Correspondence 0001493152-24-041269 from GraniteShares ETF Trust (CIK 0001689873)
GraniteShares ETF Trust (CIK 0001689873)
Date: Oct. 16, 2024 · CIK: 0001689873 · Accession: 0001493152-24-041269
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October 16, 2024
Christopher Bellacicco
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”
or the “Registrant”) File Nos. 333-214796, 811-23214
Dear Mr. Bellacicco:
On June 25, 2024, GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”
or “Registrant”), on behalf of its series, GraniteShares 2x Long ADBE Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short ADBE Daily ETF, GraniteShares
1x Short AMC Daily ETF , GraniteShares 1x Short ARM Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long AVGO Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short AVGO Daily
ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long CCL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short CCL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long CRWD Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x
Short CRWD Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long DELL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short DELL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 1x Short GME Daily ETF,
GraniteShares 2x Long INTC Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short INTC Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long LLY Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short
LLY Daily ETF, GraniteShares 1x Short MSTR Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MU Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short MU Daily ETF, GraniteShares
2x Long NFLX Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short NFLX Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long NVO Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short NVO Daily ETF,
GraniteShares 2x Long PANW Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short PANW Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long QCOM Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short
QCOM Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long SMCI Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short SMCI Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long TSM Daily ETF and GraniteShares
2x Short TSM Daily ETF (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) filed a post-effective amendment 47 to the
Trust’s registration statement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, to register shares of the Funds. On September 17, 2024, you provided comments to the Amendment to which we have
responded. In a telephone conversation on October 11, 2024, you provided addition comments to the Amendment. Below, please find those
comments and the Registrant’s responses, which the Registrant has authorized Thompson Hine LLP to make on its behalf. Please note
that added language to a Fund’s prospectus is in italics and deleted language appears struck through.
Comment 2: Please confirm that the expense
limitation agreement will be effective through at least one year from the effective date of the Prospectus.
Response: The Registrant so confirms.
Comment 3: Please provide a completed expense
example table.
Response: Please see the attached prospectus, attached
hereto.
October 16, 2024
Page 2
Comment 5: Please ensure that the industry
referenced in each Fund’s investment strategy disclosure aligns with the industry referenced in the corresponding Underlying Stock
Risk. For example, please see pages 84, 156, 219, 228, 255, 264, 273, and 282.
Response: The below chart outlines the Underlying
Stock risk for each of the applicable funds. The Registrant made the change to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. However,
for the 4 other Underlying Securities the Registrant believes the risk disclosures provided appropriately disclose the related risks
of the respective Underlying Security.
Pages
Underlying
Securities
Company’s
description
Underlying
Stock Risk in Previous Submission
What
should be the changed?
84
and 85
CrowdStrike
Cybersecurity
company
Software
and information technology industry
156
and 157
MicroStrategy
Bitcoin
development company
Software
and information technology industry
and
Bitcoin
219
and 200
228
and 229
Palo
Alto Networks
Global
cybersecurity provider
Software
and information technology industry
255
and 256
264
and 265
SMCI
Provides
“compute platforms”
Software
and information technology industry
273
and 274
282
and 283
Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Engaged
in the provision of integrated circuit manufacturing
services
software
and information technology industry
Changed
to semiconductors
Comment 7: The Staff reissues Comment 7. On
page 156, with respect to MicroStrategy, please add disclosure discussing that as a bitcoin development company, MicroStrategy’s
bitcoin strategy includes 1) acquiring bitcoin using cash flows from operations and proceeds from equity and debt financings, 2) developing
product innovations that leverage bitcoin blockchain technology and 3) periodically engaging in advocacy and educational activities regarding
the acceptance and value of Bitcoin as an open and secure protocol for digital assets and to be a lightning network. Please also disclose
as of June 30, 2024, bitcoin represented approximately 81% of MicroStrategy’s total assets. At a minimum, the disclosure should
reflect MicroStrategy’s significant commitment to buying and holding bitcoin since, as noted previously, MicroStrategy is actively
embracing the “bitcoin proxy” image and, to this end, recently adopted a new performance metric based on the bitcoin holdings.
Response: The requested revisions have been
made. Please see the attached prospectus.
October 16, 2024
Page 3
Comment 9: The Staff notes your response to
prior Comment 9 and reissues in part. Please revise the disclosure to describe layer 2 networks (e.g., these lightning networks which
is an innovation that MicroStrategy is particularly interested in advancing and is referenced in its description of its Bitcoin strategy)
and any risks that they pose to the blockchain and bitcoin.
