DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 30, 2022

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Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

Direxion mRNA ETF

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

Direxion Work From Home ETF

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

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Table of Contents

Letter to Shareholders

   

4

   
Expense Example    

10

   
Allocation of Portfolio Holdings    

12

   
Schedules of Investments    

13

   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities    

29

   
Statements of Operations    

32

   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets    

35

   
Financial Highlights    

41

   
Notes to the Financial Statements    

43

   
Supplemental Information    

58

   
Board Review of Investment Advisory
Agreement
   

59

   
Trustees and Officers    

61

   

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Letter to Shareholders (Unaudited)

Dear Shareholders,

This Semi-Annual Report for the Direxion Shares exchange traded funds (the "ETFs") covers the period from November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022 (the "Semi-Annual Period").

Market Review:

Although global equities ended 2021 on a high note, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was beginning to spread, and the CPI index started to creep upward. The equity rally did not last into 2022, as the S&P 500 recorded its worst January since 2008, with value names outperforming growth names. Equity markets continued to decline through February 2022, further magnified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The S&P 500 posted its first monthly gain of the year in March 2022, but not all global markets followed suit. At the same time, Chinese markets were crashing, primarily due to renewed countrywide Covid-19 shut-downs. April 2022 was extremely volatile, with equity markets struggling both domestically and internationally.

In November 2021, the treasury yield curve flattened and appetite for bonds was weak. There was a slight shift in December 2021, as investors looked towards the debt markets as a safe haven against mounting inflationary pressures, but risk-off sentiment returned in 2022 as the Federal Reserve took a hawkish stance against the economic environment. The Russian invasion of Ukraine weakened the fixed income segment of the market further, especially in emerging market debt. The end of this period saw the treasury yield curve shift higher, hurting fixed income returns. The general economic sentiment was weak as CPI and inflation rose, geopolitical tensions continued, and the Federal Reserve raised rates.

Factors Affecting the ETFs Performance:

Benchmark Performance – The performance of each ETF's benchmark index, and the factors and market conditions implicitly affecting that index, are the primary factors driving ETF performance. The market conditions that affected the benchmark indexes during the past year are described in the Market Review section above.

Fees, Expenses, and Transaction Costs – Fees and expenses are listed in each ETF's prospectus and may be higher than many traditional index funds' fees, which cause a greater negative impact on ETF performance. Transaction costs are not included in the expense ratio of the ETFs.

The ETFs Performance Review:

The following discussion relates to the performance of the ETFs for the Semi-Annual Period. The performance of the ETFs for the Semi-Annual Period is important primarily for understanding whether the ETFs meet their investment goals. All ETF returns are NAV (net asset value) returns.

Non-Leveraged ETFs

The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF seeks to provide total returns that exceed that of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index over a complete market cycle. The Auspice Broad Commodity Index attempts to capture upward trends in the commodity markets while minimizing risk during down trends. The Auspice Broad Commodity Index will use a quantitative methodology to track either long or flat positions in a diversified portfolio of 12 different commodity futures contracts, or "components", which cover the energy, metal, and agricultural sectors. It attempts to incorporate dynamic risk management and contract rolling methods. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Auspice Broad Commodity Index returned 16.01%, while the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF returned 15.64%.

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Commodities have rallied in an otherwise bear market, primarily due to inflation. In particular, the energy and agriculture holdings the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF performed extremely well. Heating oil futures were up 128.12% and natural gas futures were up 116.31% over the Semi-Annual Period. The performance for metals was more muted, with silver down 4.26%, gold up 6.36%, and copper essentially flat. The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF had strong performance despite overall market volatility.

The Direxion Fallen Knives ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Indxx US Fallen Knives Index. The Indxx US Fallen Knives Index is designed by Indxx, LLC to consist of U.S equity securities that have experienced considerable share price declines over the prior year and have financial health, suggesting that the security has potential for share price recovery in the future. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Indxx US Fallen Knives Index returned -29.59%, while the Direxion Fallen Knives ETF returned -29.70%.

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO), a grocery store owner and operator, was one of the top performers during the Semi-Annual, with a total return of 44.69%. Coupa Software Inc. (COUP) was one of the bottom performers that has a significant portfolio weight, losing -63.72% this period. Almost 50% of the Direxion Fallen Knives ETF's portfolio is held in health care, which experienced losses as a sector.

The Direxion Hydrogen ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Indxx Hydrogen Economy Index. The Indxx Hydrogen Economy Index tracks the performance of companies that provide goods and/or services related to the Hydrogen Industry, including hydrogen generation and storage, fuel cells, hydrogen stations, and hydrogen-based vehicles. The Index includes domestic securities as well as securities listed on various foreign markets, including among others, Japan and South Korea. The Index is reconstituted annually and rebalanced quarterly. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Indxx Hydrogen Economy Index returned -28.98%, while the Direxion Hydrogen ETF returned -28.93%.

Idemitsu Kosan (5019 JP Equity) was one of the top performers, while Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) brought up the rear for the Direxion Hydrogen ETF. Two of the biggest names in the hydrogen industry, Plug Power (PLUG) and Bloom Energy (BE), also experienced significant losses during the Semi-Annual Period. However, hydrogen is gaining momentum as an important source for the global energy transition.

The Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Solactive Two Bucks Index. The Solactive Two Bucks Index is an equal-weighted index provided by Solactive AG that is designed to measure the performance of U.S.-listed securities with relatively low trading prices. The Index Provider begins with the Solactive GBS United States All Cap Index and applies certain requirements that vary depending on the quarter at which the Index is rebalanced in order to select a total of 50 securities. The Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly in February, May, August, and November. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Solactive Two Bucks Index returned -28.51%, while the Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF returned -28.33%.

Nextier Oilfield Solutions (NEX) and RPC Inc. (RES) both experienced significant gains of 138.73% and 89.38%, respectively, during the Semi-Annual Period. However, the majority of the Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF's portfolio posted negative returns, which outweighed these substantial gains. Despite losses, roughly 40% of the portfolio is held in the energy sector, which has potential for strong returns moving forward.

The Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the S&P Kensho Moonshots Index. The S&P Kensho Moonshots Index is comprised of 50 U.S. companies that pursue innovative technologies that have the potential to disrupt existing technologies and/or industries (i.e., moonshot innovators) and are considered to have the highest "early-stage composite innovation scores" which is determined based off a natural language processing review of the constituent company's latest annual regulatory filing for the use of words and phrases that are related to innovation. The Index is modified equal-weighted, reconstituted annually, and rebalanced semi-annually. For the Semi-Annual Period, the S&P Kensho Moonshots Index returned -52.54%, while the Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF returned -52.37%.

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Some more well-known names, such as Dropbox and Yelp, experienced losses during the Semi-Annual Period, in line with the overall holdings of the Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF. Tech names have had difficulties recently, and IT companies make up roughly 50% of the portfolio.

The Direxion mRNA ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the BITA Messenger RNA Technology Index. The BITA Messenger RNA Technology Index provides exposure to the performance of companies, publicly listed in the United States, Canada and Europe, that are leading the development and application of messenger RNA ("mRNA") technology. mRNA is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid ("RNA") molecule that is complementary to one of the DNA strands of a gene. mRNA plays a vital role in protein synthesis in the human body, and mRNA technologies leverage this vital role to enable targeted cells to produce proteins that enable the body to fight or prevent a given disease. As an example, mRNA technology is the basis for certain COVID-19 vaccines. Eligible companies must meet certain conditions as specified by the Index Provider as well as market capitalization and liquidity requirements. Index constituents are weighted based on a modified free float market capitalization and reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. Since the Fund's inception on December 9, 2021, the BITA Messenger RNA Technology Index returned -42.33%, while the Direxion mRNA ETF returned -42.40%.

The top performer during the Semi-Annual Period was Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), which returned 32.24% and has a portfolio weight of 9.25%, the highest weighted stock in the Direxion mRNA ETF. Well-known bio tech companies Moderna (MRNA) and Bio N Tech (BNTX) experienced almost identical losses of roughly -52%. Gritstone Bio (GRTS) was the worst performer, losing -79.03% since the Fund's inception, with a weight of 3.55%. For the most part, the healthcare sector has struggled during the Period, which has translated to poor fund performance, but many companies have interesting projects upcoming. For example, Bio N Tech is in a trial for pancreatic cancer treatment.

The Direxion Nanotechnology ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the S&P Kensho Extended Nanotechnology Index. The S&P Kensho Extended Nanotechnology Index, a subsector index within the S&P Kensho New Economy Index Series, is designed to measure the performance of U.S. listed securities, including depositary receipts, of companies involved in the nanotechnology industry. The Index Provider defines nanotechnology as the creation and/or manipulation of matter at the molecular (or smaller) level. The Index includes companies that produce nanomaterials or provide systems, products and services that allow for construction, measurement, simulation or manipulation of nanomaterials. Since the Fund's inception on November 23, 2021, the S&P Kensho Extended Nanotechnology Index returned -39.24%, while the Direxion Nanotechnology ETF returned -39.36%.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ) was the top performer, returning 17.94%. However, many other names in the healthcare sector, which makes up nearly 70% of the Direxion Nanotechnology ETF, did not fare as well during the Semi-Annual Period. Well-known Moderna (MRNA) returned -60.14% and Bio N Tech (BNTX) returned -49.41% during the six month period, each with a portfolio weight of roughly 2.5%. Bruker Corp. (BRKR) is the top holding, making up 10.47% of the portfolio, and lost -29.13% this period.

The Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index. The NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index is the equal weighted version of the NASDAQ-100 Index® which includes approximately 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ® Stock Market based on market capitalization selected by NASDAQ, Inc., the index provider. Equal weighting is a method of weighting index stocks whereby the same exposure is provided to both the smallest and largest companies included in the Index. The Index is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually. For the Semi-Annual Period, the NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index returned -17.67%, while the Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares returned -17.86%.

The Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares slightly outperformed the NASDAQ-100® , with the later returning -18.90%. Some of the top performers during the Semi-Annual Period were well-known consumer names, such as Kraft Heinz and Dollar Tree, returning 18.63% and 46.67%, respectively. Exelon also performed well, returning 23.59%. The IT sector had a rough six months, with names like Netflix, PayPal, and Docusign losing -60% to -70%.

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The Direxion Work From Home ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Solactive Remote Work Index. The Solactive Remote Work Index is comprised of U.S. listed securities and ADRs of companies that provide products and services in at least one of the following business segments that facilitate the ability of people to work from home: remote communications, cyber security, online project and document management, and cloud computing technologies ("WFH Industries"). The Index consists of 40 companies, namely, the top 10 ranked companies in each of the four WFH Industries. The Index is equal weighted at each semi-annual reconstitution and rebalance date. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Solactive Remote Work Index returned -26.43%, while the Direxion Work From Home ETF returned -26.40%.

Plantronics (POLY), a headset company, was the top performer during the Semi-Annual Period, returning 38.07%. Names such as Ring Central (RNG) and Docusign (DOCU) were among bottom performers, falling -66.38% and -70.86%, respectively. Names in the IT sector make up 86.48% of the Direxion Work From Home ETF, and tech generally had a tough six months.

The Direxion World Without Waste ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Indxx US Circular Economy Index. The Indxx US Circular Economy Index tracks the performance of 50 US-listed companies that are representative of the transformative shift from the linear model of economy to a circular one. The index includes five sub-themes central to the circular economy, providing investors access to the shifting paradigm in growing segments such as biofuels, solar power, and waste management, along with collaboration and content sharing platforms. Companies that cumulatively derive revenue greater than, or equal to, 50% from categories comprising a sub-theme, are 'pure-play' companies. All of the 'pure-play' companies from the sub-themes will form the selection list. The top 10 companies from each sub-theme, by largest total market capitalization, will form the final index. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Indxx US Circular Economy Index returned -31.40%, while the Direxion World Without Waste ETF returned -31.55%.

US Ecology (ECOL), a waste collection and management company, was the top performer during the Semi-Annual Period, gaining 44.24%. Well-known names in tech such as Shopify, Netflix, Etsy, and Zoom were all down between roughly 60%-70%, contributing more greatly to the Direxion World Without Waste ETF's performance.

Relative Weight ETFs

The Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index. Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index measures the performance of a portfolio that has 150% long exposure to the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the "Long Component") and 50% short exposure to the Russell 1000® Value Index (the "Short Component"). On a monthly basis, the index will rebalance such that the weight of the Long Component is equal to 150% and the weight of the Short Component is equal to 50% of the index value. In tracking the index, the Fund seeks to provide a vehicle for investors looking to efficiently express a growth over value investment view by overweighting exposure to the Long Component and shorting exposure to the Short Component. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index returned -24.42%, while the Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF returned -24.76%.

The Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index. The Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index measures the performance of a portfolio that has 150% long exposure to the Russell 1000® Value Index (the "Long Component") and 50% short exposure to the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the "Short Component"). On a monthly basis, the index will rebalance such that the weight of the Long Component is equal to 150% and the weight of the Short Component is equal to 50% of the index value. In tracking the index, the Fund seeks to provide a vehicle for investors looking to efficiently express a value over growth investment view by overweighting exposure to the Long Component and shorting exposure to the Short Component. For the Semi-Annual Period, the Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index returned 3.35%, while the Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF returned 2.86%.

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As always, we thank you for using the Direxion Shares ETFs and we look forward to our mutual success.

Best Regards,

 

 

Patrick Rudnick

 

Corey Noltner

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

An investor should carefully consider a Fund's investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. A Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Direxion Shares. To obtain a Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus call 866-476-7523 or visit our website at direxion.com. A Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate. An investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns for performance under one year are cumulative, not annualized. For the most recent month-end performance please visit the Fund's website at direxion.com.

Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the Fund's future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Because of ongoing market volatility, Fund performance may be subject to substantial short-term changes. For additional information, see the Fund's prospectus.

Shares of the Direxion Shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from a Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 pm EST (when NAV is normally calculated) and do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Fund returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Some performance results reflect expense reimbursements or recoupments and fee waivers in effect during certain periods shown. Absent these reimbursements or recoupments and fee waivers, results would have been less favorable.

Futures Contract: an agreement traded on an organized exchange to buy or sell assets, especially commodities or shares, at a fixed price but to be delivered and paid for later.

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF – Commodities and futures generally are volatile and are not suitable for all investors. The value of a commodity-linked derivative investment typically is based upon the price movements of a physical commodity and may be affected by changes in overall market movements, volatility of the Index, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. Commodity linked derivatives also may be subject to credit and interest rate risks that in general affect the values of debt securities. The Fund's investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in securities or other investments, including risk related to leverage, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund's other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation and legal restrictions. The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. Futures contracts are typically exchange traded contracts that call for the future delivery of an asset at a certain price and date, or cash settlement of the terms of the contract. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund. There may be an imperfect correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts. There may not be a liquid secondary market for the futures contracts.

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Under amended regulations promulgated by the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), the Fund and the Subsidiary are considered commodity pools, and therefore each is subject to regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC rules. The Adviser is registered as a commodity pool operator ("CPO") and will manage both the Fund and Subsidiary in accordance with CFTC rules, as well as the rules that apply to registered investment companies, which includes registering both the Fund and the Subsidiary as commodity pools. Registration as a commodity pool subjects the registrant to additional laws, regulations and enforcement policies, all of which may potentially increase compliance costs and may affect the operations and financial performance of the Fund or the Subsidiary. Additionally, the Subsidiary's positions in futures contracts may have to be liquidated at disadvantageous times or prices to prevent the Fund from exceeding any applicable position limits established by the CFTC. Such actions may subject the Fund to substantial losses.

Direxion Relative Weight ETFs Risks – Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. The ETFs' investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in or shorting securities or other investments. There is no guarantee that the returns on an ETF's long or short positions will produce high, or even positive returns and the ETF could lose money if either or both of the ETF's long and short positions produce negative returns. Please see the summary and full prospectuses for a more complete description of these and other risks of the ETFs.

Direxion Shares Risks – An investment in the ETFs involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. The ETFs are non-diversified and include risks associated with concentration that results from an ETF's investments in a particular industry or sector which can increase volatility. The use of derivatives such as futures contracts and swaps are subject to market risks that may cause their price to fluctuate over time. The ETFs do not attempt to, and should not be expected to, provide returns which are a multiple of the return of their respective index for periods other than a single day. For other risks including leverage, correlation, daily compounding, market volatility and risks specific to an industry or sector, please read the prospectus.

The views of this letter were those of the Adviser as of April 30, 2022 and may not necessarily reflect his views on the date this letter is first published or anytime thereafter. These views are intended to help shareholders in understanding the ETFs' present investment methodology and do not constitute investment advice.

Distributed by: Foreside Fund Services, LLC

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Expense Example (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, for purchasing and selling shares and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on initial investments of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held the entire period (November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022).

Actual expenses

The first line under each Fund in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing Fund costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Expense Example (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

    Annualized
Expense Ratio
  Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2021
  Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2022
  Expenses Paid
During Period
November 1, 2021
to April 30, 2022*
 
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.88

%

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,156.40

   

$

4.71

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.88

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,020.43

     

4.41

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

703.00

     

2.11

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.32

     

2.51

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

710.70

     

1.91

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.56

     

2.26

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

716.70

     

2.13

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.32

     

2.51

   

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Expense Example (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

    Annualized
Expense Ratio
  Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2021
  Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2022
  Expenses Paid
During Period
November 1, 2021
to April 30, 2022*
 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.65

%

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

476.30

   

$

2.38

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.65

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,021.57

     

3.26

   

Direxion mRNA ETF2

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.65

%

   

1,000.00

     

576.00

     

2.01

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.65

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,017.04

     

2.57

   

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF1

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.65

%

   

1,000.00

     

606.40

     

2.27

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.65

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,018.95

     

2.86

   

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.35

%

   

1,000.00

     

821.40

     

1.58

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.35

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,023.06

     

1.76

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

736.00

     

1.94

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.56

     

2.26

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

684.50

     

2.09

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.50

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.32

     

2.51

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

752.40

     

1.96

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.56

     

2.26

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

 

Based on actual fund return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,028.60

     

2.26

   

Based on hypothetical 5% return

   

0.45

%

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.56

     

2.26

   

*  Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days (the number of days in the period of November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022), then divided by 365.

