SEC Comment Letter for VS Trust (SVIX, UVIX) (CIK 0001793497) (SVIX) — Feb 7, 2020
VS Trust (SVIX, UVIX) (CIK 0001793497)
Date: Feb. 7, 2020 · CIK: 0001793497 · Accession: 0000000000-20-001218
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February 6, 2020
Daniel Carlson
Principal Executive Officer
VS Trust
100 S. Bedford Road, Suite 340
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
Re:VS Trust
Amendment No. 1 to
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted January 15, 2020
CIK No. 0001793497
Dear Mr. Carlson:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement
Cover page
1.Refer to your response to comments 4 and 5. Please identify the initial purchaser and the
price per share paid as a fixed dollar amount and identify the initial Authorized
Participant(s) as an underwriter on the cover page.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, page 21
2.Refer to your response to comment 9. Please remove the implication that the statutory
safe harbor is available for forward-looking statements made in this initial public offering
by removing references to Securities Act Section 27A and Exchange Act Section 21E.
FirstName LastNameDaniel Carlson
Comapany NameVS Trust
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FirstName LastName
Daniel Carlson
VS Trust
February 6, 2020
Page 2
Investment Objective, page 25
3.Refer to your response to comment 10. Please revise to describe in greater detail what
would comprise the portfolio of first and second month VIX futures contracts on any
given trading day.
4.Please also revise to provide an illustrative example of how daily compounding would
impact an investment in the Fund over a period longer than a day as compared to the
Index or the inverse of the VIX.
5.Please clarify, if true, that the performance of the Index as disclosed on page 25 would not
necessarily be indicative of the performance of the Fund over the same period.
6.Please identify who sponsors the Index and how the composition of the Index is
managed. Please also describe any risks associated with the fact that the Index was only
recently created.
You may contact William Schroeder, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3294 or John Spitz,
Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3484 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact J. Nolan McWilliams, Attorney-Advisor, at (202)
551-3217 or Justin Dobbie, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3469 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance
cc: Barry Pershkow, Esq.