| WP TRUST |
| IPS STRATEGIC CAPITAL ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND |
| SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
| May 31, 2021 (Unaudited) |
| | | Shares | | Fair Value |
| EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 71.86% | | | | |
| | | | | |
| EQUITY FUNDS - 71.86% | | | | | | | | |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (a) | | | 110,000 | | | | 46,381,500 | |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | | | 1 | | | | 420 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $40,479,109) | | | | | | | 46,381,920 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| OPTIONS PURCHASED (Cost $2,991,474) - 3.33% (b) | | | | | | | 2,152,548 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 11.13% | | | | | | | | |
| Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund - Institutional Shares, 0.01% (c) (e) | | | 7,180,859 | | | | 7,180,859 | |
| TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (Cost $7,180,859) | | | | | | | 7,180,859 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $50,651,442) – 86.32% | | | | | | $ | 55,715,327 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| OPTIONS WRITTEN (Proceeds $775,332) - (0.72)% (d) | | | | | | | (464,097 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
| OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF OTHER LIABILITIES, NET - 14.40% | | | | | | | 9,293,831 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| NET ASSETS - 100% | | | | | | $ | 64,545,061 | |
| (a) | All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral for options written. |
| (b) | Please refer to the Schedule of Options Purchased for details of options purchased. |
| (c) | Rate shown represents the 7-day effective yield at May 31, 2021, is subject to change and resets daily. |
| (d) | Please refer to the Schedule of Options Written for details of options written. |
| (e) | A copy of the Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund - Institutional Shares annual report can be found at http://www.federatedinvestors.com. |
| | |
ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
| WP TRUST |
| IPS STRATEGIC CAPITAL ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND |
| SCHEDULE OF FUTURES CONTRACTS |
| May 31, 2021 (Unaudited) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Number of Contracts | | Expiration | | Initial
Notional Amount | | Notional Value | | Unrealized Appreciation |
| FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED LONG - 1.43% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E-mini S&P 500 Futures 1 | | | 67 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | $ | 13,156,855 | | | $ | 14,077,897 | | | $ | 921,042 | |
| TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED LONG | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 921,042 | |
| 1 | Each futures contract is equivalent to 50 units of the underlying index. All futures are non-income producing. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
| WP TRUST |
| IPS STRATEGIC CAPITAL ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND |
| SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS PURCHASED |
| May 31, 2021 (Unaudited) |
| OPTIONS PURCHASED - 3.33% | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Notional | | Exercise | | | | |
| | | Contracts 2 | | Amount | | Price | | Expiration | | Fair Value |
| PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED - 3.33% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 33 | | | $ | 13,398,000 | | | $ | 4,060 | | | | 6/11/2021 | | | $ | 29,304 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 21 | | | | 8,820,000 | | | | 4,200 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | | 96,600 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 17 | | | | 6,621,500 | | | | 3,895 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | | 11,067 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 17 | | | | 6,349,500 | | | | 3,735 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | | 5,780 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 33 | | | | 13,084,500 | | | | 3,965 | | | | 6/25/2021 | | | | 49,896 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 33 | | | | 13,233,000 | | | | 4,010 | | | | 7/2/2021 | | | | 83,886 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 135 | | | | 46,237,500 | | | | 3,425 | | | | 3/18/2022 | | | | 1,268,325 | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | 67 | | | | 22,780,000 | | | | 3,400 | | | | 3/18/2022 | | | | 607,690 | |
| TOTAL PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED (Cost $2,991,474) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,152,548 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED (Cost $2,991,474) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 2,152,548 | |
| 2 | Each option contract is equivalent to 100 units of the underlying index. All options are non-income producing. |
| | |
CBOE - Chicago Board of Options Exchange
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
| WP TRUST |
| IPS STRATEGIC CAPITAL ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND |
| SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN |
| May 31, 2021 (Unaudited) |
| OPTIONS WRITTEN - (0.72)% | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Notional | | Exercise | | | | |
| | | Contracts 2 | | Amount | | Price | | Expiration | | Fair Value |
| PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN - (0.72)% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (33 | ) | | $ | (13,711,500 | ) | | $ | 4,155 | | | | 6/11/2021 | | | $ | (58,245 | ) |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (17 | ) | | | (6,715,000 | ) | | | 3,950 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | | (16,405 | ) |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (17 | ) | | | (6,902,000 | ) | | | 4,060 | | | | 6/18/2021 | | | | (27,455 | ) |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (33 | ) | | | (13,596,000 | ) | | | 4,120 | | | | 6/25/2021 | | | | (108,570 | ) |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (33 | ) | | | (13,695,000 | ) | | | 4,150 | | | | 7/2/2021 | | | | (150,942 | ) |
| CBOE S&P 500 Index | | | (14 | ) | | | (5,866,000 | ) | | | 4,190 | | | | 7/16/2021 | | | | (102,480 | ) |
| TOTAL PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN (Proceeds $775,332) | | | | | | | | | | | | (464,097 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN (Proceeds $775,332) | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (464,097 | ) |
| 2 | Each option contract is equivalent to 100 units of the underlying index. All options are non-income producing. |
| | |
CBOE - Chicago Board of Options Exchange
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”). The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Fund is an investment company that follows the accounting and reporting guidance of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies.