1  Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period from November 23, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022, multiplied by 159 days (the number of days since commencement of operations to April 30, 2022), then divided by 365.

2  Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period from December 9, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022, multiplied by 143 days (the number of days since commencement of operations to April 30, 2022), then divided by 365.

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Allocation of Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

   

Cash*

  Common
Stocks
  Investment
Companies
 

Futures

 

Swaps

 

Total

 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

   

97

%

   

     

     

3

%

   

     

100

%

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

2

%

   

98

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

1

%

   

99

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

0

%**

   

100

%

   

     

     

     

100

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

13

%

   

     

97

%

   

     

(10

)%

   

100

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

12

%

   

     

90

%

   

     

(2

)%

   

100

%

 

*  Cash, cash equivalents and other assets less liabilities.

**  Percentage is less than 0.5%.

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Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 94.3%

 

Money Market Funds - 94.3%

 
 

405,335,661

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (a)
 

$

405,335,661

   
    TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $405,335,661)
 

$

405,335,661

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $405,335,661) - 94.3%
 

$

405,335,661

   
    Other Assets in Excess of
Liabilities - 5.7%
   

24,621,775

   
   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

429,957,436

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(b)  $20,448,813 of cash is pledged as collateral for futures contracts.

  

  

Long Futures Contracts (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Reference Entity

 

Expiration
Date

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Notional
Amount

 

Variation
Margin
Receivable/
(Payable), net

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Copper

 

7/27/22

   

244

   

$

26,891,850

   

$

(150,625

)

 

$

(1,889,051

)

 

Corn

 

12/14/22

   

800

     

30,050,000

     

(19,875

)

   

6,493,920

   

Cotton No. 2

 

12/7/22

   

478

     

29,174,730

     

(691,510

)

   

3,879,213

   

Gasoline RBOB

 

10/31/22

   

143

     

16,921,905

     

(111,359

)

   

(409,692

)

 

Gold

 

6/28/22

   

246

     

47,027,820

     

495,690

     

(586,983

)

 

Natural Gas

 

3/29/23

   

382

     

17,335,160

     

648,390

     

1,461,128

   

NY Harbor ULSD

 

5/31/22

   

97

     

16,366,073

     

35,478

     

4,723,842

   

Silver

 

7/27/22

   

248

     

28,625,400

     

(117,600

)

   

(1,957,848

)

 

Soybean

 

11/14/22

   

442

     

33,475,975

     

(136,563

)

   

3,433,575

   

Sugar #11

 

4/28/23

   

2185

     

45,958,416

     

48,104

     

(2,222,145

)

 

Wheat

 

12/14/22

   

341

     

18,043,162

     

(421,250

)

   

(1,029,966

)

 

WTI Crude Oil

 

2/21/23

   

152

     

13,541,680

     

(123,830

)

   

(833,168

)

 
           

$

323,412,171

   

$

(544,950

)

 

$

11,062,825

   

All futures contracts held by Direxion BCS Fund Ltd. See Note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 100.0%

     

Accommodation - 4.1%

     
 

3,986

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)

 

$

141,223

   

Administrative and Support Services - 2.2%

     
 

12,333

   

MultiPlan Corporation (a)

   

54,635

   
 

7,111

   

Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)(b)

   

21,404

   
     

76,039

   

Ambulatory Health Care Services - 1.8%

     
 

10,735

   

Invitae Corp. (a)

   

57,003

   
 

1,177

   

Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (a)

   

3,966

   
     

60,969

   

Chemical Manufacturing - 28.0%

     
 

1,828

   

ADC Therapeutics SA (a)(b)

   

21,516

   
 

13,009

   

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

92,104

   
 

3,462

   

Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (a)

   

31,296

   
 

2,078

   

Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

15,710

   
 

2,251

   

Generation Bio Co. (a)

   

14,249

   
 

2,559

   

Gossamer Bio, Inc. (a)

   

17,683

   
 

5,729

   

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

210,598

   
 

1,150

   

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

30,693

   
 

1,491

   

ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

   

4,950

   
 

3,307

   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

116,836

   
 

2,439

   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

76,877

   
 

2,447

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

176,967

   
 

2,752

   

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

69,158

   
 

2,082

   

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

61,294

   
 

2,002

   

uniQure N.V. ADR (Netherlands) (a)

   

29,910

   
     

969,841

   

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 1.3%

     
 

552

   

LendingTree, Inc. (a)

   

43,840

   

Food and Beverage Stores - 4.1%

     
 

4,225

   

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)(b)

   

142,256

   

Food Manufacturing - 5.5%

     
 

1,913

   

McCormick & Co, Inc.

   

192,390

   

Hospitals - 0.0%

     
 

558

   

Ontrak, Inc. (a)

   

664

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 1.6%

     
 

1,631

   

Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)

   

57,167

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods - 5.1%

     
 

3,030

   

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

93,021

   
 

3,530

   

Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

84,120

   
     

177,141

   

Mining (except Oil and Gas) - 2.0%

     
 

10,975

    NovaGold Resources Inc.
ADR (Canada) (a)
   

68,265

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 5.4%

     
 

8,079

   

Cerus Corp. (a)

   

37,325

   
 

2,444

   

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

   

123,837

   
 

9,989

   

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

   

27,270

   
     

188,432

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries - 1.9%

     
 

18,246

   

iQIYI, Inc. ADR (China) (a)

 

$

64,956

   

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - 2.3%

     
 

18,981

    YPF Sociedad Anónima ADR
(Argentina) (a)
   

80,479

   

Printing and Related Support Activities - 0.9%

     
 

3,399

   

Arko Corp.

   

31,509

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 9.5%

     
 

3,517

   

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

29,367

   
 

2,798

   

Alteryx, Inc. (a)

   

179,632

   
 

3,014

   

Kura Oncology, Inc. (a)

   

43,251

   
 

1,566

   

Model N, Inc. (a)

   

40,465

   
 

763

   

Simulations Plus, Inc.

   

35,602

   
     

328,317

   

Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 18.3%

     
 

6,134

   

21Vianet Group, Inc. ADR (China) (a)

   

36,620

   
 

1,845

   

Citrix Systems, Inc.

   

184,684

   
 

1,569

   

Coupa Software, Inc. (a)

   

135,405

   
 

5,135

   

Fastly, Inc. (a)

   

81,647

   
 

1,596

   

Splunk, Inc. (a)

   

194,744

   
     

633,100

   

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 5.1%

     
 

4,772

   

Canoo Inc. (a)(b)

   

22,905

   
 

4,364

   

GDS Holdings Ltd. ADR (China) (a)(b)

   

137,117

   
 

5,208

   

Hyliion Holdings Corp. (a)

   

16,718

   
     

176,740

   

Telecommunications - 0.7%

     
 

1,090

   

Bandwidth Inc. (a)

   

24,111

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 0.2%

     
 

4,528

   

XL Fleet Corp. (a)

   

6,339

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $5,253,991)
 

$

3,463,778

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

Schedule of Investments, continued (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 10.6%

 

Money Market Funds - 10.6%

 
 

367,947

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

367,947

   
    TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $367,947)
 

$

367,947

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,621,938) - 110.6% (e)
 

$

3,831,725

   
    Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (10.6)%
   

(368,343

)

 
   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

3,463,382

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

  Less than 0.005%.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Hydrogen ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 98.1%

     

Chemical Manufacturing - 44.8%

     
 

16,027

   

Air Liquide S.A. (France) (a)

 

$

2,795,523

   
 

6,332

   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   

1,482,131

   
 

55,812

   

Air Water, Inc. (Japan) (a)

   

741,374

   
 

158,032

   

Cell Impact AB (Sweden) (a)

   

294,010

   
 

52,322

    Doosan Fuel Cell Co., Ltd
(South Korea) (a)
   

1,451,769

   
 

358,194

   

ITM Power (United Kingdom) (a)(b)

   

1,490,339

   
 

7,626

   

Linde PLC (Ireland) ADR

   

2,379,007

   
 

60,603

   

McPhy Energy SAS (France) (a)(b)

   

1,119,472

   
 

51,098

    Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.
(Japan) (a)
   

921,705

   
 

837,439

    PTT Global Chemical PCL
(Thailand) (a)
   

1,222,539

   
 

55,488

   

Showa Denko K.K. (Japan) (a)

   

1,082,264

   
     

14,980,133

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 7.9%

     
 

142,784

   

Bloom Energy Corp.

   

2,650,071

   

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing - 15.1%

     
 

153,838

    Chung-Hsin Electric & Machinery
Manufacturing Corp. (Taiwan) (a)
   

283,923

   
 

3,691

    Hyosung Heavy Industries
(South Korea) (a)
   

163,979

   
 

123,726

   

Plug Power, Inc. (b)

   

2,600,721

   
 

79,453

   

PowerCell Sweden AB (Sweden) (a)

   

1,185,708

   
 

6,466

   

SFC Energy AG (Germany) (a)(b)

   

175,308

   
 

6,680

   

VARTA AG (Germany) (a)

   

632,687

   
     

5,042,326

   

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction - 0.5%

     
 

7,483

   

SK D&D Co., Ltd. (South Korea) (a)

   

170,393

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 0.5%

     
 

5,555

   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

   

170,650

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 0.5%

     
 

42,219

    Hexagon Purus Holding AS
(Norway) (a)
   

165,494

   

Oil and Gas Extraction - 9.2%

     
 

167,035

    CIMC Enric Holdings Limited
(Hong Kong) (a)(b)
   

177,123

   
 

399,181

   

ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Japan) (a)

   

1,405,575

   
 

57,324

   

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (Japan) (a)

   

1,506,547

   
     

3,089,245

   

Primary Metal Manufacturing - 0.5%

     
 

93,001

    Kaori Heat Treatment Co., Ltd.
(Taiwan) (a)
   

168,803

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 7.6%

     
 

307,296

    Ballard Power Systems, Inc.
(Canada) ADR (b)
   

2,550,557

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Utilities - 11.5%

     
 

168,373

    Ceres Power Holdings PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
 

$

1,574,864

   
 

350,277

   

FuelCell Energy, Inc.

   

1,429,130

   
 

14,574

   

Korea Gas Corp. (South Korea) (a)

   

475,744

   
 

18,510

   

S-Fuelcell Co., Ltd (South Korea) (a)

   

352,221

   
     

3,831,959

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $42,933,407)
 

$

32,819,631

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 15.2%

     

Money Market Funds - 15.2%

     
 

5,072,575

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

5,072,575

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,072,575)
 

$

5,072,575

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $48,005,982) - 113.3%
 

$

37,892,206

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (13.3)%
   

(4,449,989

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

33,442,217

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.4%

     

Administrative and Support Services - 6.3%

     
 

23,652

    Arrival Group ADR
(United Kingdom) (a)
 

$

45,648

   
 

63,878

   

CarLotz, Inc. (a)

   

56,717

   
 

48,350

   

Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

   

48,834

   
 

18,541

   

MultiPlan Corporation (a)

   

82,137

   
     

233,336

   

Broadcasting (except Internet) - 2.0%

     
 

17,896

   

Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)

   

75,342

   

Chemical Manufacturing - 15.9%

     
 

67,318

   

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (a)

   

72,030

   
 

19,276

   

Amyris, Inc. (a)

   

66,117

   
 

21,715

   

Antares Pharma, Inc. (a)

   

120,844

   
 

26,763

   

CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

60,752

   
 

66,804

   

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

43,389

   
 

22,555

   

MannKind Corp. (a)

   

70,597

   
 

24,933

   

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

   

67,319

   
 

33,920

   

Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

82,765

   
     

583,813

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 3.3%

     
 

49,443

   

Orbital Energy Group, Inc. (a)(b)

   

58,837

   
 

45,110

   

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

63,154

   
     

121,991

   

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - 4.5%

     
 

22,969

   

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (a)

   

85,215

   
 

42,689

   

Hippo Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

80,255

   
     

165,470

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods - 4.2%

     
 

20,352

   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

78,559

   
 

37,885

    Endo International PLC ADR
(Ireland) (a)
   

75,770

   
     

154,329

   

Mining (except Oil and Gas) - 2.2%

     
 

18,699

   

Uranium Energy Corp. (a)(b)

   

79,471

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 1.9%

     
 

25,892

   

Accuray, Inc. (a)

   

68,873

   

Oil and Gas Extraction - 9.0%

     
 

11,064

   

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)

   

74,793

   
 

11,907

   

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

   

89,303

   
 

13,803

   

Tellurian, Inc. (a)

   

68,739

   
 

20,738

   

W&T Offshore, Inc. (a)

   

98,713

   
     

331,548

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 15.0%

     
 

37,885

   

22nd Century Group, Inc. (a)

   

72,360

   
 

25,148

    Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings,
Inc. (a)
   

61,864

   
 

38,383

   

ContextLogic, Inc. (a)

   

65,251

   
 

18,739

   

ironSource Ltd. ADR (Israel) (a)

   

71,770

   
 

12,610

   

NextDecade Corp. (a)(b)

   

70,490

   
 

28,506

   

Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

79,817

   
 

37,721

   

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. (a)(b)

   

56,959

   
 

28,978

   

Vinco Ventures, Inc. (a)(b)

   

71,865

   
     

550,376

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Real Estate - 7.2%

     
 

27,178

   

Diversified Healthcare Trust

 

$

61,151

   
 

37,885

   

Invesco Mortgage Capital (b)

   

65,920

   
 

23,976

   

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

   

77,203

   
 

50,008

   

VBI Vaccines Inc. ADR (Canada) (a)

   

62,510

   
     

266,784

   

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 18.7%

     
 

20,026

   

BGC Partners, Inc.

   

72,694

   
 

18,463

   

Desktop Metal, Inc. (a)

   

64,805

   
 

19,844

   

EQRx, Inc. (a)

   

102,990

   
 

20,837

   

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

60,427

   
 

25,220

    Grab Holdings Ltd. ADR
(Cayman Islands) (a)
   

74,399

   
 

19,447

   

Payoneer Global, Inc. (a)

   

81,288

   
 

24,652

   

Paysafe Ltd. ADR (United Kingdom) (a)

   

68,533

   
 

18,081

    Roivant Sciences Ltd. ADR
(Switzerland) (a)
   

66,719

   
 

34,454

   

Sharecare, Inc. (a)

   

94,404

   
     

686,259

   

Support Activities for Mining - 1.9%

     
 

18,861

   

Transocean Ltd. ADR (Switzerland) (a)

   

70,917

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 4.5%

     
 

45,580

   

REE Automotive Ltd. ADR (Israel) (a)

   

84,323

   
 

27,094

   

XOS, Inc. (a)

   

81,553

   
     

165,876

   

Water Transportation - 2.8%

     
 

40,144

    Nordic American Tankers Ltd.
(Bermuda) ADR
   

102,769

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $4,517,634)
 

$

3,657,154

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 12.5%

     

Money Market Funds - 12.5%

     
 

459,703

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

459,703

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $459,703)
 

$

459,703

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $4,977,337) - 111.9%
 

$

4,116,857

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (11.9)%
   

(437,248

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

3,679,609

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.6%

     

Administrative and Support Services - 2.1%

     
 

369,926

   

Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)(b)

 

$

1,113,477

   

Chemical Manufacturing - 4.0%

     
 

51,831

    Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings,
Inc. (a)(b)
   

1,004,485

   
 

323,020

   

ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,172,562

   
     

2,177,047

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 15.4%

     
 

75,657

   

908 Devices, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,342,912

   
 

239,721

   

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a)(b)

   

230,132

   
 

9,406

   

Ambarella Inc. ADR (a)

   

772,044

   
 

322,004

   

Canaan, Inc. ADR (a)(b)

   

1,223,615

   
 

284,670

   

MicroVision, Inc. (a)(b)

   

919,484

   
 

439,284

    Nano Dimension Ltd. ADR
(Israel) (a)(b)
   

1,247,567

   
 

196,181

   

Vuzix Corp. (a)(b)

   

1,014,256

   
 

101,913

   

Xperi Holdings, Corp.

   

1,589,843

   
     

8,339,853

   

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 1.8%

     
 

64,254

   

LendingClub Corp. (a)

   

979,874

   

Food Services and Drinking Places - 3.3%

     
 

54,695

   

Yelp, Inc. (a)

   

1,779,228

   

Management of Companies and Enterprises - 2.4%

     
 

1,425,375

    Ebang International Holdings,
Inc. ADR (a)(b)
   

1,325,599

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 4.9%

     
 

42,649

   

Agilysys, Inc. (a)

   

1,569,910

   
 

808,846

    OneConnect Financial Technology
Co. Ltd. ADR (a)
   

1,108,119

   
     

2,678,029

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 2.8%

     
 

1,445,589

   

Asensus Surgical, Inc. (a)

   

655,285

   
 

306,968

   

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

   

838,023

   
     

1,493,308

   

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing - 1.2%

     
 

430,928

   

View, Inc. (a)(b)

   

663,629

   

Primary Metal Manufacturing - 2.5%

     
 

9,961

   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

1,343,839

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 19.5%

     
 

134,894

   

A10 Networks, Inc.