Response: The requested revisions have been
made. Please see the attached prospectus.
Comment 14: On page 292, please clarify that
the Funds that provide short exposures to their Underlying Stocks will not be purchasing Underlying Stocks.
Response: The requested revisions have been
made. Please see the attached prospectus.
Comment 18: On page 316, in table 7, the Staff
believes the heading “2x Leverage Long Fund (Daily Leverage Factor = +175%)” should be changed to “2x Leverage Long
Fund (Daily Leverage Factor +200%).” Please update accordingly.
Response: The requested revisions have been
made. Please see the attached prospectus.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Andrew Davalla
Andrew Davalla
GRANITESHARES
FUNDS
Prospectus
October
[21], 2024
GRANITESHARES
FUNDS
TICKER
SYMBOL
GraniteShares
2x Long ADBE Daily ETF
ADBL
GraniteShares
2x Short ADBE Daily ETF
ADBS
GraniteShares
1x Short AMC Daily ETF
AMCS
GraniteShares
1x Short ARM Daily ETF
ARMD
GraniteShares
2x Long AVGO Daily ETF
AVGU
GraniteShares
2x Short AVGO Daily ETF
AVGS
GraniteShares
2x Long CCL Daily ETF
CCLU
GraniteShares
2x Short CCL Daily ETF
CCLS
GraniteShares
2x Long CRWD Daily ETF
CRWL
GraniteShares
2x Short CRWD Daily ETF
CRWQ
GraniteShares
2x Long DELL Daily ETF
DLLL
GraniteShares
2x Short DELL Daily ETF
DLLS
GraniteShares
1x Short GME Daily ETF
GMES
GraniteShares
2x Long INTC Daily ETF
INTW
GraniteShares
2x Short INTC Daily ETF
INTD
GraniteShares
2x Long LLY Daily ETF
LLYL
GraniteShares 2x Short LLY Daily ETF
LLYD
GraniteShares
1x Short MSTR Daily ETF
MSTP
GraniteShares
2x Long MU Daily ETF
MULL
GraniteShares
2x Short MU Daily ETF
MULS
GraniteShares
2x Long NFLX Daily ETF
NFLL
GraniteShares
2x Short NFLX Daily ETF
NFLS
GraniteShares
2x Long NVO Daily ETF
NVOL
GraniteShares
2x Short NVO Daily ETF
NVOD
GraniteShares
2x Long PANW Daily ETF
PANU
GraniteShares
2x Short PANW Daily ETF
PANS
GraniteShares
2x Long QCOM Daily ETF
QCML
GraniteShares
2x Short QCOM Daily ETF
QCMS
GraniteShares
2x Long SMCI Daily ETF
SMCL
GraniteShares
2x Short SMCI Daily ETF
SMCS
GraniteShares
2x Long TSM Daily ETF
TSMU
GraniteShares
2x Short TSM Daily ETF
TSMS
The
Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
GraniteShares
Funds are advised by GraniteShares Advisors LLC.
The
Funds seek daily inverse or leveraged investment results and are intended to be used as short-term trading vehicles. Each Fund with “Long”
in its name attempts to provide daily investment results that correspond to the respective long leveraged multiple of the performance
of an underlying stock (each a Leveraged Long Fund). Each Fund with “Short” in its name attempts to provide daily investment
results that correspond to the inverse (or opposite) multiple of the performance of an underlying stock (each an Inverse Fund).
The
Funds are not intended to be used by, and are not appropriate for, investors who do not intend to actively monitor and manage their portfolios.
The Funds are very different from most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Investors should note that:
(1)
The Leveraged Long Funds pursue daily leveraged investment objectives, which means that the Funds are riskier than alternatives that
do not use leverage because the Funds magnify the daily performance of their underlying stock.
(2)
The Inverse Funds pursue a daily investment objective that is a multiple inverse to the daily performance of their underlying stock,
a result opposite of most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
(3)
Seeking to replicate daily performances of an underlying stock means that the return of a Fund for a period longer than a full trading
day will be the product of a series of daily returns for each trading day during the relevant period.
As
a consequence, especially in periods of market volatility, the volatility of the underlying stock may affect a Fund’s return as
much as, or more than, the return of the underlying stock. Further, the return for investors that invest for periods less than a full
trading day is likely to be different from an underlying stock’s performance for the full trading day. During periods of high volatility,
the Funds may not perform as expected and the Funds may have losses when an investor may have expected gains if the Funds are held for
a period that is different than one trading day.