Processes and Structure
The Fund’s Board has adopted guidelines for valuing securities and other derivative instruments including in circumstances in which market quotes are not readily available, and has delegated authority to IPS Strategic Capital, Inc. (the “Adviser”) to apply those guidelines in determining fair value prices, subject to review by the Board.
Hierarchy of Fair Value Inputs
The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:
| • | Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
| • | Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data. |
| • | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund's own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available. |
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
Fair Value Measurements
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund's major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.
Equity securities (common stock and ETFs) – Securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded, and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, ETFs, and the movement of the certain indexes of securities based on a statistical analysis of the historical relationship and that are categorized in level 2. Preferred stock and other equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are also categorized in level 2.
Money market funds – Money market funds are valued at their net asset value of $1.00 per share and are categorized as level 1.
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Derivative instruments – Listed derivatives, including options and futures, that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Derivatives held by the Fund for which no current quotations are readily available and which are not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean price and are categorized within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Derivatives that are thinly traded for which a mean price is not available are valued at the ask price or the bid price, whichever is available, and are categorized within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts include forward, swap, and option contracts related to interest rates; foreign currencies; credit standing of reference entities; equity prices; or commodity prices, and warrants on exchange-traded securities. Depending on the product and terms of the transaction, the fair value of the OTC derivative products can be modeled taking into account the counterparties' creditworthiness and using a series of techniques, including simulation models. Many pricing models do not entail material subjectivity because the methodologies employed do not necessitate significant judgments, and the pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets, as is the case of interest rate swap and option contracts. OTC derivative products valued using pricing models are categorized within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Fixed income securities – Fixed income securities, including government securities denominated in U.S. dollars, valued using market quotations in an active market, will be categorized as level 1 securities. However, they may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices more accurately reflect the fair value of such securities. A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices. These securities will generally be categorized as level 2 securities.
If the Adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when certain restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board and the Fair Valuation Committee. These securities will typically be categorized as level 3 securities.
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of
May 31, 2021.
| IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund |
| Financial and Derivative Instruments – Assets |
| Security Classification (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Totals |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | $ | 46,381,920 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 46,381,920 | |
| Put Options Purchased | | | 276,533 | | | | 1,876,015 | | | | — | | | | 2,152,548 | |
| Short-Term Investments | | | 7,180,859 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 7,180,859 | |
| Futures(2) | | | 921,042 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 921,042 | |
| Total Assets | | $ | 54,760,354 | | | $ | 1,876,015 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 56,636,369 | |
Derivative Instruments – Liabilities |
| Security Classification (1) | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Totals |
| Put Options Written | | $ | 464,097 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 464,097 | |
| Total Liabilities | | $ | 464,097 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 464,097 | |
(1) As of and during the three month period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund held no securities that were considered to be “level 3” securities (those valued using significant unobservable inputs). Therefore, a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (level 3) were used in determining fair value is not applicable.
(2) Amount represents net unrealized appreciation as presented in the Schedule of Futures Contracts.
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Options – The Fund’s option strategy consists of selling and purchasing put and call options on equity indices and exchange traded funds (“ETFs”). The sale of put options generates income for the Fund, but exposes it to the risk of declines in the value of the underlying assets. The risk in purchasing options is limited to the premium paid by the Fund for the options. The sale of call options generates income for the Fund, but may limit the Fund's participation in equity market gains. The Fund’s Adviser seeks to reduce the overall volatility of returns by managing a portfolio of options. When the Fund writes or purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium received or paid by the Fund is recorded as a liability or an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or proceeds from the sale in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or a loss on investment transactions.