   

1,926,286

   
 

532,188

    Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC
ADR (United Kingdom) ADR (a)
   

915,363

   
 

25,476

   

Asana, Inc. (a)

   

682,757

   
 

25,673

    Crispr Therapeutics AG ADR
(Switzerland) (a)
   

1,273,894

   
 

165,051

   

Gritstone bio, Inc. (a)

   

427,482

   
 

62,846

   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

1,980,906

   
 

64,837

   

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,996,980

   
 

283,490

    ProQR Therapeutics N.V. ADR
(Netherlands) (a)
   

196,459

   
 

102,890

   

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

   

637,918

   
 

51,181

   

Tusimple Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

530,747

   
     

10,568,792

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 9.9%

     
 

47,574

   

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

$

850,148

   
 

59,968

   

C3.ai, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,018,856

   
 

82,647

   

Dropbox, Inc. (a)

   

1,797,572

   
 

38,714

   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,672,445

   
     

5,339,021

   

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 15.5%

     
 

209,922

   

Aeva Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

688,544

   
 

297,998

   

Bit Mining Ltd. ADR (a)

   

497,657

   
 

264,030

   

Butterfly Network, Inc. (a)(b)

   

879,220

   
 

97,146

   

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,257,069

   
 

327,702

   

Desktop Metal, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,150,234

   
 

235,367

   

EOS Enegy Enterprises, Inc. (a)(b)

   

498,978

   
 

312,614

   

Ouster, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,034,752

   
 

103,518

   

Stem, Inc. (a)

   

742,224

   
 

370,598

   

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (a)

   

696,724

   
 

125,503

   

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

940,018

   
     

8,385,420

   

Support Activities for Mining - 3.3%

     
 

95,341

   

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

   

1,765,715

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 11.0%

     
 

141,058

    Ballard Power Systems, Inc. ADR
(Canada) (a)
   

1,170,781

   
 

710,200

    ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp.
ADR (Canada) (a)(b)
   

1,242,850

   
 

126,136

   

Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

   

1,560,302

   
 

196,931

   

Nikola Corp. (a)(b)

   

1,413,965

   
 

491,155

   

Romeo Power, Inc. (a)(b)

   

540,270

   
     

5,928,168

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $137,130,987)
 

$

53,880,999

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 32.9%

     

Money Market Funds - 32.9%

     
 

17,781,788

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

17,781,788

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $17,781,788)
 

$

17,781,788

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $154,912,775) - 132.5%
 

$

71,662,787

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (32.5)%
   

(17,592,980

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

54,069,807

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments, continued (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion mRNA ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.9%

     

Chemical Manufacturing - 63.2%

     
 

1,788

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

$

238,573

   
 

63,186

    Arbutus Biopharma Corp. ADR
(Canada) (a)
   

147,223

   
 

6,732

    Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings,
Inc. (a)
   

130,466

   
 

1,536

   

BeiGene Ltd. (a)

   

245,760

   
 

2,556

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

125,321

   
 

4,180

   

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

153,657

   
 

4,694

   

Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

144,247

   
 

29,577

   

Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

100,857

   
 

32,194

   

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

133,605

   
 

2,619

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

189,406

   
 

8,923

   

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

128,848

   
 

1,137

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

310,651

   
     

2,048,614

   

Management of Companies and Enterprises - 4.7%

     
 

8,922

   

CureVac N.V. ADR (Netherlands) (a)

   

152,477

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 32.0%

     
 

3,544

   

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

145,694

   
 

1,693

   

BioNTech SE ADR (Germany) (a)

   

234,955

   
 

82,347

   

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

86,464

   
 

16,689

   

Codex DNA, Inc. (a)

   

61,749

   
 

20,391

   

Enochian Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

156,807

   
 

46,117

   

Gritstone bio, Inc. (a)

   

119,443

   
 

1,714

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

230,379

   
     

1,035,491

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $4,820,865)
 

$

3,236,582

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.2%

     

Money Market Funds - 0.2%

     
 

5,257

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (b)
 

$

5,257

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,257)
 

$

5,257

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $4,826,122) - 100.1%
 

$

3,241,839

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (0.1)%
   

(1,227

)

 
        TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%  

$

3,240,612

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.9%

     

Chemical Manufacturing - 32.8%

     
 

1,720

   

Alkermes PLC ADR (Ireland) (a)

 

$

49,622

   
 

300

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

40,029

   
 

6,416

    Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings,
Inc. (a)
   

124,342

   
 

2,586

   

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

97,053

   
 

619

   

Cabot Corp.

   

40,761

   
 

8,889

   

Generation Bio Co. (a)

   

56,267

   
 

481

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

23,583

   
 

318

    Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC ADR
(Ireland) (a)
   

50,950

   
 

12,839

   

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

9,052

   
 

1,114

   

Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

3,799

   
     

495,458

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 41.6%

     
 

349

   

AMETEK, Inc.

   

44,065

   
 

20,756

   

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (a)

   

33,832

   
 

2,761

   

Bruker Corp.

   

158,730

   
 

172

   

Danaher Corp.

   

43,194

   
 

48,788

   

Nano Dimension Ltd. ADR (Israel) (a)

   

138,558

   
 

2,977

   

NeoPhotonics Corp. (a)

   

45,072

   
 

272

   

NVE Corp.

   

12,615

   
 

3,879

    Pacific Biosciences of California,
Inc. (a)
   

24,593

   
 

6,359

   

Seer, Inc. (a)

   

46,294

   
 

84

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

46,445

   
 

7,110

   

Vuzix Corp. (a)

   

36,759

   
     

630,157

   

Machinery Manufacturing - 7.9%

     
 

242

   

IDEX Corp.

   

45,936

   
 

78

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

36,329

   
 

388

   

Nova Ltd. ADR (Israel) (a)

   

38,261

   
     

120,526

   

Management of Companies and Enterprises - 0.5%

     
 

2,759

   

Clene, Inc. (a)

   

7,146

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 2.5%

     
 

120

   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

   

38,311

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods - 1.9%

     
 

4,085

   

PDS Biotechnology Corp. (a)

   

22,590

   
 

2,254

   

Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

6,965

   
     

29,555

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 5.2%

     
 

2,048

   

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

   

43,111

   
 

3,074

   

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

29,049

   
 

37,841

   

Surgalign Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

7,205

   
     

79,365

   

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 1.5%

     
 

4,114

   

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

22,380

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 6.0%

     
 

278

   

BioNTech SE ADR (Germany) (a)

   

38,581

   
 

303

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

40,726

   
 

15,350

   

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

11,763

   
     

91,070

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $2,450,324)
 

$

1,513,968

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.2%

 

Money Market Funds - 0.2%

 
 

2,338

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (b)
 

$

2,338

   
    TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,338)
 

$

2,338

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,452,662) - 100.1%
 

$

1,516,306

   
    Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (0.1)%
   

(724

)

 
   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

1,515,582

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.9%

     

Accommodation - 1.1%

     
 

35,757

    Marriott International, Inc.
Class A (a)
 

$

6,347,583

   

Administrative and Support Services - 3.0%

     
 

20,766

    Atlassian Corp. PLC ADR
(United Kingdom) (a)
   

4,668,820

   
 

28,516

   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

6,221,621

   
 

2,802

   

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

6,193,288

   
     

17,083,729

   

Apparel Manufacturing - 1.2%

     
 

19,312

   

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

   

6,848,615

   

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing - 3.4%

     
 

161,907

   

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

   

6,055,322

   
 

75,955

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

   

6,507,824

   
 

37,606

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

6,457,326

   
     

19,020,472

   

Broadcasting (except Internet) - 2.8%

     
 

10,605

   

Charter Communications, Inc. (a)

   

4,544,137

   
 

130,499

   

Comcast Corp. Class A

   

5,188,640

   
 

967,126

   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

5,802,756

   
     

15,535,533

   

Chemical Manufacturing - 7.6%

     
 

25,915

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

6,043,119

   
 

96,816

   

AstraZeneca PLC ADR (England)

   

6,428,582

   
 

29,356

   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

   

6,089,609

   
 

103,026

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

   

6,113,563

   
 

8,923

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

5,881,238

   
 

42,872

   

Seagen Inc. (a)

   

5,616,661

   
 

24,577

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

6,714,928

   
     

42,887,700

   

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores - 1.2%

     
 

65,594

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

6,544,313

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 17.1%

     
 

53,963

   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

   

4,614,916

   
 

37,455

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

5,782,303

   
 

37,338

   

Apple, Inc.

   

5,886,336

   
 

10,025

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

5,557,760

   
 

109,377

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

5,357,286

   
 

19,133

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

5,529,628

   
 

31,441

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

6,084,148

   
 

11,288

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

4,859,258

   
 

17,684

   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

   

5,245,959

   
 

129,017

   

Intel Corp.

   

5,623,851

   
 

85,828

   

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

4,984,890

   
 

79,201

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

5,163,905

   
 

77,086

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

5,256,494

   
 

23,144

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

4,292,518

   
 

31,821

    NXP Semiconductors N.V. ADR
(Netherlands)
   

5,438,209

   
 

39,757

   

Qualcomm, Inc.

   

5,553,655

   
 

45,290

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

5,131,357

   
 

33,989

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

5,786,627

   
     

96,149,100

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services - 2.9%

     
 

36,660

   

Airbnb, Inc. (a)

 

$

5,616,679

   
 

60,845

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

   

5,957,942

   
 

59,618

   

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

4,718,765

   
     

16,293,386

   

Food Manufacturing - 2.4%

     
 

99,532

   

Mondelez International, Inc.

   

6,417,823

   
 

162,725

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

6,936,967

   
     

13,354,790

   

Food Services and Drinking Places - 2.0%

     
 

15,289

   

Cintas Corp.

   

6,073,708

   
 

68,321

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

5,099,480

   
     

11,173,188

   

General Merchandise Stores - 2.1%

     
 

10,906

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

5,798,938

   
 

38,955

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

   

6,328,240

   
     

12,127,178

   

Health and Personal Care Stores - 1.0%

     
 

129,264

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

5,480,794

   

Machinery Manufacturing - 2.7%

     
 

45,304

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

4,999,297

   
 

9,008

    ASML Holding NV ADR
(Netherlands)
   

5,078,440

   
 

11,241

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

5,235,608

   
     

15,313,345

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 2.9%

     
 

47,368

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

5,383,373

   
 

105,786

   

Fastenal Co.

   

5,851,024

   
 

16,770

   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

   

5,353,990

   
     

16,588,387

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 2.6%

     
 

13,822

   

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

4,007,136

   
 

13,083

   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

   

5,345,452

   
 

21,098

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

   

5,048,751

   
     

14,401,339

   

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries - 0.5%

     
 

16,082

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

3,061,369

   

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers - 0.9%

     
 

8,869

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

5,379,492

   

Nonstore Retailers - 4.9%

     
 

1,895

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

4,710,269

   
 

109,284

   

eBay, Inc.

   

5,674,025

   
 

94,000

   

JD.com, Inc. ADR (China) (a)

   

5,796,040

   
 

5,160

   

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

   

5,023,931

   
 

143,704

   

Pinduoduo Inc. ADR (China) (a)

   

6,192,205

   
     

27,396,470

   

Other Information Services - 1.8%

     
 

1,124

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

   

2,565,181

   
 

1,118

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

   

2,570,651

   
 

41,080

   

Baidu, Inc. ADR (China) (a)

   

5,100,904

   
     

10,236,736

   

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries - 2.1%

     
 

77,734

   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

5,876,690

   
 

48,477

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

5,722,710

   
     

11,599,400

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

Schedule of Investments, continued (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 8.6%

     
 

66,745

    Cognizant Technology Solutions
Corp. Class A
 

$

5,399,670

   
 

28,275

   

Meta Platforms, Inc. (a)

   

5,668,289

   
 

34,216

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

4,598,973

   
 

35,080

   

Okta, Inc. (a)

   

4,185,395

   
 

10,611

   

Palto Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

   

5,955,742

   
 

47,777

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

6,054,779

   
 

27,737

   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

   

4,956,325

   
 

29,393

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc. Class A

   

5,997,642

   
 

27,487

   

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

   

5,572,714

   
     

48,389,529

   

Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 11.6%

     
 

13,504

   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

   

5,346,909

   
 

19,215

   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

   

5,297,383

   
 

28,705

   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

   

5,433,282

   
 

38,530

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

   

5,812,251

   
 

29,421

   

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,847,718

   
 

42,000

   

Datadog, Inc. (a)

   

5,072,760

   
 

64,094

   

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

   

5,191,614

   
 

12,762

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

5,344,088

   
 

20,379

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

5,655,580

   
 

47,820

   

Splunk, Inc. (a)

   

5,834,996

   
 

19,240

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

5,517,840

   
 

25,136

   

Workday, Inc. (a)

   

5,195,611

   
     

65,550,032

   

Rail Transportation - 1.0%

     
 

168,597

   

CSX Corp.

   

5,789,621

   

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 0.8%

     
 

238,485

   

Lucid Group, Inc. (a)(b)

   

4,311,809

   

Specialty Trade Contractors - 1.1%

     
 

67,885

   

NetEase.com, Inc. ADR (China)

   

6,471,477

   

Telecommunications - 2.8%

     
 

51,540

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

4,531,912

   
 

48,132

   

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

   

5,926,975

   
 

52,653

    Zoom Video Communications,
Inc. (a)
   

5,242,659

   
     

15,701,546

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 2.1%

     
 

69,043

   

Paccar, Inc.

   

5,734,021

   
 

6,756

   

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a)

   

5,882,855

   
     

11,616,876

   

Truck Transportation - 0.9%

     
 

18,642

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

5,221,997

   

Utilities - 4.8%

     
 

65,075

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

6,449,583

   
 

124,915

   

Constellation Energy Corp.

   

7,396,217

   
 

141,554

   

Exelon Corp.

   

6,621,896

   
 

88,991

   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

6,519,480

   
     

26,987,176

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $614,779,122)
 

$

562,862,982

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.0%

 

Money Market Funds - 2.0%

 
 

11,584,609

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

11,584,609

   
    TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $11,584,609)
 

$

11,584,609

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $626,363,731) - 101.9%
 

$

574,447,591

   
    Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (1.9)%
   

(10,851,954

)

 
   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

563,595,637

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Work From Home ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.8%

     

Administrative and Support Services - 7.0%

     
 

17,539

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (a)

 

$

1,702,861

   
 

5,978

    Atlassian Corp. PLC ADR
(United Kingdom) (a)
   

1,344,034

   
 

43,229

   

SentinelOne, Inc. (a)

   

1,438,229

   
     

4,485,124

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 21.9%

     
 

135,547

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

1,253,810

   
 

3,157

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

1,750,209

   
 

32,927

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

1,612,764

   
 

5,363

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

1,549,961

   
 

14,927

    International Business Machines
Corp.
   

1,973,499

   
 

27,322

   

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

1,586,862

   
 

22,797

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

1,669,880

   
 

65,515

   

Plantronics, Inc (a)

   

2,611,428

   
     

14,008,413

   

Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services - 1.9%

     
 

14,701

   

RingCentral, Inc. (a)

   

1,247,381

   

Electronics and Appliance Stores - 2.7%

     
 

35,070

   

Smartsheet, Inc. (a)

   

1,694,933

   

Management of Companies and Enterprises - 3.0%

     
 

99,402

    America Movil SAB de CV
Series L ADR (Mexico)
   

1,931,381

   

Nonstore Retailers - 2.4%

     
 

607

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

1,508,777

   

Other Information Services - 2.5%

     
 

688

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

   

1,570,147

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 14.2%

     
 

384,381

   

Inseego Corp. (a)(b)

   

1,095,486

   
 

8,883

   

Meta Platforms, Inc. (a)

   

1,780,775

   
 

67,824

   

Nutanix, Inc. (a)

   

1,697,635

   
 

10,120

   

Okta, Inc. (a)

   

1,207,417

   
 

3,175

   

Palto Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

   

1,782,064

   
 

7,267

   

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

   

1,473,311

   
     

9,036,688

   

Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 36.9%

     
 

3,925

   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,554,104

   
 

165,372

   

Agora, Inc. ADR (a)

   

1,218,791

   
 

71,110

   

Box, Inc. (a)

   

2,177,388

   
 

9,164

   

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,821,437

   
 

10,941

    CyberArk Software Ltd. ADR
Israel (a)
   

1,719,269

   
 

16,160

   

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

   

1,308,960

   
 

2,780,251

   

Exela Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

915,815

   
 

6,159

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

1,709,246

   
 

23,618

   

Oracle Corp.

   

1,733,561

   
 

86,234

   

Ping Identity Holding Corp. (a)

   

2,253,294

   
 

40,913

   

Progress Software Corp.

   

1,963,006

   
 

359,702

   

Tuya, Inc. ADR (a)

   

892,061

   
 

11,132

   

Twilio, Inc. (a)

   

1,244,780

   
 

99,830

   

Upland Software, Inc. (a)

   

1,489,463

   
 

7,443

   

Workday, Inc. (a)

   

1,538,468

   
     

23,539,643

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Telecommunications - 7.3%

     
 

144,442

   

8x8 Inc. (a)

 

$

1,324,533

   
 

92,212

   

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

   

1,840,552

   
 

15,204

    Zoom Video Communications,
Inc. (a)
   

1,513,862

   
     

4,678,947

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $76,255,604)
 

$

63,701,434

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.2%

     

Money Market Funds - 1.2%

     
 

794,494

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

794,494

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $794,494)
 

$

794,494

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $77,050,098) - 101.0%
 

$

64,495,928

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (1.0)%
   

(682,922

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

63,813,006

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DIREXION SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
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Direxion World Without Waste ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 99.7%

     

Administrative and Support Services - 8.0%

     
 

368

    Atlassian Corp. PLC ADR
(United Kingdom) (a)
 

$

82,737

   
 

948

   

Cloudflare, Inc. (a)

   

81,661

   
 

1,947

   

US Ecology, Inc (a)

   

93,436

   
 

579

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

95,211

   
     

353,045

   

Chemical Manufacturing - 2.0%

     
 

519

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

87,887

   

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 6.1%

     
 

4,716

   

Bloom Energy Corp. (a)

   

87,529

   
 

596

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

96,194

   
 

5,056

   

SunPower Corp. (a)

   

83,475

   
     

267,198

   

Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services - 2.1%

     
 

591

   

Airbnb, Inc. (a)

   

90,547

   

Machinery Manufacturing - 2.0%

     
 

2,122

   

Evoqua Water Technologies (a)

   

88,466

   

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 7.6%

     
 

7,762

   

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

   

86,314

   
 

786

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

89,329

   
 

5,509

   

KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)

   

80,762

   
 

1,721

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

78,529

   
     

334,934

   

Miscellaneous Store Retailers - 1.9%

     
 

917

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

85,455

   

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries - 1.8%

     
 

428

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

81,474

   

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers - 2.0%

     
 

57,644

   

Vroom, Inc. (a)(b)

   

89,925

   

Nonstore Retailers - 9.7%

     
 

2,643

   

CarGurus, Inc. (a)

   

86,373

   
 

1,705

   

eBay, Inc.