The
Funds are not suitable for all investors. The Funds are designed to be utilized only by sophisticated investors, such as traders and
active investors employing dynamic strategies. Investors in the Funds should:
(a)
understand the risks
associated with the use of inverse strategies and leverage;
(b)
understand the consequences
of seeking daily inverse and leveraged investment results;
(c)
for an Inverse Fund,
understand the risk of shorting; and
(d)
intend to actively monitor
and manage their investments.
Investors
who do not understand the Funds, or do not intend to actively manage their funds and monitor their investments, should not buy the Funds.
There
is no assurance that any Fund will achieve its investment objective and an investment in a Fund could lose money. No single Fund is a
complete investment program.
For
the Leveraged Long Funds with a 2-time leverage exposure, if the underlying stock drops by more than 50% on a given trading day, the
Fund’s investors could lose all of their money. For the Inverse Funds with a 1-time inverse exposure, if the underlying stock increases
by more than 100% on a given trading day, the Fund’s investors could lose all of their money. For the Inverse Funds with a 2-time
inverse exposure, if the underlying stock increases by more than 50% on a given trading day, the Fund’s investors could lose all
of their money.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
GraniteShares 2x Long ADBE Daily ETF - Summary
1
GraniteShares 2x Short ADBE Daily ETF – Summary
10
GraniteShares 1x Short AMC Daily ETF – Summary
19
GraniteShares 1x Short ARM Daily ETF – Summary
28
GraniteShares 2x Long AVGO Daily ETF – Summary
37
GraniteShares 2x Short AVGO Daily ETF – Summary
46
GraniteShares 2x Long CCL Daily ETF – Summary
55
GraniteShares 2x Short CCL Daily ETF – Summary
64
GraniteShares 2x Long CRWD Daily ETF – Summary
73
GraniteShares 2x Short CRWD Daily ETF – Summary
82
GraniteShares 2x Long DELL Daily ETF – Summary
91
GraniteShares 2x Short DELL Daily ETF – Summary
100
GraniteShares 1x Short GME Daily ETF – Summary
109
GraniteShares 2x Long INTC Daily ETF – Summary
118
GraniteShares 2x Short INTC Daily ETF – Summary
127
GraniteShares 2x Long LLY Daily ETF – Summary
136
GraniteShares 2x Short LLY Daily ETF – Summary
145
GraniteShares 1x Short MSTR Daily ETF – Summary
154
GraniteShares 2x Long MU Daily ETF – Summary
163
GraniteShares 2x Short MU Daily ETF – Summary
172
GraniteShares 2x Long NFLX Daily ETF - Summary
181
GraniteShares 2x Short NFLX Daily ETF – Summary
190
GraniteShares 2x Long NVO Daily ETF - Summary
199
GraniteShares 2x Short NVO Daily ETF – Summary
208
GraniteShares 2x Long PANW Daily ETF – Summary
217
GraniteShares 2x Short PANW Daily ETF – Summary
226
GraniteShares 2x Long QCOM Daily ETF – Summary
235
GraniteShares 2x Short QCOM Daily ETF – Summary
244
GraniteShares 2x Long SMCI Daily ETF – Summary
253
GraniteShares 2x Short SMCI Daily ETF – Summary
262
GraniteShares 2x Long TSM Daily ETF – Summary
271
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GraniteShares 2x Short TSM Daily ETF – Summary
280
Additional Information about the Funds’ Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks
289
FUND WEBSITE AND DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
326
Fund Management
326
Buying and Selling Shares
327
Dividends, Distributions, and Taxes
328
Distribution of Fund Shares
331
Premium/Discount Information
331
Fund Service Providers
331
Financial Highlights
331
GraniteShares ETF Trust
331
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GraniteShares
2X Long ADBE Daily ETF – Summary
Important
Information Regarding the Fund
The
GraniteShares 2x Long ADBE Daily ETF (the “Fund”) seeks daily investment results of 2 times (200%) the daily percentage change
of the performance of the common stock of Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) (the “Underlying Stock”). Because the Fund seeks daily
leverage 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
200% of the performance of the Underlying Stock 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 over the period, which will very likely differ from 200% the return
of the Underlying Stock for that period. Longer holding periods, higher volatility of the Underlying Stock and leverage increase the
impact of compounding on an investor’s returns. During periods of higher underlying stock volatility, the volatility of the Underlying
Stock may affect the Fund’s return as much as, or more than, the return of the Underlying Stock.
The
F