Purchasing and selling put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Adviser to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By selling call options on equity securities or indices, the Fund gives up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the underlying securities above the strike prices of the sold call options, but continues to bear the risks of declines in the value of the markets, including the underlying indices for the puts as well, if different, as the securities that are held by the Fund. The premium received from the sold options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity indices over time.
The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a written option (also referred to as a short position) if the price of the written option instrument increases in value between the date when the Fund writes the option and the date on which the Fund purchases an offsetting position. The Fund’s losses are potentially large in a written put transaction and potentially unlimited in a written call transaction. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for a full listing of risks associated with these instruments.
Exchange-Traded Funds and Money Market Funds – The Fund may invest in ETFs and money market mutual funds ("MM Funds"). An ETF is a fund that may hold a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to track the performance of a securities index or sector of an index. ETFs are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value. An ETF portfolio is designed to track the performance of an index and it is possible the ETF's performance may not closely track its index. ETFs and MM Funds incur fees and expenses such as operating expenses, licensing fees, registration fees, trustees’ fees, and marketing expenses, and ETF and MM Fund shareholders, such as the Fund, pay their proportionate share of these expenses. Your cost of investing in the Fund will generally be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and MM Funds. By investing in the Fund, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying ETFs and MM Funds in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses.
Short Sales of Securities – The Fund may make short sales, which are transactions in which the Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security. To complete a short sale transaction, the Fund will borrow the security from a broker-dealer, which generally involves the payment of a premium and transaction costs. The Fund then sells the borrowed security to a buyer in the market. The Fund will then cover the short position by buying shares in the market either (i) at its discretion; or (ii) when called by the broker-dealer lender. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the broker-dealer lender any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan. In addition, the net proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker to the extent necessary to meet regulatory or other requirements, until the short position is closed out.
The Fund will incur a loss, unlimited in size, as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends, interest or expenses the Fund may be required to pay in connection with a short sale. When the Fund makes a short sale, the Fund will segregate liquid assets (such as cash, U.S. government securities, or equity securities) on the Fund’s books and/or in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian in an amount sufficient to cover the current value of the securities to be replaced as well as any dividends, interest and/or transaction costs due to the broker-dealer lender. In determining the amount to be segregated, any securities that have been sold short by the Fund will be marked to market daily. To the extent the market price of the security sold short increases and more assets are required to meet the Fund’s short sale obligations, additional assets will be segregated to ensure adequate coverage of the Fund’s short position obligations.
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
In addition, the Fund may make short sales “against the box” (i.e., when the Fund sells a security short when the Fund has segregated securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short, or securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities) and will hold such securities while the short sale is outstanding. The Fund will incur transaction costs, including interest, in connection with opening, maintaining, and closing short sales against the box.
Futures contracts – The Fund may use futures contracts and put and call options on equity indexes and ETFs to pursue its investment objective of total return. There is no guarantee such strategies will work. If the Fund is not successful in employing such instruments in managing its portfolio, its performance will be worse than if it did not invest in such instruments. Successful use by the Fund of futures contracts will be subject to its ability to correctly predict movements in the direction of the securities generally or of a particular market segment. In addition, the Fund will pay commissions and other costs in connection with such investments, which may increase the Fund’s expenses and reduce the return. In utilizing certain derivatives, the Fund’s losses are potentially unlimited. Derivative instruments may also involve the risk that other parties to the derivative contract may fail to meet their obligations, which could cause losses.
While futures contracts are generally liquid instruments, under certain market conditions they may become illiquid. As a result, the Fund may not be able to close out a position in a futures contract at a time that is advantageous. The price of futures can be highly volatile; using them could lower total return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the Fund’s initial investment in such contracts. The Fund’s use of derivatives may magnify losses for the Fund.
Derivative Transactions
As of May 31, 2021 portfolio securities valued at $21,082,500 were held in escrow by the custodian as cover for options written by the Fund.