   

88,524

   
 

12,434

    Jumia Technologies AG ADR
(Germany) (a)
   

87,909

   
 

92

   

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

   

89,574

   
 

11,543

   

ThredUp, Inc. (a)(b)

   

76,068

   
     

428,448

   

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 8.4%

     
 

496

   

Meta Platforms, Inc. (a)

   

99,433

   
 

190

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

   

90,839

   
 

3,174

   

Snap, Inc. (a)

   

90,332

   
 

433

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc. Class A

   

88,354

   
     

368,958

   

Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 20.2%

     
 

224

   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

   

88,693

   
 

479

   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

   

90,665

   
 

445

   

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

88,448

   
 

767

   

Datadog, Inc. (a)

   

92,638

   
 

201

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

84,169

   
 

527

   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

   

92,721

   
 

194

   

Shopify, Inc. ADR (Canada) (a)

   

82,803

   

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

Publishing Industries (except Internet) (continued)

     
 

892

    Thomson Reuters Corp. ADR
(Canada)
 

$

89,164

   
 

502

   

Veeva Systems, Inc. (a)

   

91,339

   
 

440

   

Workday, Inc. (a)

   

90,948

   
     

891,588

   

Repair and Maintenance - 1.9%

     
 

2,812

    GFL Environmental Inc. ADR
(Canada)
   

84,726

   

Specialty Trade Contractors - 2.0%

     
 

4,440

   

Sunrun, Inc. (a)

   

88,711

   

Telecommunications - 2.1%

     
 

925

    Zoom Video Communications,
Inc. (a)
   

92,102

   

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation - 2.1%

     
 

2,948

   

Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

92,803

   

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 1.8%

     
 

93

   

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a)

   

80,981

   

Utilities - 11.9%

     
 

2,852

    Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
PLC ADR (United Kingdom)
   

88,127

   
 

1,897

   

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

84,910

   
 

1,255

   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

   

91,652

   
 

826

   

IDACORP, Inc.

   

86,879

   
 

1,287

   

NextEra Energy Partners LP

   

85,791

   
 

1,137

   

Ormat Technologies Inc. (b)

   

88,345

   
     

525,704

   

Waste Management and Remediation Services - 6.1%

     
 

1,068

   

Casella Waste Systems, Inc (a)

   

87,832

   
 

859

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

   

90,135

   
 

693

   

Republic Services, Inc.

   

93,049

   
     

271,016

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $5,316,576)
 

$

4,403,968

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.7%

     

Money Market Funds - 4.7%

     
 

207,931

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

207,931

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $207,931)
 

$

207,931

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,524,507) - 104.4%
 

$

4,611,899

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (4.4)%
   

(195,476

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

4,416,423

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion World Without Waste ETF

Schedule of Investments, continued (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

ADR - American Depository Receipt

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 97.4%

     
 

29,273

    iShares Russell 1000 Growth
ETF (a)(b)
 

$

7,135,294

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(Cost $8,663,217)
 

$

7,135,294

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 55.6%

     

Money Market Funds - 55.6%

     
 

3,214,185

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (c)(d)
 

$

3,214,185

   
 

855,979

    Goldman Sachs Financial Square
Treasury Instruments Fund
Institutional Shares, 0.34% (c)
   

855,979

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $4,070,164)
 

$

4,070,164

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $12,733,381) - 153.0% (e)
 

$

11,205,458

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (53.0)%
   

(3,880,686

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

7,324,772

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Shareholders may obtain the financial statements of these investment companies at www.sec.gov.

(b)  A portion of this security represents a security on loan.

(c)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(d)  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.

(e)  All or a portion of these securities have been segregated as collateral for swap contracts. Total value of securities segregated amounted to $5,250,304.

Long Total Return Swap Contracts (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Terms of Payments to be
Received at Termination
  Terms of Payments to be
Paid at Termination
 

Counterparty

  Termination
Date
 

Contracts

  Notional
Amount
  Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Total return of Russell 1000®
Growth Index
  0.7800% representing 1 month
SOFR rate + spread
  Credit Suisse
International
 

12/7/2022

   

1,570

   

$

4,655,637

   

$

(803,299

)

 

Short Total Return Swap Contracts (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Terms of Payments to be
Received at Termination
  Terms of Payments to be
Paid at Termination
 

Counterparty

  Termination
Date
 

Contracts

  Notional
Amount
  Unrealized
Appreciation
 
0.5800% representing
1 month SOFR rate + spread
  Total return of Russell 1000®
Value Index
  Credit Suisse
International
 

12/7/2022

   

2,377

   

$

3,794,704

   

$

100,056

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Shares

     

Fair Value

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 90.1%

     
 

163,210

   

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (a)

 

$

25,530,941

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(Cost $26,293,188)
 

$

25,530,941

   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 10.3%

     

Money Market Funds - 10.3%

     
 

2,795,982

    Dreyfus Government Cash
Management Institutional
Shares, 0.24% (b)
 

$

2,795,982

   
 

115,417

    Goldman Sachs Financial Square
Treasury Instruments Fund
Institutional Shares, 0.34% (b)
   

115,417

   
        TOTAL SHORT TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,911,399)
 

$

2,911,399

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $29,204,587) - 100.4% (c)
 

$

28,442,340

   
        Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets - (0.4)%
   

(114,602

)

 
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

$

28,327,738

   

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The geographic location of all investments is United States unless otherwise indicated.

(a)  Shareholders may obtain the financial statements of these investment companies at www.sec.gov.

(b)  Represents annualized seven-day yield at April 30, 2022.

(c)  All or a portion of these securities have been segregated as collateral for swap contracts. Total value of securities segregated amounted to $6,385,288.

Long Total Return Swap Contracts (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Terms of Payments to be
Received at Termination
  Terms of Payments to be
Paid at Termination
 

Counterparty

  Termination
Date
 

Contracts

  Notional
Amount
  Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Total return of Russell 1000®
Value Index
  0.9000% representing 1 month
SOFR rate + spread
  Credit Suisse
International
 

12/7/2022

   

11,007

   

$

17,680,344

   

$

(654,364

)

 

Short Total Return Swap Contracts (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

Terms of Payments to be
Received at Termination
  Terms of Payments to be
Paid at Termination
 

Counterparty

  Termination
Date
 

Contracts

  Notional
Amount
  Unrealized
Depreciation
 
0.4700% representing
1 month SOFR rate + spread
  Total return of Russell 1000®
Growth Index
  Credit Suisse
International
 

12/7/2022

   

5,774

   

$

14,164,973

   

$

(119

)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

    Direxion Auspice
Broad Commodity
Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
  Direxion Fallen
Knives ETF
  Direxion
Hydrogen ETF
  Direxion
Low Priced
Stock ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at fair value (including
securities loaned*) (Note 2)
 

$

405,335,661

   

$

3,831,725

   

$

37,892,206

   

$

4,116,857

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

5,058,832

     

     

     

   

Receivable for investments sold

   

     

     

1,683,156

     

1,161,014

   

Deposit at broker for futures contracts

   

20,448,813

     

     

     

   

Dividend and interest receivable

   

74,199

     

376

     

86,344

     

4,129

   

Tax reclaim receivable

   

     

     

13,600

     

   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

   

295,667

     

     

     

   

Total Assets

   

431,213,172

     

3,832,101

     

39,675,306

     

5,282,000

   

Liabilities:

 

Collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

   

     

367,128

     

5,072,575

     

448,181

   

Payable for investments purchased

   

     

     

1,095,416

     

1,152,536

   

Due to Adviser, net (Note 6)

   

170,824

     

1,432

     

12,176

     

1,507

   

Due to custodian

   

     

     

51,400

     

   

Due to broker for futures contracts

   

471,632

     

     

     

   

Variation margin payable

   

544,950

     

     

     

   

Accrued operating services fees (Note 6)

   

68,330

     

159

     

1,522

     

167

   

Total Liabilities

   

1,255,736

     

368,719

     

6,233,089

     

1,602,391

   

Net Assets

 

$

429,957,436

   

$

3,463,382

   

$

33,442,217

   

$

3,679,609

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Capital stock

 

$

359,550,817

   

$

5,294,954

   

$

46,011,467

   

$

5,484,255

   

Total distributable earnings (loss)

   

70,406,619

     

(1,831,572

)

   

(12,569,250

)

   

(1,804,646

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

429,957,436

   

$

3,463,382

   

$

33,442,217

   

$

3,679,609

   

Calculation of Net Asset Value Per Share:

 

Net assets

 

$

429,957,436

   

$

3,463,382

   

$

33,442,217

   

$

3,679,609

   
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares
of beneficial interest authorized,
par value)
   

12,750,001

     

75,001

     

1,950,002

     

550,001

   
Net assets value, redemption price
and offering price per share
 

$

33.72

   

$

46.18

   

$

17.15

   

$

6.69

   

Cost of Investments

 

$

405,335,661

   

$

5,621,938

   

$

48,005,982

   

$

4,977,337

   

*  Securities loaned with values of $–, $364,968, $7,430,906 and $409,282, respectively. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

    Direxion
Moonshot
Innovators ETF
  Direxion
mRNA ETF
  Direxion
Nanotechnology
ETF
  Direxion
NASDAQ-100®
Equal Weighted
Index Shares
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at fair value (including
securities loaned*) (Note 2)
 

$

71,662,787

   

$

3,241,839

   

$

1,516,306

   

$

574,447,591

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

     

     

     

15,637

   

Receivable for investments sold

   

     

87,471

     

     

   

Dividend and interest receivable

   

17,606

     

     

210

     

105,763

   

Total Assets

   

71,680,393

     

3,329,310

     

1,516,516

     

574,568,991

   

Liabilities:

 

Collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

   

17,577,290

     

     

     

10,787,296

   

Payable for investments purchased

   

     

86,650

     

     

   

Due to Adviser, net (Note 6)

   

30,735

     

1,890

     

862

     

159,478

   

Accrued operating services fees (Note 6)

   

2,561

     

158

     

72

     

26,580

   

Total Liabilities

   

17,610,586

     

88,698

     

934

     

10,973,354

   

Net Assets

 

$

54,069,807

   

$

3,240,612

   

$

1,515,582

   

$

563,595,637

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Capital stock

 

$

191,313,447

   

$

5,089,053

   

$

2,500,025

   

$

542,479,209

   

Total distributable earnings (loss)

   

(137,243,640

)

   

(1,848,441

)

   

(984,443

)

   

21,116,428

   

Net Assets

 

$

54,069,807

   

$

3,240,612

   

$

1,515,582

   

$

563,595,637

   

Calculation of Net Asset Value Per Share:

 

Net assets

 

$

54,069,807

   

$

3,240,612

   

$

1,515,582

   

$

563,595,637

   
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares
of beneficial interest authorized, par value)
   

3,400,001

     

225,001

     

100,001

     

8,150,002

   
Net assets value, redemption price
and offering price per share
 

$

15.90

   

$

14.40

   

$

15.16

   

$

69.15

   

Cost of Investments

 

$

154,912,775

   

$

4,826,122

   

$

2,452,662

   

$

626,363,731

   

*  Securities loaned with values of $16,822,313, $–, $– and $10,460,277, respectively. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

    Direxion
Work From
Home ETF
  Direxion
World Without
Waste ETF
  Direxion Russell
1000® Growth Over
Value ETF
  Direxion Russell
1000® Value Over
Growth ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at fair value (including
securities loaned*) (Note 2)
 

$

64,495,928

   

$

4,611,899

   

$

11,205,458

   

$

28,442,340

   

Receivable for investments sold

   

     

382,425

     

     

   

Dividend and interest receivable

   

393

     

508

     

711

     

119

   

Due from broker for swap contracts

   

     

     

14,668

     

2,434,000

   

Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts

   

     

     

100,056

     

   

Total Assets

   

64,496,321

     

4,994,832

     

11,320,893

     

30,876,459

   

Liabilities:

 

Collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

   

657,015

     

204,534

     

2,867,955

     

   

Payable for investments purchased

   

     

371,840

     

     

   

Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts

   

     

     

803,299

     

654,483

   

Due to Adviser, net (Note 6)

   

23,378

     

1,832

     

3,251

     

9,221

   

Due to broker for swap contracts

   

     

     

321,210

     

1,883,864

   

Accrued operating services fees (Note 6)

   

2,922

     

203

     

406

     

1,153

   

Total Liabilities

   

683,315

     

578,409

     

3,996,121

     

2,548,721

   

Net Assets

 

$

63,813,006

   

$

4,416,423

   

$

7,324,772

   

$

28,327,738

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Capital stock

 

$

73,869,453

   

$

5,780,395

   

$

11,910,632

   

$

29,646,174

   

Total distributable loss

   

(10,056,447

)

   

(1,363,972

)

   

(4,585,860

)

   

(1,318,436

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

63,813,006

   

$

4,416,423

   

$

7,324,772

   

$

28,327,738

   

Calculation of Net Asset Value Per Share:

 

Net assets

 

$

63,813,006

   

$

4,416,423

   

$

7,324,772

   

$

28,327,738

   
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares
of beneficial interest authorized,
par value)
   

1,125,001

     

225,001

     

75,001

     

475,001

   
Net assets value, redemption price
and offering price per share
 

$

56.72

   

$

19.63

   

$

97.66

   

$

59.64

   

Cost of Investments

 

$

77,050,098

   

$

5,524,507

   

$

12,733,381

   

$

29,204,587

   

*  Securities loaned with values of $624,164, $188,711, $2,686,125 and $–, respectively. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022

    Direxion Auspice
Broad Commodity
Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
  Direxion Fallen
Knives ETF
  Direxion
Hydrogen ETF
  Direxion
Low Priced
Stock ETF
 

Investment Income:

 
Dividend income (net of foreign
withholding tax of $—, $—,
$36,603 and $—, respectively)
 

$

   

$

2,891

   

$

190,031

   

$

16,688

   

Interest income

   

131,867

     

2

     

5

     

3

   

Securities lending income

   

     

1,395

     

74,547

     

10,529

   

Total investment income

   

131,867

     

4,288

     

264,583

     

27,220

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 6)

   

775,868

     

9,267

     

74,896

     

9,366

   

Operating services fees (Note 6)

   

310,347

     

1,030

     

9,362

     

1,041

   

Excise tax

   

281,127

     

     

     

   

Total Expenses

   

1,367,342

     

10,297

     

84,258

     

10,407

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

(1,235,475

)

   

(6,009

)

   

180,325

     

16,813

   
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investments:
 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment securities

   

     

(34,554

)

   

(1,962,305

)

   

(685,064

)

 

Foreign currency translation

   

     

     

(30,368

)

   

   

In-kind redemptions

   

     

     

(46,225

)

   

   

Futures contracts

   

51,061,633

     

     

     

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

51,061,633

     

(34,554

)

   

(2,038,898

)

   

(685,064

)

 
Change in net unrealized
depreciation on:
 

Investment securities

   

     

(1,456,274

)

   

(11,480,111

)

   

(789,561

)

 

Foreign currency translation

   

     

     

(4,277

)

   

   

Futures contracts

   

(4,259,431

)

   

     

     

   

Change in net unrealized depreciation

   

(4,259,431

)

   

(1,456,274

)

   

(11,484,388

)

   

(789,561

)

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   

46,802,202

     

(1,490,828

)

   

(13,532,286

)

   

(1,474,625

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
 

$

45,566,727

   

$

(1,496,837

)

 

$

(13,342,961

)

 

$

(1,457,812

)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022

    Direxion
Moonshot
Innovators ETF
  Direxion
mRNA ETF2
  Direxion
Nanotechnology
ETF1
  Direxion
NASDAQ-100®
Equal Weighted
Index Shares
 

Investment Income:

 
Dividend income (net of foreign
withholding tax of $—, $—, $—
and $7,302, respectively)
 

$

54,485

   

$

   

$

2,060

   

$

2,383,160

   

Interest income

   

96

     

3

     

3

     

308

   

Securities lending income

   

504,951

     

     

495

     

111,798

   

Total investment income

   

559,532

     

3

     

2,558

     

2,495,266

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 6)

   

269,750

     

8,252

     

5,284

     

743,302

   

Operating services fees (Note 6)

   

22,479

     

688

     

440

     

123,884

   

Total Expenses

   

292,229

     

8,940

     

5,724

     

867,186

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

267,303

     

(8,937

)

   

(3,166

)

   

1,628,080

   
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investments:
 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment securities

   

(11,961,893

)

   

(255,221

)

   

(44,921

)

   

(3,984,767

)

 

In-kind redemptions

   

(7,755,256

)

   

     

     

79,488,774

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(19,717,149

)

   

(255,221

)

   

(44,921

)

   

75,504,007

   
Change in net unrealized
depreciation on:
 

Investment securities

   

(46,882,667

)

   

(1,584,283

)

   

(936,356

)

   

(171,464,574

)

 
Change in net unrealized
depreciation
   

(46,882,667

)

   

(1,584,283

)

   

(936,356

)

   

(171,464,574

)

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

   

(66,599,816

)

   

(1,839,504

)

   

(981,277

)

   

(95,960,567

)

 
Net decrease in net assets
resulting from operations
 

$

(66,332,513

)

