

Elevation Series Trust - TrueShares S&P Autocallable High Income ETF
$25.35+0.06 (+0.24%)
- 0.74%
- $36M
- 0M sh
- $25.18
- low $19.96high $26.76
The ETF.net PAYH Grade
Score 34 out of 100
- 22 of 24
Score 34 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C48 out of 100Rank 12 of 24Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F14 out of 100Rank 23 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D27 out of 100Rank 22 of 24Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C42 out of 100Rank 18 of 24
Our read on PAYH
DAutocallable notes are usually a private-bank product. PAYH packages that payoff into an ETF: an index of synthetic autocallables on a volatility-targeted S&P 500 futures index, with monthly income as the stated goal.
The Fund seeks to generate high monthly income while reducing downside risk through exposure to an index tracking a synthetic portfolio of autocallable notes linked to a custom volatility index.
Why people hold it
- An autocallable-style income strategy in a plain 1940 Act ETF wrapper: no private-bank minimums, no note paperwork, just a ticker.
- Rules-based, not discretionary. It tracks an index of synthetic autocallable notes rather than leaning on a trader's judgment about when to write options.
- The reference index, S&P 500 Futures 35% Intraday VT 4% Decrement, is engineered for note pricing: a volatility target that dials exposure, plus a fixed annual drag that funds a richer coupon.
- The mandate is unusually specific for an income fund: high monthly income paired with reduced downside risk, both written into the objective.
Worth knowing
- At 0.74% it sits above autocallable rival ATCL (0.65%) and the cheaper names at the top of the options-income group, so the coupon has more fee to clear.
- Launched at the end of 2025 and still small, it trades lightly, so there is no full-cycle record and spreads can run wider than the category's household names.
- Monthly income is the goal, not a guarantee: autocallable coupons hinge on where the reference index sits, so payouts can arrive unevenly.
PAYH Holdings
- Other
- 5
- 287%
- Recv Us Large Cap High Income Autocallable Index
PAYH Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | PAYH |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | +4.4% |
| 3 months | +5.0% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | PAYH |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% |
PAYH in the news


Category Review
The largest alternatives fund has no one-year record




PAYH Dividends
- $0.35 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
PAYH Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
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How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.99
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
PAYH Cost
- The middle half of Other Index Option Income funds
- Median 0.73%
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