The average monthly notional value of options contracts purchased and written by the Fund during the three month period ended May 31, 2021 were as follows:
Derivative Type | | Average Notional Value |
| Call Options Purchased | | $ | — | |
| Put Options Purchased | | | 164,180,500 | |
| Call Options Written | | | — | |
| Put Options Written | | | (33,390,500 | ) |
| Futures Contracts Purchased Long | | | 13,909,393 | |
| Futures Contracts Sold Short | | | — | |
As of May 31, 2021 the location on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for financial derivative instrument fair values is as follows:
| Assets | | Location | | Equity Contracts | | Total |
| Put options purchased | | Investments, at value | | $ | 2,152,548 | | | $ | 2,152,548 | |
| Net unrealized appreciation on futures contracts | | Schedule of futures contracts | | | 921,042 | | | | 921,042 | |
| Total Assets | | | | $ | 3,073,590 | | | $ | 3,073,590 | |
| Liabilities | | Location | | Equity Contracts | | Total |
| Put options written | | Options written, at value | | $ | 464,097 | | | $ | 464,097 | |
| Total Liabilities | | | | $ | 464,097 | | | $ | 464,097 | |
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives contracts entered into by the Fund during the three month period ended May 31, 2021, are recorded in the following locations in the Statement of Operations:
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | Location | | Equity Contracts | | Total |
| Call options purchased | | Options purchased | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
| Put options purchased | | Options purchased | | | (1,722,152 | ) | | | (1,722,152 | ) |
| Put option written | | Options written | | | 909,028 | | | | 909,028 | |
| Futures contracts | | Futures contracts | | | 286,700 | | | | 286,700 | |
| | | | | $ | (526,424 | ) | | $ | (526,424 | ) |
| Net realized gain (loss) on: | | Location | | Equity Contracts | | Total |
| Call options purchased | | Options purchased | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
| Put options purchased | | Options purchased | | | (5,536,469 | ) | | | (5,536,469 | ) |
| Call options written | | Options written | | | — | | | | — | |
| Put option written | | Options written | | | 4,458,592 | | | | 4,458,592 | |
| Future contracts | | Futures contracts | | | 1,104,708 | | | | 1,104,708 | |
| | | | | $ | 26,831 | | | $ | 26,831 | |
All open derivative positions at May 31, 2021 are reflected on the Fund's Schedule of Investments, Schedule of Options Purchased and Schedule of Options Written.
The following tables present the Fund’s asset and liability derivatives available for offset under a master netting arrangement as of May 31, 2021.
| Assets: | Gross Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statements of Assets & Liabilities |
| | | | | | | | Gross Amounts Not Offset in
the Statements of Assets and
Liabilities | | |
| | Gross Amounts
of Recognized Assets | | Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Financial Instruments
Pledged | | Cash
Collateral
Pledged | | Net Amount
of Assets |
| Options Purchased | | $ | 2,152,548 | (1) | | $ | — | | | $ | 2,152,548 | (1) | | $ | (464,097) | (2) | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,688,451 | |
| Futures Contracts | | | 921,042 | (3) | | | — | | | | 921,042 | (3) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 921,042 | |
| Total | | $ | 3,073,590 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 3,073,590 | | | $ | (464,097 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 2,609,493 | |
(1) Purchased options at value as presented in the Schedule of Options Purchased.
(2) The amount is limited to the derivative liability balance and accordingly does not include excess collateral pledged.
(3) Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Futures Contracts and included within deposits at broker for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
IPS Strategic Capital Absolute Return Fund
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
May 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
| Liabilities: | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Assets & Liabilities |
| | Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities | | Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | Financial Instruments Pledged | | Cash Collateral Pledged | | Net Amount of Liabilities |
| Options Written | | $ | (464,097 | )(1) | | $ | — | | | $ | (464,097 | )(1) | | $ | 464,097 | (2) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
| Total | | $ | (464,097 | )(1) | | $ | — | | | $ | (464,097 | )(1) | | $ | 464,097 | (2) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
(1) Written options at value as presented in the Schedule of Written Options.
(2) The amount is limited to the derivative liability balance and accordingly does not include excess collateral pledged.
TAX MATTERS
For U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the cost of securities owned, gross appreciation, gross depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments at May 31, 2021 were as follows:
| Cost | | Gross Appreciation | | Gross Depreciation | | Net Appreciation |
| $ | 49,812,516 | | | $ | 5,902,811 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 5,902,811 | |
The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments is primarily attributable to mark-to-market on 1256 contracts.