 

$

(1,848,441

)

 

$

(984,443

)

 

$

(94,332,487

)

 

1  Represents the period from November 23, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022.

2  Represents the period from December 9, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DIREXION SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
33


Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022

    Direxion
Work From
Home ETF
  Direxion
World Without
Waste ETF
  Direxion Russell
1000® Growth Over
Value ETF
  Direxion Russell
1000® Value Over
Growth ETF
 

Investment Income:

 
Dividend income (net of foreign
withholding tax of $—, $116,
$— and $—, respectively)
 

$

794,869

   

$

12,258

   

$

48,224

   

$

225,947

   

Interest income

   

55

     

4

     

503

     

777

   

Securities lending income

   

13,444

     

167

     

4,640

     

   

Total investment income

   

808,368

     

12,429

     

53,367

     

226,724

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 6)

   

179,640

     

12,088

     

33,845

     

59,148

   

Operating services fees (Note 6)

   

22,455

     

1,343

     

4,231

     

7,394

   

Interest expense

   

     

     

55

     

707

   

Total Expenses

   

202,095

     

13,431

     

38,131

     

67,249

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

606,273

     

(1,002

)

   

15,236

     

159,475

   
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investments:
 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment securities

   

(31,856

)

   

(439,007

)

   

(593,884

)

   

   

In-kind redemptions

   

3,105,688

     

     

199,093

     

2,181,474

   

Swap contracts

   

     

     

(472,270

)

   

1,590,172

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

3,073,832

     

(439,007

)

   

(867,061

)

   

3,771,646

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on:
 

Investment securities

   

(29,866,988

)

   

(1,643,556

)

   

(2,469,750

)

   

(3,518,617

)

 

Swap contracts

   

     

     

(1,011,753

)

   

538,961

   

Change in net unrealized depreciation

   

(29,866,988

)

   

(1,643,556

)

   

(3,481,503

)

   

(2,979,656

)

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   

(26,793,156

)

   

(2,082,563

)

   

(4,348,564

)

   

791,990

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
 

$

(26,186,883

)

 

$

(2,083,565

)

 

$

(4,333,328

)

 

$

951,465

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity
Strategy ETF (Consolidated)
 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

 
    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(1,235,475

)

 

$

(985,938

)

 

$

(6,009

)

 

$

65,774

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

51,061,633

     

26,159,862

     

(34,554

)

   

2,769,745

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
   

(4,259,431

)

   

14,721,431

     

(1,456,274

)

   

(462,436

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
   

45,566,727

     

39,895,355

     

(1,496,837

)

   

2,373,083

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

(30,825,354

)

   

     

(217,418

)

   

(535,643

)

 

Total distributions

   

(30,825,354

)

   

     

(217,418

)

   

(535,643

)

 

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

166,779,623

     

184,462,965

     

     

3,793,568

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(5,012,179

)

   

(14,894,665

)

   

     

(7,299,839

)

 

Transaction fees (Note 4)

   

17,681

     

21,425

     

     

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from capital transactions
   

161,785,125

     

169,589,725

     

     

(3,506,271

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

176,526,498

     

209,485,080

     

(1,714,255

)

   

(1,668,831

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

253,430,938

     

43,945,858

     

5,177,637

     

6,846,468

   

End of year/period

 

$

429,957,436

   

$

253,430,938

   

$

3,463,382

   

$

5,177,637

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

7,750,001

     

1,900,001

     

75,001

     

125,001

   

Shares sold

   

5,150,000

     

6,350,000

     

     

50,000

   

Shares repurchased

   

(150,000

)

   

(500,000

)

   

     

(100,000

)

 

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

12,750,001

     

7,750,001

     

75,001

     

75,001

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

 
    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
March 25, 20211
through
October 31, 2021
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
July 22, 20211
through
October 31, 2021
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

180,325

   

$

237,351

   

$

16,813

   

$

13,858

   

Net realized loss

   

(2,038,898

)

   

(509,003

)

   

(685,064

)

   

(272,685

)

 
Change in net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
   

(11,484,388

)

   

1,365,039

     

(789,561

)

   

(70,919

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
   

(13,342,961

)

   

1,093,387

     

(1,457,812

)

   

(329,746

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

(192,241

)

   

(127,435

)

   

(15,741

)

   

(1,347

)

 

Total distributions

   

(192,241

)

   

(127,435

)

   

(15,741

)

   

(1,347

)

 

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

13,995,842

     

40,248,269

     

     

5,483,755

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(8,232,644

)

   

     

     

   

Transaction fees (Note 4)

   

     

     

     

500

   
Net increase in net assets
resulting from capital transactions
   

5,763,198

     

40,248,269

     

     

5,484,255

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(7,772,004

)

   

41,214,221

     

(1,473,553

)

   

5,153,162

   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

41,214,221

     

     

5,153,162

     

   

End of year/period

 

$

33,442,217

   

$

41,214,221

   

$

3,679,609

   

$

5,153,162

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

1,700,002

     

     

550,001

     

   

Shares sold

   

650,000

     

1,700,002

     

     

550,001

   

Shares repurchased

   

(400,000

)

   

     

     

   

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

1,950,002

     

1,700,002

     

550,001

     

550,001

   

1  Commencement of operations.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

  Direxion
mRNA ETF
 
    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
November 12, 20201
through
October 31, 2021
  For the Period
December 9, 20211
through
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

267,303

   

$

1,076,890

   

$

(8,937

)

 

Net realized loss

   

(19,717,149

)

   

(22,705,046

)

   

(255,221

)

 

Change in net unrealized depreciation

   

(46,882,667

)

   

(36,367,321

)

   

(1,584,283

)

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

   

(66,332,513

)

   

(57,995,477

)

   

(1,848,441

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

(1,146,145

)

   

(680,526

)

   

   

Total distributions

   

(1,146,145

)

   

(680,526

)

   

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

9,462,316

     

383,639,876

     

5,088,553

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(39,729,162

)

   

(173,148,562

)

   

   

Transaction fees (Note 4)

   

     

     

500

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
   

(30,266,846

)

   

210,491,314

     

5,089,053

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(97,745,504

)

   

151,815,311

     

3,240,612

   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

151,815,311

     

     

   

End of year/period

 

$

54,069,807

   

$

151,815,311

   

$

3,240,612

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

4,500,001

     

     

   

Shares sold

   

350,000

     

9,325,001

     

225,001

   

Shares repurchased

   

(1,450,000

)

   

(4,825,000

)

   

   

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

3,400,001

     

4,500,001

     

225,001

   

1  Commencement of operations.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Direxion
Nanotechnology ETF
  Direxion NASDAQ-100®
Equal Weighted Index Shares
 
    For the Period
November 23, 20211
through
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(3,166

)

 

$

1,628,080

   

$

1,862,366

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(44,921

)

   

75,504,007

     

41,329,702

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

(936,356

)

   

(171,464,574

)

   

71,501,564

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

(984,443

)

   

(94,332,487

)

   

114,693,632

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

     

(16,017,487

)

   

(2,011,608

)

 

Total distributions

   

     

(16,017,487

)

   

(2,011,608

)

 

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

2,500,025

     

526,154,582

     

96,387,917

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

     

(284,473,145

)

   

(51,005,012

)

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital transactions

   

2,500,025

     

241,681,437

     

45,382,905

   

Total increase in net assets

   

1,515,582

     

131,331,463

     

158,064,929

   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

     

432,264,174

     

274,199,245

   

End of year/period

 

$

1,515,582

   

$

563,595,637

   

$

432,264,174

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

     

4,950,002

     

4,350,002

   

Shares sold

   

100,001

     

7,050,000

     

1,250,000

   

Shares repurchased

   

     

(3,850,000

)

   

(650,000

)

 

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

100,001

     

8,150,002

     

4,950,002

   

1  Commencement of operations.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

 
    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
December 17, 20201
through
October 31, 2021
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

606,273

   

$

410,492

   

$

(1,002

)

 

$

(3,562

)

 

Net realized gain (loss)

   

3,073,832

     

35,124,597

     

(439,007

)

   

491,440

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
   

(29,866,988

)

   

16,725,812

     

(1,643,556

)

   

730,948

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
   

(26,186,883

)

   

52,260,901

     

(2,083,565

)

   

1,218,826

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

(651,615

)

   

(1,572,820

)

   

(499,149

)

   

(84

)

 

Total distributions

   

(651,615

)

   

(1,572,820

)

   

(499,149

)

   

(84

)

 

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

1,987,577

     

31,133,230

     

780,370

     

5,000,025

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(21,825,849

)

   

(104,409,325

)

   

     

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from capital transactions
   

(19,838,272

)

   

(73,276,095

)

   

780,370

     

5,000,025

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(46,676,770

)

   

(22,588,014

)

   

(1,802,344

)

   

6,218,767

   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

110,489,776

     

133,077,790

     

6,218,767

     

   

End of year/period

 

$

63,813,006

   

$

110,489,776

   

$

4,416,423

   

$

6,218,767

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

1,425,001

     

2,475,001

     

200,001

     

   

Shares sold

   

25,000

     

475,000

     

25,000

     

200,001

   

Shares repurchased

   

(325,000

)

   

(1,525,000

)

   

     

   

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

1,125,001

     

1,425,001

     

225,001

     

200,001

   

1  Commencement of operations.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Direxion Russell 1000®
Growth Over Value ETF
  Direxion Russell 1000®
Value Over Growth ETF
 
    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
  Six Months Ended
April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
October 31, 2021
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

15,236

   

$

19,746

   

$

159,475

   

$

430,537

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(867,061

)

   

8,800,351

     

3,771,646

     

6,093,740

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
   

(3,481,503

)

   

(1,991,760

)

   

(2,979,656

)

   

3,465,318

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
   

(4,333,328

)

   

6,828,337

     

951,465

     

9,989,595

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Net distributions to shareholders

   

(17,726

)

   

(39,505

)

   

(195,629

)

   

(405,394

)

 

Total distributions

   

(17,726

)

   

(39,505

)

   

(195,629

)

   

(405,394

)

 

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

9,988,197

     

28,505,479

     

10,423,962

     

37,940,228

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(14,553,318

)

   

(49,034,243

)

   

(16,451,264

)

   

(33,707,431

)

 

Transaction fees (Note 4)

   

5,681

     

15,751

     

5,375

     

14,591

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from capital transactions
   

(4,559,440

)

   

(20,513,013

)

   

(6,021,927

)

   

4,247,388

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(8,910,494

)

   

(13,724,181

)

   

(5,266,091

)

   

13,831,589

   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year/period

   

16,235,266

     

29,959,447

     

33,593,829

     

19,762,240

   

End of year/period

 

$

7,324,772

   

$

16,235,266

   

$

28,327,738

   

$

33,593,829

   

Changes in shares outstanding

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of year/period

   

125,001

     

325,001

     

575,001

     

475,001

   

Shares sold

   

75,000

     

250,000

     

175,000

     

700,000

   

Shares repurchased

   

(125,000

)

   

(450,000

)

   

(275,000

)

   

(600,000

)

 

Shares outstanding, end of year/period

   

75,001

     

125,001

     

475,001

     

575,001

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

April 30, 2022

       

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS5

     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Year/
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)1
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)1,2
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on Investments3
  Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Net Asset
Value Resulting
from Operations
  Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
  Distributions
from
Realized
Capital Gains
  Distributions
from
Return
of Capital
  Total
Distributions
  Net
Asset
Value,
End of
Year/
Period
  Total
Return4
  Net
Assets,
End of
Year/
Period
(000's
omitted)
  Net
Expenses6
  Total
Expenses
  Net Investment
Income (Loss)
After Expense
Reimbursement
  Net
Expenses2,6
  Total
Expenses2
  Net Investment
Income (Loss)
After Expense
Reimbursement2
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate7
 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

32.70

   

$

(0.13

)

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

4.66

   

$

4.53

   

$

(3.51

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(3.51

)

 

$

33.72

     

15.64

%

 

$

429,957

     

0.88

%

   

0.88

%

   

(0.80

)%

   

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

(0.62

)%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

23.13

     

(0.20

)

   

(0.20

)

   

9.77

     

9.57

     

     

     

     

   

$

32.70

     

41.37

%

 

$

253,431

     

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

(0.67

)%

   

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

(0.67

)%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2020

 

$

23.53

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.29

)

   

(0.31

)

   

(0.06

)

   

     

(0.03

)

   

(0.09

)

 

$

23.13

     

-1.31

%

 

$

43,946

     

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

(0.10

)%

   

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

(0.10

)%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

$

24.58

     

0.35

     

0.35

     

(0.77

)

   

(0.42

)

   

(0.63

)

   

     

     

(0.63

)

 

$

23.53

     

-1.72

%

 

$

42,360

     

0.70

%

   

0.79

%

   

1.47

%

   

0.70

%

   

0.79

%

   

1.47

%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

$

23.82

     

0.20

     

0.20

     

0.72

     

0.92

     

(0.16

)

   

     

     

(0.16

)

 

$

24.58

     

3.84

%

 

$

52,847

     

0.70

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.80

%

   

0.70

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.80

%

   

0

%

 

For the Period March 30, 20178 through October 31, 2017

 

$

25.00

     

0.01

     

0.01

     

(1.19

)

   

(1.18

)

   

     

     

     

   

$

23.82

     

-4.72

%

 

$

11,911

     

0.70

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.07

%

   

0.70

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.07

%

   

0

%

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

69.03

     

(0.08

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(19.87

)

   

(19.95

)

   

     

(2.90

)

   

     

(2.90

)

 

$

46.18

     

-29.70

%

 

$

3,463

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.29

)%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.29

)%

   

11

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

54.77

     

0.50

     

0.50

     

17.99

     

18.49

     

(0.51

)

   

(3.72

)

   

     

(4.23

)

 

$

69.03

     

34.30

%

 

$

5,178

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.69

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.69

%

   

113

%

 

For the Period June 11, 20208 through October 31, 2020

 

$

50.00

     

0.07

     

0.07

     

4.74

     

4.81

     

(0.04

)

   

     

     

(0.04

)

 

$

54.77

     

9.63

%

 

$

6,846

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.32

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.32

%

   

115

%

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

24.24

     

0.10

     

0.10

     

(7.10

)

   

(7.00

)

   

(0.09

)

   

     

     

(0.09

)

 

$

17.15

     

-28.93

%

 

$

33,442

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.96

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.96

%

   

16

%

 

For the Period March 25, 20218 through October 31, 2021

 

$

25.00

     

0.16

     

0.16

     

0.16

     

0.32

     

(0.08

)

   

     

     

(0.08

)

 

$

24.24

     

1.37

%

 

$

41,224

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.21

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.21

%

   

55

%

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

9.37

     

0.03

     

0.03

     

(2.68

)

   

(2.65

)

   

(0.03

)

   

     

     

(0.03

)

 

$

6.69

     

-28.33

%

 

$

3,680

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.81

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.81

%

   

47

%

 

For the Period July 22, 20218 through October 31, 2021

 

$

10.00

     

0.03

     

0.03

     

(0.66

)

   

(0.63

)

   

(0.00

)9

   

     

     

(0.00

)9

 

$

9.37

     

-6.27

%

 

$

5,153

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.97

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

0.97

%

   

83

%

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

33.74

     

0.07

     

0.07

     

(17.61

)

   

(17.54

)

   

(0.30

)

   

     

     

(0.30

)

 

$

15.90

     

-52.37

%

 

$

54,070

     

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.59

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.59

%

   

42

%

 

For the Period November 12, 20208 through October 31, 2021

 

$

25.00

     

0.27

     

0.27

     

8.61

     

8.88

     

(0.14

)

   

     

     

(0.14

)

 

$

33.74

     

35.54

%

 

$

151,815

     

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.76

%

   

87

%

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

 

For the Period December 9, 20218 through April 30, 2022

 

$

25.00

     

(0.05

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(10.55

)

   

(10.60

)

   

     

     

     

   

$

14.40

     

-42.40

%

 

$

3,241

     

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

(0.65

)%

   

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

(0.65

)%

   

30

%

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

 

For the Period November 23, 20218 through April 30, 2022

 

$

25.00

     

(0.03

)

   

(0.03

)

   

(9.81

)

   

(9.84

)

   

     

     

     

   

$

15.16

     

-39.36

%

 

$

1,516

     

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

(0.36

)%

   

0.65

%

   

0.65

%

   

(0.36

)%

   

46

%

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

87.33

     

0.25

     

0.25

     

(15.55

)

   

(15.30

)

   

(0.23

)

   

(2.65

)

   

     

(2.88

)

 

$

69.15

     

-17.86

%

 

$

563,596

     

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.66

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.66

%

   

22

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

63.03

     

0.39

     

0.39

     

24.33

     

24.72

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.03

)

   

     

(0.42

)

 

$

87.33

     

39.30

%

 

$

432,264

     

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.49

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.49

%

   

30

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2020

 

$

51.32

     

0.38

     

0.38

     

11.72

     

12.10

     

(0.39

)

   

     

     

(0.39

)

 

$

63.03

     

23.69

%

 

$

274,199

     

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.67

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.67

%

   

35

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

$

43.27

     

0.39

     

0.39

     

8.04

     

8.43

     

(0.38

)

   

     

     

(0.38

)

 

$

51.32

     

19.59

%

 

$

215,563

     

0.35

%

   

0.44

%

   

0.82

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.44

%

   

0.82

%

   

28

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2018

 

$

41.90

     

0.31

     

0.31

     

1.37

     

1.68

     

(0.31

)

   

     

     

(0.31

)

 

$

43.27

     

3.98

%

 

$

179,574

     

0.35

%

   

0.49

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.49

%

   

0.68

%

   

27

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2017

 

$

33.44

     

0.28

     

0.28

     

8.44

     

8.72

     

(0.26

)

   

     

     

(0.26

)

 

$

41.90

     

26.16

%

 

$

144,561

     

