Correspondence 0001999371-24-006379 from Tidal Trust II (CIK 0001924868)
Tidal Trust II (CIK 0001924868)
Date: May 21, 2024 · CIK: 0001924868 · Accession: 0001999371-24-006379
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Tidal
Trust II
234
West Florida Street, Suite 203
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53204
May
21, 2024
VIA
EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Raymond
Be
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Investment Management
100
F Street NE
Washington,
DC 20549
Re:
Tidal Trust II (the “Trust”)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 184 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”)
File Nos. 811-23793; 333-264478
Dear
Mr. Be:
This
correspondence responds to comments the Trust received from the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”
or the “Commission”) on April 25, 2024, with respect to the Registration Statement and the Trust’s proposed new series,
the Clockwise Core Equity & Innovation ETF (the “Fund”). For your convenience, the comments have been reproduced with
responses following each comment. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the same meaning as in the Registration Statement.
Fees
and Expenses
1. Please
supplementally provide the Staff with a completed Fee Table pre-effectively. In addition,
please tell us in correspondence how the Trust estimated Other Expenses and determined it
was a reasonable estimate of the expenses for the current fiscal year.
Response:
The Fund’s completed Fees and Expenses table and Expense Example are as shown in the attached Appendix A. The Trust further responds
by noting the Fund is a shell portfolio that is expected to acquire the assets and liability of the Clockwise Core Equity & Innovation
ETF, a series of Capitol Series Trust (the “Predecessor Fund”). The Trust notes that Other Expenses included in the table
were estimated based on Other Expenses are restated from the Predecessor Fund’s expenses based on contractual arrangements with
the Fund’s current service providers. The Trust further notes that a footnote explaining the foregoing has been added below the
Fees and Expenses table.
Principal
Investment Strategies
2. Please
clarify briefly using plain English principles, what the phrase “a minimum 100% return
target threshold” means. Supplementally provide your analysis for how such disclosure
is not a “representation of future performance” as that term is used in Rule
156(b).
Response:
The Trust confirms that the reference to a “minimum 100% return target threshold” has been removed from the Prospectus.
3. Briefly
clarify using plain English principles the meaning of the phrase: “applying a 5% –
20% conviction driven weighting to each portfolio investment.”
Response:
The Trust confirms that the foregoing language has been clarified to read substantially as follows:
The
Sub-Adviser weights securities within the portfolio based on fundamental risk-return characteristics for each individual security. Typically,
20-40 companies are held within the Fund’s portfolio, with portfolio weights of holdings ranging from 2% to 6% based on the Sub-Adviser’s
analysis of risk-return profile of each security.
4. Briefly
clarify using plain English principles the meaning of the phrase: “New positions in
the Fund will generally start at 25% to 30% of their target weights.”
Response:
The Trust confirms that the foregoing language has been clarified to read substantially as follows:
Typically,
the Fund will initially invest between 25% and 30% of the planned total investment in a new position, buying in several stages over time
to seek to take advantage of dollar cost averaging.
5. Please
revise the Fund’s 80% test to use the phrase “at least 80%” per the Names
Rule.
Response:
The Trust confirms that the Fund’s 80% test has been revised to read as follows:
The
Fund will invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes, in
equity securities, including common stocks, partnership interests, and other equity investments or ownership interests in business enterprises.
In addition, the Fund may invest up to 95% of its net assets in such securities.
6. Please
describe more fully how the Fund will execute its covered call strategy (e.g., how will the
Fund select securities on which to write calls on and how will it select strike prices) and
how will this affect the Fund’s returns.
Response:
The Trust confirms that the Prospectus has been bolstered to describe more fully how the Fund will execute its covered call strategy
and how the Fund will select strike prices. In particular, the Fund’s Prospectus will include language that is substantially similar
to the following:
The
Sub-Adviser intends to use covered calls when it expects certain securities to trade within a specific range for a set period. This approach
aims to generate income and provide protection against unique event risks. The Sub-Adviser will select strike prices based on its estimation
of the intrinsic value of the security.
7. Please
balance the disclosure explaining the benefits to the Fund of covered call investing with
disclosure of downsides, particularly with the Fund’s ability to obtain long-term growth
of capital. Please explain how the Fund’s covered call strategy fits within the Fund’s
overall strategy, and how it will decide when and how much of the portfolio to allocate to
covered calls.
Response:
The Trust confirms that additional disclosure that provides balance to the Fund’s covered call strategy has been added to the Prospectus.
Principal
Investment Risks
8. For
the Sector Risks disclosure, we note that financial and healthcare sectors are not listed
in the principal strategy section. Please clarify why these are principal risks, or revise
the principal strategy as appropriate.
Response:
The Trust confirms that references to the financial and healthcare sectors has been added to the Fund’s principal investment strategy
disclosure.
9. If
Cryptocurrency Risk is a principal risk of the Fund, please clarify in more detail in the
principal strategy section how cryptocurrency is part of the Fund’s strategy. We may
have further comments. Please delay effectiveness until we have resolved all comments. To
the extent that exposure to cryptocurrency is not a principal risk of the Fund, remove it
from the Item 4 disclosure.
Response:
The Trust respectfully notes that the Fund’s principal investment strategy disclosure states “The Fund will not directly
invest in cryptocurrency and does not currently intend to invest in any entity whose primary business purpose is to provide exposure
to cryptocurrency, but may have indirect exposure by investing in companies with exposure to cryptocurrency.” To seek to further
clarify the Fund’s strategy, additional language has been added to the Prospectus. As a result, the entire reference will read
substantially as follows:
The
Fund will not directly invest in cryptocurrency and does not currently intend to invest in any entity whose primary business purpose
is to provide exposure to cryptocurrency, but may have indirect exposure by investing in companies with exposure to cryptocurrency. That
is, the Fund may invest in companies whose businesses are related to crypto assets or crypto asset infrastructure.
If
you have any questions or require further information, please contact Michael Pellegrino at (844) 986-7700 (Extension 746) or mpellegrino@tidalfg.com.
Sincerely,
/s/ Michael
Pellegrino
Michael
Pellegrino
General
Counsel
Tidal
Investments LLC
Appendix
A
Clockwise
Core Equity & Innovation ETF
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.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses(1) (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management
Fee
0.95%
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees
None
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses(2)(3)
0.00%
Other
Expenses(2)
0.05%
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.00%
(1)
The Fund’s adviser will pay, or require a sub-adviser to pay, all of the Fund’s expenses, except for the following: advisory and sub-advisory fees, interest charges on any borrowings made for investment purposes, 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”), litigation expenses, and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.
(2)
Other
Expenses are restated from the Predecessor Fund’s (defined below) expenses based on contractual arrangements with the Fund’s
current service providers.
(3)
Acquired Fund Fees and
Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee
table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s Financial Highlights because the financial statements include only
the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.
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 holder 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:
1
Year
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
$102
$318
$552
$1,225