calculated and published by Index Provider, an independent third party calculation agent ("Third Party Data"). When Third Party Data proves to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in reliance thereon may lead to the inclusion or exclusion of securities from the Index that would have been excluded or included had the Third Party Data been correct and complete. If the composition of the Index reflects such errors, the Fund's portfolio can also be expected to reflect the errors.

**Underlying ETFs Risks.** The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses because it invests in Underlying ETFs. There is also the risk that the Fund may suffer losses due to the investment practices of the Underlying ETFs. The Fund will be subject to substantially the same risks as those associated with the direct ownership of securities held by the Underlying ETFs. Additionally, the market price of the shares of an Underlying ETF in which the Fund invests will fluctuate based on changes in the net asset value as well as changes in the supply and demand of its shares in the secondary market. It is also possible that an active secondary market for an Underlying ETF's shares may not develop, and market trading in the shares of the Underlying ETF may be halted under certain circumstances. Underlying ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described above.

**Underlying Index Risk.** None of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, nor the Index Provider is able to guarantee the continuous availability or timeliness of the production of the Index. The calculation and dissemination of the Index values may be delayed if the information technology or other facilities of the Index Provider, data providers and/or relevant stock exchange malfunction for any reason. A significant delay may cause trading in shares of the Fund to be suspended. Errors in Index data, computation and/or the construction in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider or other applicable party for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders.

**U.S. Government and U.S. Agency Obligations Risk.** The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities. U.S. Government obligations include securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, such as the U.S. Treasury. Payment of principal and interest on U.S. Government obligations may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself. In the latter case, the investor must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment, which agency or instrumentality may be privately owned. There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) where it is not obligated to do so.

**Performance**

Performance information for the Fund is not included because the Fund has not completed a full calendar year of operations as of the date of this Prospectus. When such information is included, this section will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance history from year to year and showing how the Fund's average annual total returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Although past performance of the Fund is no guarantee of how it will perform in the future, historical performance may give you some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Updated performance information will be available on the Fund's website at www.SOFLETF.com.

**Management**

*Investment Adviser*

Tidal Investments LLC (the "Adviser") serves as investment adviser to the Fund.

*Investment Sub-Adviser* 

AOT Invest, LLC (the "Sub-Adviser") serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund.

*Portfolio Managers* 

The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

John Tinsman, Portfolio Manager for the Sub-Adviser, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2025.

Qiao Duan, CFA, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2025.

Stephen Foy, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2025.

**Purchase and Sale of Shares**

The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in large blocks known as "Creation Units," which only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities (the Deposit Securities) and/or a designated amount of U.S. cash.

Shares are listed on a national securities exchange, such as the Exchange, and individual Shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices, rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares (the "bid" price) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (the "ask" price) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market. This difference in bid and ask prices is often referred to as the bid-ask spread.

Investors may obtain recent information, including the Fund's NAV, market price, and information regarding premiums and discounts, as well as the Fund's bid-ask spreads, on the Fund's website at SOFLETF.

**Tax Information**

Fund distributions are generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income or capital gains (or some combination thereof), unless your investment is in an individual retirement account ("IRA") or other tax-advantaged account. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.

**Financial Intermediary Compensation**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an "Intermediary"), the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, or their affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange-traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training, or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements will not result in increased Fund expenses, ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary's website for more information.