0.35

%

   

0.52

%

   

0.73

%

   

0.35

%

   

0.52

%

   

0.73

%

   

31

%

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

77.54

     

0.46

     

0.46

     

(20.82

)

   

(20.36

)

   

(0.46

)

   

     

     

(0.46

)

 

$

56.72

     

-26.40

%

 

$

63,813

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.35

%

   

20

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

53.77

     

0.22

     

0.22

     

24.24

     

24.46

     

(0.27

)

   

(0.42

)

   

     

(0.69

)

 

$

77.54

     

45.69

%

 

$

110,490

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.31

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.31

%

   

35

%

 

For the Period June 25, 20208 through October 31, 2020

 

$

50.00

     

0.15

     

0.15

     

3.65

     

3.80

     

(0.03

)

   

     

     

(0.03

)

 

$

53.77

     

7.60

%

 

$

133,078

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.81

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.81

%

   

32

%

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

31.09

     

(0.00

)9

   

(0.00

)9

   

(9.25

)

   

(9.25

)

   

     

(2.21

)

   

     

(2.21

)

 

$

19.63

     

-31.55

%

 

$

4,416

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.04

)%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.04

)%

   

29

%

 

For the Period December 17, 20208 through October 31, 2021

 

$

25.00

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.02

)

   

6.11

     

6.09

     

(0.00

)9

   

     

     

(0.00

)9

 

$

31.09

     

24.36

%

 

$

6,219

     

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.07

)%

   

0.50

%

   

0.50

%

   

(0.07

)%

   

63

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

129.88

     

0.11

     

0.11

     

(32.24

)

   

(32.13

)

   

(0.09

)

   

     

     

(0.09

)

 

$

97.66

     

-24.76

%

 

$

7,325

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.18

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.18

%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

92.18

     

0.10

     

0.11

     

37.76

     

37.86

     

(0.16

)

   

     

     

(0.16

)

 

$

129.88

     

41.11

%

 

$

16,235

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.10

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.10

%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2020

 

$

61.55

     

0.35

     

0.36

     

30.60

     

30.95

     

(0.32

)

   

     

     

(0.32

)

 

$

92.18

     

50.43

%

 

$

29,959

     

0.47

%

   

0.47

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.47

%

   

12

%

 

For the Period January 16, 20198 through October 31, 2019

 

$

50.00

     

0.26

     

0.28

     

11.48

     

11.74

     

(0.19

)

   

     

     

(0.19

)

 

$

61.55

     

23.50

%

 

$

29,236

     

0.49

%

   

0.61

%

   

0.56

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.57

%

   

0.60

%

   

13

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

$

58.42

     

0.32

     

0.32

     

1.33

     

1.65

     

(0.43

)

   

     

     

(0.43

)

 

$

59.64

     

2.86

%

 

$

28,328

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.08

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.08

%

   

0

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2021

 

$

41.60

     

0.66

     

0.66

     

16.73

     

17.39

     

(0.57

)

   

     

     

(0.57

)

 

$

58.42

     

41.96

%

 

$

33,594

     

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.20

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.20

%

   

3

%

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2020

 

$

55.11

     

1.05

     

1.06

     

(13.54

)

   

(12.49

)

   

(1.02

)

   

     

     

(1.02

)

 

$

41.60

     

-23.00

%

 

$

19,762

     

0.46

%

   

0.46

%

   

2.24

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.45

%

   

2.25

%

   

0

%

 

For the Period January 16, 20198 through October 31, 2019

 

$

50.00

     

0.71

     

0.71

     

4.81

     

5.52

     

(0.41

)

   

     

     

(0.41

)

 

$

55.11

     

11.06

%

 

$

31,687

     

0.46

%

   

0.59

%

   

1.69

%

   

0.45

%

   

0.58

%

   

1.70

%

   

0

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

April 30, 2022

1  Net investment income (loss) per share represents net investment income divided by the daily average shares of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period.

2  Excludes interest expense and extraordinary expenses which comprise of tax and litigation expenses.

3  Due to the timing of sales and redemptions of capital shares, the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share will not equal the Fund's changes in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, in-kind redemptions, futures and swaps for the period.

4  Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. For the years ended October 31, 2016 through October 31, 2019, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed/waived by the investment advisor.

5  For periods less than a year, these ratios are annualized.

6  For the years ended October 31, 2016 through October 31, 2019, net expenses include affects of any reimbursement/waiver or recoupment.

7  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund's capital shares. Portfolio turnover rate does not include effects of turnover of the swap and future contracts portfolio. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 366 days are also excluded from portfolio turnover calculation.

8  Commencement of operations.

9  Between $(0.005) and $0.005.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)

April 30, 2022

1.  ORGANIZATION

The Direxion Shares ETF Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust formed on April 23, 2008 and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The Trust is a registered investment company that has 82 separate series (each, a "Fund" and together the "Funds"). 12 of these Funds are included in this report:

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

         

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

         

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

         

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

         

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

         

Direxion mRNA ETF

         

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

         

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

         

Direxion Work From Home ETF

         

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

         

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

         

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

         

The Trust has evaluated the structure, objective and activities of the Funds and determined that they meet the characteristics of an investment company. As such, these financial statements have applied the guidance as set forth in the Accounting Standards Codifications ("ASC") 946, Financial Services-Investment Companies.

Rafferty Asset Management, LLC ("Rafferty") serves as investment adviser to the Funds. Rafferty has registered as a commodity pool operator ("CPO") and the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated), Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF and Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF are considered commodity pools under the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA"). Accordingly, Rafferty is subject to registration and regulation as a CPO under the CEA and must comply with various regulatory requirements under the CEA and the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association, including investor protection requirements, antifraud provisions, disclosure requirements and reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated) is managed to track the performance of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index. The Auspice Broad Commodity Index is a long/flat commodities index. A long/flat approach allows the Fund to attempt to take advantage of higher commodity prices, and at the same time shift into a cash position of an individual commodity that shows a downward trend in price. The Fund primarily invests in commodity and financial futures contracts directly and/or indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Direxion BCS Fund Ltd. ("BCS Fund"), in order to track the returns of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index within the limitation of the U.S. federal tax requirements applicable to regulated investment companies.

Each Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the underlying index as listed below:

Funds

 

Index or Benchmark

 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

Auspice Broad Commodity Index

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

 

Indxx US Fallen Knives Index

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

 

Indxx Hydrogen Economy Index

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

 

Solactive Two Bucks Index

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

 

S&P Kensho Moonshots Index

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

 

BITA Messenger RNA Technology Index

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

 

S&P Kensho Extended Nanotechnology Index

 

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Funds

 

Index or Benchmark

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

 

NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

 

Solactive Remote Work Index

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

 

Indxx US Circular Economy Index

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

 

Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index(a)

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

 

Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index(a)

 

(a)  Effective on February 28, 2022, the names of benchmark index for the Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF and Direxion Russell 1000® Value over Growth ETF, changed from Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index and Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index, to the Russell 1000® Growth/Value 150/50 Index and Russell 1000® Value/Growth 150/50 Index, respectively.

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").

a) Investment Valuation – The Net Asset Value ("NAV") per share of each Fund is determined daily, as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (normally at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time ("Valuation Time")), each day the NYSE is open for business. A security listed or traded on an exchange, domestic or foreign, is valued at its last sales price on the principal exchange on which it is traded prior to the time when assets are valued. If no sale is reported at that time, the mean of the last bid and asked prices is used. Securities primarily traded on the NASDAQ® Global Market ("NASDAQ") for which market quotations are readily available are valued using the NASDAQ® Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. Over-the-counter ("OTC") securities held by a Fund are valued at the last sales price or, if no sales price is reported, the mean of the last bid and asked price is used. The portfolio securities of a Fund that are listed on national exchanges are valued at the last sales price of such securities or; if no sales price is reported, the mean of the last bid and asked price is used. Swap contracts are valued using the closing price of the underlying reference entity or the closing value of the underlying reference index. The Funds valued their investments in money market funds based on their daily net asset values. If the settlement price established by the exchange reflects trading after the Valuation Time, then the last sales price prior to Valuation Time will be used. Securities and swap contracts are fair valued as determined by the Rafferty under the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the "Board") in the following scenarios: a) reliable market quotations are not readily available; b) the Funds' pricing service does not provide a valuation for such securities; c) the Funds' pricing service provides a valuation that in the judgment of the Rafferty does not represent fair value; or d) the Fund or Rafferty believes the market price is stale.

b) Swap Contracts – Each Fund may enter into equity swap contacts. Standard equity swap contracts are between two parties that agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross amount to be exchanged is calculated with respect to a "notional amount" (i.e. the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a "basket" of securities representing a particular index or industry sector). Each Fund enters into master netting agreements with counterparties to mitigate counterparty credit risk in derivative contracts. A Fund does not offset fair value amounts for derivative contracts and related cash collateral on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities arising from derivative contracts executed with the same counterparties under such master netting agreements. Each Fund's obligations are accrued daily and offset by any amounts owed to the Fund.

In a "long" equity swap agreement, the counterparty will generally agree to pay the Fund the amount, if any, by which the notional amount of the swap contract would have increased in value if the Fund had been invested in the particular securities, plus dividends that would have been received on those securities. The Fund will agree to pay the counterparty a floating rate of interest on the notional amount of the swap contract plus the amount, if any, by which the notional amount would have decreased in value had it been invested in such securities plus, in certain instances, commissions or trading spreads on the notional amounts. Thus, the return on the swap contract should be the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends on the securities less the interest and commission paid by the Fund on the notional amount. Payments may be made at the conclusion of the contract or periodically during its term. In certain instances, market factors such as the interest rate environment and the demand to borrow the securities underlying the swap agreement can cause a scenario in which the counterparty will pay the Fund interest. These swap contracts do not include the delivery of securities by the Funds to the counterparty. The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund's obligations owed over its entitlement with respect to

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each swap is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or liquid assets having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained in a segregated account by the Funds' custodian. Until a swap contract is settled in cash, the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends on the securities less the interest paid by the Fund on the notional amount are recorded as "unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swaps" and when cash is exchanged, the gain or loss is recorded as "realized gains or losses on swaps".

Each Fund may enter into swap contracts that provide the opposite return of the underlying benchmark or security ("short" the index or security). The operations are similar to that of the swaps disclosed above except that the counterparty pays interest to the Fund on the notional amount outstanding and the dividends on the underlying securities reduce the return of the swap. However, in certain instances, market factors such as the interest rate environment and the demand to borrow the securities underlying the swap agreement can cause a scenario in which the Fund will pay the counterparty interest. These amounts are netted with any unrealized appreciation or depreciation to determine the value of the swap. The Funds will typically enter into equity swap agreements to obtain leverage in order to meet their investment objectives.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-01, "Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities" ("ASU 2013-01"), requires entities to disclose (i) gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the financial statements, and (ii) instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. ASU 2013-01 is limited in scope recognize derivative instruments accounted for under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, to the extent they are offset in the financial statements or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement of similar agreement.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help a Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement ("ISDA Master Agreement") or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives, including swap contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms, netting and rights of set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments' payables and receivables to create a single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.

Collateral requirements generally differ by type of derivative. Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives (e.g. swaps). Generally, for transactions traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to the counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to a Fund from its derivative counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Interest earned on collateral pledged to a counterparty is presented as part of Interest income on the Statements of Operations. Interest incurred on collateral received from a counterparty is presented as Interest expense on the Statements of Operations.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds elect to not offset assets and liabilities subject to an ISDA Master Agreement, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Therefore, all qualifying transactions are presented on a gross basis in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. As of April 30, 2022, the impact of netting of assets and liabilities and the offsetting of collateral pledged or received based on contractual netting/set-off provisions in the ISDA Master Agreement are detailed in the following tables.

In the event of the counterparty's default, bankruptcy or any other event for which the counterparty cannot meet its obligations, a Fund bears the risk of loss equal to the amount of the daily appreciation owed to the Fund. This obligation represents the daily gain accrued to the Fund from the close of business day prior to this event to the day on which this event occurs and the counterparty can no longer meet its obligations. A Fund will enter into swap agreements only with large, well-capitalized and established financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms that is a party to a swap agreement is monitored by the Adviser. Shareholders may obtain swap counterparty financial statements at www.sec.gov. Swap contracts are subject to credit risk. Credit risk occurs when the financial condition of an issuer of a security or instrument may cause it to default or become unable to pay interest or principal due on the security. The counterparty to a swap contract might default on its obligations. In addition, the Funds have agreements with certain counterparties with which it trades swap contracts that contain credit risk-related contingent features that could be triggered

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subject to certain circumstances. Such circumstances include agreed upon net asset value and performance-based thresholds. The maximum exposure to the Funds in regard to potential counterparty default and credit-risk related contingent features at April 30, 2022 is detailed in the following tables. If such credit risk-related contingencies were triggered, the counterparties would have the option to terminate any positions open under the master netting agreement.

Description: Swap Contract

Counterparty: Credit Suisse International

       

Assets:

         

Liabilities:

     
        Gross Amounts not
offset in the Statement
of Asset and Liabilities
          Gross Amounts not
offset in the Statement
of Asset and Liabilities
     

Fund Name

  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
  Financial
Instruments
  Collateral
Received
  Net
Amount2
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
  Financial
Instruments
  Collateral
Pledged
  Net
Amount
 
Direxion Russell
1000® Growth
Over Value ETF
 

$

100,056

   

$

   

$

100,056

   

$

   

$

803,299

   

$

100,056

   

$

703,2431

   

$

   
Direxion Russell
1000® Value
Over Growth ETF
   

     

     

     

     

654,483

     

     

654,4831

     

   

1  The amount of collateral shown has been limited such that the net amount cannot be less than zero.

2  The amount shown is the maximum credit exposure of the Fund for the corresponding counterparty.

c) Futures Contracts – Each Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts. A Fund may use futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the values of commodities, equities, interest rates or foreign currencies. Upon entering into a contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as "variation margin" and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains and losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. As collateral for futures contracts, the Fund is required under the 1940 Act to maintain assets consisting of cash, cash equivalents or liquid securities. This collateral is required to be adjusted daily to reflect the market value of the purchase obligation for long futures contracts or the market value of the instrument underlying the contract, but not less than the market price at which the futures contract was established, for short futures contracts. The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated) was invested in futures contracts as of the period ended April 30, 2022.

d) Risks of Futures Contracts, Options on Futures Contracts and Short Positions – The risks inherent in the use of options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and short positions include 1) adverse changes in the fair value of such instruments; 2) imperfect correlation between the price of options and futures contracts and options thereon and movements in the price of the underlying securities, index or futures contracts; 3) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at any time; 4) the possible need to defer closing out certain positions to avoid adverse tax consequences; and 5) the possible non-performance by the counterparty under the terms of the contract. The Funds designate cash, cash equivalents and liquid securities as collateral for written options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and short positions. The Funds were not invested in any type of options during the period ended April 30, 2022.

e) Risks of Investing in Foreign Securities – Investments in foreign securities involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities. As a result, the Funds' returns and net asset values may be affected to a large degree by fluctuations in currency exchange rates, political, diplomatic or economic conditions and regulatory requirements in other countries. The laws, accounting and financial reporting standards in foreign countries may require less disclosure than required in the U.S., and therefore there may be less public information available about foreign companies. Investments in foreign emerging markets present a greater risk than investing in foreign issuers in general. The risk of political or social upheaval is greater in emerging markets. In addition, there may be risks of an economy's dependence on revenues from particular commodities, currency transfer restrictions, a limited number of potential buyers for such securities and delays and disruption in securities settlement procedures.

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f) Foreign Currency Translation – The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Funds after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Funds do not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net realized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

g) Basis for Consolidation – The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Direxion BCS Fund Ltd. ("BCS Fund"). The BCS Fund, which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is wholly-owned and controlled by the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF. The BCS Fund acts as an investment vehicle to facilitate entering into certain investments for the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF consistent with the Fund's investment objectives and policies specified in its prospectus and statement of additional information and within the limitation of the U.S. federal tax requirements applicable to regulated investment companies. As of April 30, 2022, the net assets of the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF were $429,957,436 of which $86,216,316, or approximately 20.1%, represented the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF's ownership of all issued shares and voting rights of the BCS Fund. All intercompany balances, revenues and expenses have been eliminated in consolidation.

h) Risks of Investing Commodity-Linked Derivatives – The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF, through its investment in the subsidiary, may hold commodity-linked derivatives. Commodity-linked derivatives provide exposure, which may include long and/or short exposure, to the investment returns of physical commodities that trade in the commodities markets without investing directly in physical commodities. The value of a commodity-linked derivative investment typically is based upon the price movements of a physical commodity (such as heating oil, precious metals, livestock, or agricultural products), a commodity futures contract or commodity index, or some other readily measurable economic variable. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, volatility of the underlying benchmark, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The value of commodity-linked derivatives will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying commodity or related index. Investments in commodity-linked derivatives may be subject to greater volatility than non-derivative based investments. A highly liquid secondary market may not exist for certain commodity-linked derivatives, and there can be no assurance that one will develop. The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF held commodity-linked derivatives during the period ended April 30, 2022.

i) Security Transactions – Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. The Funds determine the gain or loss realized from investment transactions by comparing the identified cost, which is the same basis used for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, with the net sales proceeds.

j) Securities Lending – Each Fund may lend up to 331/3% of the value of the securities in their portfolios to approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, cash equivalents, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Each Fund receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, cash equivalents or U.S. Government securities held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to borrower and net of fees paid to the lending agent. The amount of fees depends on a number of factors including the security type and the length of the loan. In addition, a Fund will receive a fee from the borrower for non-cash collateral equal to a percentage of the market value of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. No more than 99% of the value of any security may be on loan at any time.

As of April 30, 2022, all securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. government obligations. The cash received as collateral for securities on loan was invested in money market funds, whose maturities are overnight and continuous, and is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. The securities on loan in each Fund are also disclosed in the Schedule of

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Investments. The total value of securities loaned and the value of the invested cash collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Non-cash collateral consists of U.S. Treasury securities and is not disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as its held by the lending agent on behalf of the Funds, and the Funds do not have the ability to sell, reinvest or pledge those securities. Income earned by the Funds from securities lending is disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds are contractually indemnified with the securities lending agent. Furthermore, the Funds require the value of the securities loaned to be computed daily at the close of the market and additional collateral be furnished, if required.

As of April 30, 2022, the market value of the securities loaned and the related cash and non-cash collateral received for securities lending were as follows:

Funds

  Market Value of
Securities Loaned
  Cash Collateral
Received
  Non-Cash
Collateral Received
  Total
Collateral Received
 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

 

$

364,968

   

$

367,128

   

$

   

$

367,128

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

7,430,906

     

5,072,575

     

2,489,748

     

7,562,323

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

409,282

     

448,181

     

     

448,181

   

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

16,822,313

     

17,577,290

     

533,755

     

18,111,045

   
Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted
Index Shares
   

10,460,277

     

10,787,296

     

560,657

     

11,347,953

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

624,164

     

657,015

     

     

657,015

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

188,711

     

204,534

     

     

204,534

   
Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over
Value ETF
   

2,686,125

     

2,867,955

     

     

2,867,955

   

k) Federal Income Taxes – Each Fund intends to make the requisite distributions of income and capital gains to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company. Therefore, no provision for U.S. Federal income tax has been made by the Funds.

The Funds may be subject to a nondeductible 4% U.S. excise tax calculated as a percentage of certain undistributed amounts of net investment income and net capital gains. The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated) paid this excise tax during the period ended April 30, 2022.

l) Income and Expenses – Interest income, including amortization of premiums and discounts, is recognized on an accrual basis. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds are charged for those expenses that are directly attributable to each series, such as advisory fees. Expenses that are not directly attributable to a series are generally allocated among the Trust's series in proportion to their respective average daily net assets. Expenses are charged to the Funds daily. Expenses are computed based on each Fund's respective average daily net assets. For additional discussion on expenses, refer to Note 6.

m) Distributions to Shareholders – Each Fund pays dividends from net investment income and distributes net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Certain Funds also utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemptions of shares as part of the dividends paid deduction. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

n) Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the ordinary course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification provisions pursuant to which the Funds agree to indemnify third parties upon the occurrence of specified events. The Funds' maximum exposure relating to these indemnification agreements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses in connection with these provisions and believe the risk of loss is remote.

o) Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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3.  INCOME TAX AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

The tax character of distributions paid during the periods ended April 30, 2022 and October 31, 2021 are presented in the following table. The tax character of distributions to shareholders made during the periods may differ from their ultimate characterization for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.

    Period Ended
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
  Year/Period Ended
October 31, 2021
 
   

Distributions Paid From:

 

Distributions Paid From:

 

Funds

  Ordinary
Income
  Long Term
Capital Gains
  Return
of Capital
  Ordinary
Income
  Long Term
Capital Gains
  Return
of Capital
 
Direxion Auspice Broad
Commodity Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

$

30,825,354

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

217,418

     

     

     

535,643

     

     

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF1

   

192,241

     

     

     

127,435

     

     

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF2

   

15,741

     

     

     

1,347

     

     

   
Direxion Moonshot
Innovators ETF
   

1,146,145

     

     

     

680,526

     

     

   

Direxion mRNA ETF4

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF3

   

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal
Weighted Index Shares
   

14,916,940

     

1,100,547

     

     

2,011,608

     

     

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

651,615

     

     

     

1,572,820

     

     

   
Direxion World Without
Waste ETF
   

499,149

     

     

     

84

     

     

   
Direxion Russell 1000® Growth
Over Value ETF
   

17,726

     

     

     

39,505

     

     

   
Direxion Russell 1000® Value
Over Growth ETF
   

195,629

     

     

     

405,394

     

     

   

1  Commenced operations on March 25, 2021.

2  Commenced operations on July 22, 2021.

3  Commenced operations on November 23, 2021.

4  Commenced operations on December 9, 2021.

At October 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings/(losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

Funds

  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Capital Gain
  Other
Accumulated
Earnings (Losses)1
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings (Losses)
 
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity
Strategy ETF (Consolidated)
 

$

15,322,256

   

$

40,346,848

   

$

   

$

(3,858

)

 

$

55,665,246

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

(334,735

)

   

217,418

     

     

     

(117,317

)

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

1,097,829

     

94,742

     

     

(226,619

)

   

965,952

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

(76,580

)

   

6,361

     

     

(260,874

)

   

(331,093

)

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

(36,861,292

)

   

700,633

     

     

(33,604,323

)

   

(69,764,982

)

 
Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal
Weighted Index Shares
   

116,912,089

     

13,453,796

     

1,100,517

     

     

131,466,402

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

16,725,094

     

56,957

     

     

     

16,782,051

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

720,519

     

498,223

     

     

     

1,218,742

   
Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over
Value ETF
   

(234,806

)

   

     

     

     

(234,806

)

 
Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over
Growth ETF
   

(2,178,738

)

   

104,466

     

     

     

(2,074,272

)

 

1  Other Accumulated Earnings (Losses) consist of capital loss carryover, qualified late year losses and organizational costs.

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At April 30, 2022, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for U.S. Federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Funds

  Tax Cost of
Investments
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

$

405,335,661

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

5,621,938

     

75,534

     

(1,865,747

)

   

(1,790,213

)

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

48,005,982

     

427,160

     

(10,540,936

)

   

(10,113,776

)

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

4,977,337

     

239,835

     

(1,100,315

)

   

(860,480

)

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

154,912,775

     

357,103

     

(83,607,091

)

   

(83,249,988

)

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

4,826,122

     

97,634

     

(1,681,917

)

   

(1,584,283

)

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

   

2,452,662

     

30,364

     

(966,720

)

   

(936,356

)

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

626,363,731

     

15,010,913

     

(66,927,053

)

   

(51,916,140

)

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

77,050,098

     

9,362,975

     

(21,917,145

)

   

(12,554,170

)

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

5,524,507

     

287,479

     

(1,200,087

)

   

(912,608

)

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

12,733,381

     

     

(1,527,923

)

   

(1,527,923

)

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

29,204,587

     

     

(762,247

)

   

(762,247

)

 

In order to meet certain U.S. excise tax distribution requirements, each Fund is required to measure and distribute annually net capital gains realized during a twelve month period ending October 31 and net investment income earned during a twelve month period ending December 31. In connection with this, these Funds are permitted for tax purposes to defer into their next fiscal year qualified late year losses. Qualified late year ordinary losses are generally losses incurred between January 1 and the end of their fiscal year, October 31, 2021.

At October 31, 2021, these Funds deferred, on a tax basis, no qualified late year losses.

Under current law, each Fund may carry forward net capital losses indefinitely to use to offset capital gains realized in future years and their character is retained as either short-term and/or long-term.

At October 31, 2021, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future capital gains:

Funds

  Utilized in
Current Year
 

Unlimited ST

 

Unlimited LT

 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

     

     

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

     

226,619

     

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

     

260,874

     

   

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

     

33,604,323

     

   

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

     

     

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

     

     

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

     

     

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

     

     

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

1,400,695

     

     

   

The Funds follow authoritative financial reporting rules regarding recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Management has reviewed all open tax years and concluded that there is no effect to the Funds' financial positions or results of operations and no tax liability was required to be recorded resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During this period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties. Open tax years are those years that are open for examination by the relevant income taxing authority. As of April 30, 2022, open U.S. Federal and state income tax years include the tax years ended October 31, 2019 through October 31, 2021. The Funds have no examinations in progress. The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax expense will significantly change in the next twelve months.

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4.  CREATION AND REDEMPTION TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSACTION FEES

Each Fund issues and redeems shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of shares called "Creation Units." The number of shares in a Creation Unit for each respective Fund is as follows:

Fund

  Number of shares
per Creation Unit
 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

   

50,000

shares

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

50,000

shares

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

50,000

shares

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

25,000

shares

 

Creation Units of the Funds are issued and redeemed in cash and/or in-kind for securities included in the relevant underlying index. Investors such as market makers, large investors and institutions who wish to deal in Creation Units directly with a Fund must have entered into an authorized participant agreement with the principal underwriter and the transfer agent, or purchase through a dealer that has entered into such an agreement. Transactions in shares for each Fund include both cash and in-kind transactions and are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Transaction fees are imposed to cover the costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. There is a fixed and a variable component to the total transaction fee. A fixed transaction fee is paid to the transfer agent and is applicable to each creation or redemption transaction, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased or redeemed. In addition, a variable transaction fee equal to a percentage of the value of each Creation Unit purchased or redeemed is applicable to each creation or redemption transaction and is paid to the Fund. Not all Funds will have a transaction fee associated with capital share activity for the year. Transaction fees received by each Fund are presented in the Capital Share Transaction section of the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

5.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

The table below presents each Fund's investment transactions during the period ended April 30, 2022. Purchases represent the aggregate purchases of investments excluding the cost of in-kind purchases, short-term investment purchases, swaps and futures contracts. Sales represent the aggregate sales of investments excluding proceeds from in-kind sales, short-term investments, swaps and futures contracts. Purchases in-kind are the aggregate of all in-kind purchases and sales in-kind are the aggregate of all proceeds from in-kind sales. The transactions for each of these categories are as follows:

Funds

 

Purchases

 

Sales

  Purchases
In-Kind
  Sales
In-Kind
 
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

476,010

     

627,998

     

     

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

5,758,663

     

5,833,544

     

12,814,889

     

7,468,370

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

2,050,569

     

1,941,159

     

     

   

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

38,569,017

     

38,998,655

     

9,477,088

     

39,733,915

   

Direxion mRNA ETF2

   

3,613,921

     

861,223

     

2,588,652

     

   

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF1

   

3,283,759

     

788,514

     

     

   

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

110,598,498

     

125,203,636

     

526,037,454

     

284,455,579

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

18,483,994

     

18,503,946

     

1,986,927

     

21,817,243

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

1,604,458

     

2,110,819

     

780,680

     

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

     

3,050,756

     

9,538,023

     

11,345,414

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

     

     

9,930,551

     

15,606,504

   

1  Represents the period from November 23, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022.

2  Represents the period from December 9, 2021 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2022.

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There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities in the Funds during the period ended April 30, 2022.

6.  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

Under an Investment Advisory Agreement between each Adviser and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, the Adviser provides a continuous investment program for each Fund's assets in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and limitations, and oversees the day-to-day operations of each Fund, subject to the supervision of the Trustees. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays their respective Adviser an investment advisory fees at an annual rate based on its average daily net assets. These rates are as follows:

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

   

0.50

%

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

0.60

%

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

0.60

%

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

   

0.60

%

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

0.30

%

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Additionally, the Trust has entered into a Management Services Agreement with Rafferty. Under the Management Services Agreement, the Trust pays Rafferty management service fees of 0.026% on the first $10,000,000,000 of the Trust's daily net assets and 0.024% on assets in excess of $10,000,000,000. This fee compensates Rafferty for performing certain management, administration and compliance functions related to the Trust.

The Funds have entered into an Operating Services Agreement. Under the Operating Services Agreement, Rafferty will pay all the expenses (with certain exceptions such as management fees, Rule 12b-1 fees and swap financing and related costs) of the Funds in exchange for a fee calculated based on the following rates multiplied by the respective average daily net assets of each Fund.

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

   

0.20

%

 

Direxion Fallen Knives ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Nanotechnology ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

0.05

%

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

0.05

%

 

The Board has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In accordance with the Plan, each Fund is authorized to charge an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities and shareholder services. No 12b-1 fees were charged by any Fund.

7.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Funds follow authoritative fair valuation accounting standards, which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs

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and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2 – Evaluated price based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar securities in inactive markets, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds' investments at April 30, 2022:

   

Asset Class

 

Liability Class

 
   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Funds

  Investment
Companies
  Common
Stocks
  Short Term
Investments
  Cash
Equivalents
  Futures
Contracts*
  Total
Return
Swap
Contracts*
  Futures
Contracts*
  Total
Return
Swap
Contracts*
 
Direxion Auspice Broad
Commodity
Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

$

   

$

   

$

405,335,661

   

$

   

$

11,062,825

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
Direxion Fallen
Knives ETF
   

     

3,463,778

     

367,947

     

     

     

     

     

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

     

32,819,631

     

5,072,575

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion Low Priced
Stock ETF
   

     

3,657,154

     

459,703

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion Moonshot
Innovators ETF
   

     

53,880,999

     

17,781,788

     

     

     

     

     

   

Direxion mRNA ETF

   

     

3,236,582

     

5,257

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion
Nanotechnology ETF
   

     

1,513,968

     

2,338

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion NASDAQ-100®
Equal Weighted
Index Shares
   

     

562,862,982

     

11,584,609

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion Work From
Home ETF
   

     

63,701,434

     

794,494

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion World
Without Waste ETF
   

     

4,403,968

     

207,931

     

     

     

     

     

   
Direxion Russell 1000®
Growth Over
Value ETF
   

7,135,294

     

     

4,070,164

     

     

     

100,056

     

     

(803,299

)

 
Direxion Russell 1000®
Value Over
Growth ETF
   

25,530,941

     

     

2,911,399

     

     

     

     

     

(654,483

)

 

For further detail on each asset class, see each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

*  Futures contracts and total return swap contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation).

The Funds also follow authoritative accounting standards, which require additional disclosure regarding fair value measurements. Specifically, these standards require reporting entities to disclose a) the input and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements, for Level 2 or Level 3 positions, b) transfers between all levels (including Level 1 and Level 2) on a gross basis (i.e. transfers out must be disclosed separately from transfers in) as well as the reason(s) for the transfers and c) purchases and sales on a gross basis in the Level 3 rollforward rather than as one net number. Additionally, reporting entities are required to disclose quantitative information about unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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8.  VALUATION OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Funds follow authoritative standards of accounting for derivative instruments, which establish disclosure requirements for derivative instruments. These standards improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by requiring enhanced disclosures that enable investors to understand how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments are accounted for and how derivative instruments affect a fund's financial position and results of operations.

Certain Funds use derivative instruments as part of their principal investment strategy to achieve their investment objective. For additional discussion on the risks associated with derivative instruments refer to Note 2. As of April 30, 2022, certain Funds were invested in swap contracts. At April 30, 2022, the fair values of derivative instruments, by primary risk, were as follows:

   

Asset Derivatives1

 
Swap Contracts
Fund
 

Equity Risk

 

Total

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

 

$

100,056

   

$

100,056

   
Futures Contracts*
Fund
  Commodity
Risk
 

Total

 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

$

11,062,825

   

$

11,062,825

   
   

Liability Derivatives2

 
Swap Contracts
Fund
 

Equity Risk

 

Total

 

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

 

$

803,299

   

$

803,299

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

654,483

     

654,483

   

1  Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts.

2  Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts.

*  Cumulative appreciation(depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments.

  Only current day's variation margin, if any, is reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Transactions in derivative instruments during the period ended April 30, 2022, by primary risk, were as follows:

       

Net Realized Gain (Loss)1

  Net Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)2
 

Fund

      Equity
Risk
  Commodity
Risk
  Equity
Risk
  Commodity
Risk
 
Direxion Auspice Broad
Commodity Strategy ETF
(Consolidated)
 

Futures Contracts

 

$

   

$

51,061,633

   

$

   

$

(4,259,431

)

 
Direxion Russell 1000® Growth
Over Value ETF
 

Swap Contracts

   

(472,270

)

   

     

(1,011,753

)

   

   
Direxion Russell 1000® Value
Over Growth ETF
 

Swap Contracts

   

1,590,172

     

     

538,961

     

   

1  Statements of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) on swap and futures contracts.

2  Statements of Operations location: Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap and futures contracts.

For the period ended April 30, 2022, the volume of the derivatives held by the Funds was as follows:

   

Quarterly Average Gross Notional Amounts

 
    Long Total Return
Swap Contracts
  Short Total Return
Swap Contracts
  Long Futures
Contracts
 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

$

   

$

   

$

238,238,275

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

7,883,079

     

6,794,295

     

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

17,854,532

     

15,644,609

     

   

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The Funds utilize this volume of derivatives in order to meet the investment objectives of each respective Fund.

9.  PRINCIPAL RISKS

Below are some of the principal risks of investing in the Funds. Please refer to the Funds' prospectus for a full discussion.

Counterparty Risk – A Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to financial instruments entered into by the Fund. The Funds' counterparties are generally required to post collateral to the Funds to the extent of the Funds' daily exposure to such counterparties. However, to the extent any such collateral is insufficient, the Funds will be exposed to counterparty risk as described in this paragraph. In addition, there may be a delay associated with realization by the Funds of the collateral posted by such counterparties in the event of counterparty default or bankruptcy. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties. A Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding, and a Fund may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

Sector Concentration Risk – The risk of concentrating investments in a limited number of issuers in a particular industry is that a Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry than a Fund that does not concentrate its investments.

Daily Index Correlation/Tracking Risk – A number of factors may affect a Fund's ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. A failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective. A number of factors may adversely affect a Fund's correlation with its benchmark, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, costs associated with the use of leveraged investment techniques, income items, accounting standards, and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which the Fund invests. A Fund may not have investment exposure to all securities in its underlying benchmark index, or its weighting of investment exposure to such stocks or industries may be different from that of the index. In addition, a Fund may invest in securities or financial instruments not included in the index underlying its benchmark. A Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to its benchmark. Activities surrounding annual index reconstitutions and other index rebalancing or reconstitution events may hinder the Funds' ability to meet their daily investment objective on that day. Each Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio daily to keep leverage consistent with its daily investment objective.

Derivatives Risk – The Fund's investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to, and greater than, those associated with directly investing in securities or other investments, including risk related to the market, leverage, imperfect daily correlations with underlying investments or the Fund's other portfolio holdings, higher price volatility, lack of availability, counterparty risk, liquidity, valuation and legal restrictions.

In addition, the Fund's investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:

•  Swap Agreements. Swap agreements are entered into primarily with major global financial institutions for a specified period which may range from one day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined reference assets or underlying securities or instruments. The gross return to be exchanged or swapped between the parties is calculated based on a notional amount or the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a basket of securities representing a particular index or an ETF that seeks to track an index. Swaps are subject to counterparty, valuation and leveraging risks.

•  Futures Contracts. Futures contracts are typically exchange-traded contracts that call for the future delivery of an asset at a certain price and date, or cash settlement of the terms of the contract. There may be an imperfect correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts. Futures contracts are subject to liquidity risks; there may not be a liquid secondary market for the futures contracts and the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction. Exchanges may also limit the number of positions that can be held or controlled

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by the Fund or the Adviser, thus limiting the ability of the Fund to implement its leveraged investment strategy. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the Fund's volatility. Futures contracts are also subject to leverage risk.

Foreign Securities Risk – Investments in foreign securities directly or indirectly through investments in exchange traded funds which track foreign securities involve greater risks than investing in domestic securities. As a result, the Funds' returns and net asset values may be affected to a large degree by fluctuations in currency exchange rates, political, diplomatic or economic conditions and regulatory requirements in other countries. The laws, accounting and financial reporting standards in foreign countries may require less disclosure than required in the U.S., and therefore there may be less public information available about foreign companies. Investments in foreign emerging markets present a greater risk than investing in foreign issuers in general. The risk of political or social upheaval is greater in emerging markets. In addition, there may be risks of an economy's dependence on revenues from particular commodities, currency transfer restrictions, a limited number of potential buyers for such securities and delays and disruption in securities settlement procedures.

Currency Exchange Rate Risk – Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of the Fund's investments in securities denominated in a country's currency. Generally, when the U.S. Dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, an investment in that country loses value because that currency is worth fewer U.S. Dollars. Devaluation of a currency by a country's government or banking authority also will have a significant impact on the value of any investments denominated in that currency. If the Fund is exposed to a limited number of currencies, any change in the value of these currencies could have a material impact on the Fund's net asset value.

Leverage Risk – Leverage offers a means of magnifying market movements into larger changes in an investment's value and provides greater investment exposure than an unleveraged investment. Swap and futures contracts may be used to create leverage. Certain Funds employ leveraged investment techniques to achieve its investment objective.

Liquidity Risk – In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the securities or financial instruments in which a Fund invests, a Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent fair market value in the judgment of the Adviser. Additionally, certain counterparties may have the ability to demand repayment at any time, thereby exposing the Fund to the risk that it may be required to liquidate investments at an inopportune time. This may prevent a Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or from achieving a high correlation or inverse correlation with its underlying index.

Market Disruption Risk – Geopolitical and other events, including public health crises and natural disasters, have recently led to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Significant market volatility and market downturns may limit a Fund's ability to sell securities and the Fund's sales may exacerbate the market volatility and downturn. Under such circumstances, a Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objective for one or more trading days, which may adversely impact the Fund's returns on those days and periods inclusive of those days. Alternatively, the Fund may incur higher costs in order to achieve its investment objective and may be forced to purchase and sell securities (including other ETFs' shares) at market prices that do not represent their fair value (including in the case of an ETF, its net asset value) or at times that result in differences between the price the Fund receives for the security and the market closing price of the security. Under those circumstances, the Fund's ability to track its index is likely to be adversely affected, the market price of Fund shares may reflect a greater premium or discount to net asset value, and bid-ask spreads in the Fund's shares may widen, resulting in increased transaction costs for secondary market purchasers and sellers. The Fund may also incur additional tracking error due to the use of other securities that are not perfectly correlated to the Fund's index.

The recent pandemic spread of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has proven to be a market disrupting event. The impact of this virus, like other pandemics that may arise in the future, has negatively affected and may continue to negatively affect the economies of many nations, companies and the global securities and commodities markets, including by reducing liquidity in the markets. Adverse effects may be more pronounced for developing or emerging market countries that have less established health care systems. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted.

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10.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date of the financial statements were issued and has determined that no items require recognition or disclosure besides those noted below.

On June 21, 2022, certain Funds declared income distributions with an ex-date of June 22, 2022 and payable date of June 29, 2022. The specific Funds and per share amounts of the distributions are listed below.

Funds

  Per Share
Income
Distribution
 

Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Consolidated)

 

$

1.16408

   

Direxion Hydrogen ETF

   

0.09393

   

Direxion Low Priced Stock ETF

   

0.01381

   

Direxion NASDAQ-100® Equal Weighted Index Shares

   

0.13982

   

Direxion Work From Home ETF

   

0.01244

   

Direxion World Without Waste ETF

   

0.00144

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Growth Over Value ETF

   

0.07436

   

Direxion Russell 1000® Value Over Growth ETF

   

0.36785

   

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

Householding

In an effort to decrease costs, the Funds intend to reduce the number of duplicate prospectuses, Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, proxy statements and other similar documents you receive by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shared by two or more accounts and to shareholders we reasonably believe are from the same family or household. Householding begins once you have signed your account application. After such time, if you would like to discontinue householding for your accounts, please call toll-free at (800) 851-0511 to request individual copies of these documents. Once the Funds receive notice to stop householding, we will begin sending individual copies thirty days after receiving your request. This policy does not apply to account statements.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Board Review of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

New Fund Investment Advisory Agreement Approval

At meetings held on August 18, 2021 and November 19, 2021, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust (the "ETF Trust") considered the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement") between Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (the "Adviser") and the ETF Trust, on behalf of the Direxion mRNA ETF and Direxion Nanotechnology ETF, respectively, each a series of the ETF Trust. Each such series is referred to herein as a "Fund" and collectively as the "Funds."

Following such consideration, the Board, including the trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the "Independent Trustees"), unanimously approved the Agreement on behalf of the relevant Funds. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that the terms of the Agreement for the Funds were fair and reasonable and in the best interests of shareholders.

The Board did not identify any particular information that was most relevant to its consideration to approve the Agreement and each Trustee may have afforded different weight or importance to different factors. For each Fund, the Board considered, among others, the following factors to the extent applicable: (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided; (2) the projected profitability to the Adviser based upon its services to be provided to the Fund (3) the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the Fund grows; (4) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of the Fund's shareholders; (5) comparisons of services and fees with contracts entered into by the Adviser with other clients (such as institutional investors), if any; and (6) other benefits anticipated to be derived and identified by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided under the Agreement by the Adviser. Based on written materials received, a presentation from senior representatives of the Adviser and a discussion with the Adviser about its personnel, operations and financial condition, the Board considered the quality of the services provided by the Adviser under the Agreement. In this regard, the Board considered information regarding the experience, qualifications and professional background of the portfolio managers and other personnel at the Adviser with principal responsibility for the Funds, as well as the capacity and integrity of the Adviser's senior management and staff. The Board noted that the Adviser has provided services to the ETF Trust since its inception date and has developed an expertise in managing funds with investment strategies similar to the Funds. The Board considered the Adviser's representation that it has the financial resources and appropriate staffing to manage the relevant Funds and to meet its fee waiver and expense obligations thereto. The Board considered that the Adviser will oversee all aspects of the operation of the Funds, including oversight of the Funds' service providers, and provide compliance services to the Funds. The Board observed that because the Funds had not commenced operations, they did not have any prior performance history. Under the totality of the circumstances, the Board determined that, in the exercise of its business judgment, the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Agreement were fair and reasonable.

Costs of Services Provided to the Funds and Profits Realized. The Board considered the fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee rates to be paid to the Adviser by the Funds in light of the investment advisory services to be provided by the Adviser. The Board considered the fees to be paid to the Adviser on an annual basis, including pursuant to contractual fee waivers and expense reimbursement arrangements. The Board considered that the proposed advisory fee rate and net expense ratio for each Fund was similar to those of comparable exchange-traded funds and the same as those of similar series of the Trust.

The Board further considered the overall profitability of the Adviser's investment business and, because the Funds had not commenced operations and the Adviser had no prior profit data related to the Funds, the Board considered the break-even analysis provided by the Adviser for the Funds. The Board considered the significant drivers of cost for the Adviser including, but not limited to, intellectual capital, portfolio rebalancing, regulatory compliance, and entrepreneurial risk. Based on these considerations, the Board determined that, in the exercise of its business judgment, the costs of the services to be provided and any profits that may be realized under the Agreement was not excessive.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Board Review of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether economies of scale may be realized by each Fund as it grows larger and the extent to which any such economies are reflected in contractual fee rates. Noting that the Funds had not yet commenced operations and did not yet have any assets, the Board concluded that economies of scale were not a material factor for the Board to consider in approving the agreement.

Other Benefits. The Board considered the Adviser's representations that its relationship with the Funds may enable it to attract assets to other funds. The Board also considered that the Adviser's overall business with brokerage firms may allow it to negotiate lower commission rates and get better execution for all of its portfolio trades. Based on these and other considerations, the Board determined that such benefits to the Adviser would likely not be material and, overall, would be reasonable.

Conclusion. The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance, and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors. The Board reviewed a memorandum from counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to its consideration of the Agreement. Based on its review, including consideration of each of the factors referenced above, and its consideration of information received throughout the year from the Adviser, the Board determined, in the exercise of its business judgment, that the advisory arrangements, as outlined in the Agreement, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, or to be performed, expenses incurred, or to be incurred and such other matters as the Board considered relevant.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Trustees and Officers

The business affairs of the Funds are managed by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees. Information pertaining to the Trustees and Officers of the Funds is set below. The report includes additional information about the Funds' Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-851-0511.

Interested Trustee

Name, Address and
Age
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  # of Portfolios
in Direxion
Family of
Investment
Companies
Overseen
by Trustee(3)
  Other Trusteeships/
Directorships Held by
Trustee During Past
Five Years
 
Daniel D. O'Neill(1)
Age: 54
 
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation;
Since 2008
 
Chief Executive Officer of Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, since 2021 – present; Managing Director of Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, January 1999 – January 2019 and Direxion Advisors, LLC, November 2017 – January 2019.
 
139
 
None.
 
Angela Brickl(2)
Age: 46
 
Trustee




Chief Compliance
Officer

Secretary
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2022

One Year;
Since 2018


One Year;
Since 2011
 
Chief Operating Officer, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC since May 2021; General Counsel, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, since October 2010; Chief Compliance Officer, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, since September 2012.
 
139
 
None.
 

Independent Trustees

Name, Address and
Age
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  # of Portfolios
in Direxion
Family of
Investment
Companies
Overseen
by Trustee(2)
  Other Trusteeships/
Directorships Held by
Trustee During Past
Five Years
 
David L. Driscoll
Age: 52
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2014
 
Partner, King Associates, LLP, since 2004; Board Advisor, University Common Real Estate, since 2012; Principal, Grey Oaks LLP since 2003; Member, Kendrick LLC, since 2006.
 
139
 
None.
 

(1)  Mr. O'Neill is affiliated with Rafferty and Direxion. Mr. O'Neill owns a beneficial interest in Rafferty.

(2)  Ms. Brickl is affiliated with Rafferty because she serves as an officer of Rafferty.

(3)  The Direxion Family of Investment Companies consists of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust which, as of the date of this report, offers for sale to the public 82 of the 128 funds registered with the SEC, the Direxion Funds which, as of the date of this report, offers for sale to the public 11 funds registered with the SEC and the Direxion Insurance Trust which, as of the date of this report, does not have any funds registered with the SEC.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Trustees and Officers

Name, Address and
Age
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  # of Portfolios
in Direxion
Family of
Investment
Companies
Overseen
by Trustee(2)
  Other Trusteeships/
Directorships Held by
Trustee During Past
Five Years
 
Jacob C. Gaffey
Age: 74
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2014
 
Managing Director of Loomis & Co. since 2012; Partner, Bay Capital Advisors, LLC 2008 – 2012.
 
139
 
None.
 
Henry W. Mulholland
Age: 59
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2017
 
Grove Hill Partners LLC, since 2016 as Managing Partner; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 1990 – 2015, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Equities for Americas.
 
139
 
None.
 
Kathleen M. Berkery
Age: 54
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2019
 
Chief Financial Officer, Student Sponsor Partners, since November 2021; Senior Manager – Trusts & Estates, Rynkar, Vail & Barrett, LLC, since 2018; Financial Advisor, Lee, Nolan & Koroghlian Life Planning Group, 2010 – 2017.
 
139
 
None.
 
Carlyle Peake
Age: 50
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2022
 
Head of US & LATAM Debt Syndicate, BBVA Securities, Inc., since 2011.
 
139
 
None.
 
Mary Jo Collins
Age: 65
 
Trustee
 
Lifetime of Trust until removal or resignation; Since 2022
 
Managing Director, Imperial Capital LLC, since 2020; Director, Royal Bank of Canada, 2014 – 2020.
 
139
 
None.
 

(2)  The Direxion Family of Investment Companies consists of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust which, as of the date of this SAI, offers for sale to the public 82 of the 128 funds registered with the SEC, the Direxion Funds which, as of the date of this SAI, offers for sale to the public 11 funds registered with the SEC and the Direxion Insurance Trust which, as of the date of this SAI, does not have any funds registered with the SEC.

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Direxion Shares ETF Trust

Trustees and Officers

The officers of the Trust conduct and supervise its daily business. Unless otherwise noted, an individual's business address is 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10019. As of the date of this report, the officers of the Trust, their ages, their business address and their principal occupations during the past five years are as follows:

Principal Officers of the Trust

Name, Address and
Age
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  # of Portfolios
in Direxion
Family of
Investment
Companies
Overseen
by Trustee(2)
  Other Trusteeships/
Directorships Held by
Trustee During Past
Five Years
 
Daniel D. O'Neill(1)
Age: 54
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
One Year;
Since 2021
 
Chief Executive Officer, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, since 2021; Managing Director of Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, January 1999 – January 2019 and Direxion Advisors, LLC, November 2017 – January 2019.
 
93
 
N/A
 
Patrick J. Rudnick
Age: 48
 
Principal Executive Officer

Principal Financial Officer
 
One Year;
Since 2018


One Year;
Since 2010
 
Senior Vice President, since March 2013, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC; Senior Vice President, since November 2017, Direxion Advisors, LLC.
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
Angela Brickl
Age: 46
 
Chief Compliance Officer

Secretary
 
One Year; Since 2018


One Year;
Since 2011
 
General Counsel, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, since October 2010 and Direxion Advisors, LLC, since November 2017; Chief Compliance Officer, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, since September 2012 and Direxion Advisors, LLC, since November 2017.
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
Corey Noltner
Age: 33
 
Principal Financial Officer
 
One Year;
Since 2021
 
Senior Business Analyst, Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, since October 2015.
 
N/A
 
N/A
 

(1)  Mr. O'Neill serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Direxion Funds, Direxion Insurance Trust, and the Direxion Shares ETF Trust.

(2)  The Direxion Family of Investment Companies consists of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust which, as of the date of this SAI, offers for sale to the public 82 of the 128 funds registered with the SEC, the Direxion Funds which, as of the date of this SAI, offers for sale to the public 11 funds registered with the SEC and the Direxion Insurance Trust which, as of the date of this SAI, does not have any funds registered with the SEC.

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SEMI–ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 30, 2022

1301 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.), 28th Floor  New York, New York 10019  (800) 851-0511  www.direxioninvestments.com

Investment Advisers

Rafferty Asset Management, LLC
Direxion Advisors, LLC
1301 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.), 28th Floor
New York, NY 10019

Administrator

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 1993
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1993

Transfer Agent, Custodian & Index Receipt Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon
101 Barclay Street
New York, New York 10286

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP
700 Nicollet Mall, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Distributor

Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, Maine 01401
www.foreside.com

The Trust's Proxy Voting Policies are available without charge by calling 1-800-851-0511, or by accessing the SEC's website, at www.sec.gov.

The actual voting records relating to portfolio securities during the most recent period ended June 30 (starting with the year ended June 30, 2005) is available without charge by calling 1-800-851-0511 or by accessing the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Each Fund's premium/discount information is available free of charge on the Funds' websites or by calling (800) 851-8511 or (833) 547-4417.

The Trust files complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for its first and third fiscal quarters on Part F of Form N-PORT. The Funds' Part F of Form N-PORT (and Form N-Q prior to April 30, 2019) is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

This report has been prepared for shareholders and may be distributed to others only if preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.


PRIVACY NOTICE

At the Direxion Funds, we are committed to protecting your privacy. To open and service your Direxion accounts, we collect and maintain certain nonpublic personal information about you, such as your address, phone number, social security number, purchases, sales, account balances, bank account information and other personal financial information. We collect this information from the following sources:

•  Account applications or other forms on which you provide information,

•  Mail, e-mail, the telephone and our website, and

•  Your transactions and account inquiries with us.

We safeguard the personal information that you have entrusted to us in the following ways:

•  As a general policy, only those employees who maintain your account and respond to your requests for additional services have access to your account information.

•  We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to insure the security of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to your information.

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you or our former shareholders to anyone, except as permitted or required by law. In the course of conducting business and maintaining your account we may share shareholder information, as allowed by law, with our affiliated companies and with other service providers, including financial intermediaries, custodians, transfer agents and marketing consultants. Those companies are contractually bound to use that information only for the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share our shareholders' nonpublic personal information for any other purpose. There also may be times when we provide information to federal, state or local authorities as required by law.

In the event that you hold fund shares of Direxion through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your nonpublic personal information would be shared with nonaffiliated third parties.

For questions about our policy, please contact us at (800) 851-0511.

This page is not a part of the Semi-Annual Report.

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