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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-23125

ELEVATION ETF TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Andrea E. Kuchli, Esq., Secretary
Elevation ETF Trust
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 623-2577

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: May 1, 2016 – July 30, 2016


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

DHANDHO JUNOON ETF
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
July 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
 
       
Security Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS (99.52%)
 
Consumer Discretionary (45.25%)
 
AutoZone, Inc.(a)
   
552
   
$
449,312
 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
   
162
     
7,282
 
CBS Corp., Class B Non-Voting
   
97
     
5,065
 
CST Brands, Inc.
   
92
     
4,114
 
Dillard's, Inc., Class A
   
987
     
66,800
 
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
   
1,438
     
9,218
 
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(a)
   
103
     
2,301
 
FTD Cos., Inc.(a)
   
122
     
3,088
 
Gannett Co., Inc.
   
80
     
1,021
 
The Gap, Inc.
   
4,179
     
107,776
 
GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A
   
1,735
     
35,411
 
H&R Block, Inc.
   
663
     
15,773
 
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.
   
467
     
10,769
 
Lear Corp.
   
1,215
     
137,842
 
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)
   
138
     
3,267
 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.
   
93
     
7,096
 
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(a)
   
274
     
14,171
 
Murphy USA, Inc.(a)
   
52
     
3,985
 
New Media Investment Group, Inc.
   
147
     
2,596
 
News Corp., Class A
   
258
     
3,346
 
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
   
753
     
3,855
 
Sears Holdings Corp.(a)
   
537
     
8,275
 
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
   
2,377
     
134,039
 
Time, Inc.
   
177
     
2,890
 
The TJX Cos., Inc.
   
230
     
18,796
 
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)
   
83
     
5,808
 
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B
   
345
     
9,325
 
Vista Outdoor, Inc.(a)
   
23
     
1,151
 
Visteon Corp.
   
864
     
60,558
 
The Wendy's Co.
   
1,000
     
9,660
 
Whirlpool Corp.
   
55
     
10,580
 
Total Consumer Discretionary
     
1,155,170
 
                   
Consumer Staples (0.51%)
 
HRG Group, Inc.(a)
   
877
     
13,058
 
Total Consumer Staples
     
13,058
 
                   
Energy (0.89%)
 
CVR Energy, Inc.
   
580
     
8,584
 
Navigator Holdings Ltd.(a)
   
397
     
3,827
 
Phillips 66
   
135
     
10,268
 
Total Energy
     
22,679
 
                   
Financials (34.92%)
 
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
   
140
     
5,516
 
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG
   
2,310
     
94,687
 
American International Group, Inc.
   
2,671
     
145,409
 
Aon PLC
   
139
     
14,883
 
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
   
233
     
6,242
 
 

Security Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials (continued)
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)
   
197
   
$
28,421
 
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A
   
400
     
13,828
 
The Charles Schwab Corp.
   
434
     
12,334
 
FirstService Corp.
   
30
     
1,475
 
KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)
   
347
     
5,250
 
MBIA, Inc.(a)
   
1,988
     
16,779
 
Primerica, Inc.
   
1,303
     
67,118
 
The St Joe Co.(a)
   
1,102
     
20,310
 
The Travelers Cos., Inc.
   
3,285
     
381,783
 
US Bancorp
   
238
     
10,036
 
Validus Holdings Ltd.
   
1,117
     
55,213
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
   
251
     
12,041
 
Total Financials
     
891,325
 
                   
Health Care (2.86%)
 
Amgen, Inc.
   
77
     
13,247
 
Baxter International, Inc.
   
283
     
13,590
 
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(a)
   
137
     
10,623
 
Halyard Health, Inc.(a)
   
92
     
3,182
 
HCA Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
148
     
11,415
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
114
     
14,276
 
Mallinckrodt PLC(a)
   
32
     
2,155
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
90
     
4,542
 
Total Health Care
     
73,030
 
                   
Industrials (2.97%)
 
Actuant Corp., Class A
   
874
     
20,757
 
Allegion PLC
   
67
     
4,850
 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
   
55
     
8,238
 
Engility Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
168
     
4,879
 
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.
   
91
     
5,758
 
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
   
44
     
2,807
 
KLX, Inc.(a)
   
98
     
3,165
 
NOW, Inc.(a)
   
189
     
3,461
 
Pentair PLC
   
217
     
13,849
 
Veritiv Corp.(a)
   
35
     
1,478
 
Xylem, Inc.
   
140
     
6,693
 
Total Industrials
     
75,935
 
                   
Information Technology (9.75%)
 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)
   
18
     
14,244
 
Apple, Inc.
   
128
     
13,339
 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)
   
173
     
10,285
 
CDK Global, Inc.
   
27
     
1,560
 
Celestica, Inc.(a)
   
310
     
3,435
 
Cheetah Mobile, Inc., ADR(a)
   
216
     
2,145
 
Cimpress NV(a)
   
209
     
19,813
 
Juniper Networks, Inc.
   
912
     
20,693
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)
   
42
     
1,228
 
Leju Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)
   
529
     
2,603
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
317
     
17,968
 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
   
310
     
21,508
 
NCR Corp.(a)
   
622
     
20,507
 
NeuStar, Inc., Class A(a)
   
1,413
     
35,594
 
Oracle Corp.
   
298
     
12,230
 
 

Security Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Information Technology (continued)
 
Plantronics, Inc.
   
230
   
$
11,095
 
Science Applications International Corp.
   
65
     
3,949
 
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)
   
430
     
17,277
 
ViaSat, Inc.(a)
   
158
     
11,665
 
The Western Union Co.
   
389
     
7,780
 
Total Information Technology
     
248,918
 
                   
Materials (1.84%)
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
   
108
     
16,138
 
Ashland, Inc.
   
38
     
4,303
 
The Mosaic Co.
   
458
     
12,366
 
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.
   
278
     
3,828
 
Sibanye Gold Ltd., Sponsored ADR
   
554
     
10,332
 
Total Materials
     
46,967
 
                   
Telecommunication Services (0.53%)
 
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
475
     
13,442
 
Total Telecommunication Services
     
13,442
 
                   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
         
(Cost $2,509,450)
           
2,540,524
 
                   
LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (0.38%)
 
Industrials (0.38%)
 
Icahn Enterprises LP
   
179
     
9,575
 
                   
TOTAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
         
(Cost $11,175)
           
9,575
 
 
7 Day Yield
 
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (0.15%)
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, Prime Portfolio
0.370%
   
3,729
     
3,729
 
                   
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
         
(Cost $3,729)
           
3,729
 
                   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.05%)
               
(Cost $2,524,354)
         
$
2,553,828
 
                   
NET OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (-0.05%)
     
(1,116
)
                   
NET ASSETS (100.00%)
           
$
2,552,712
 
 
(a)
Non-income producing security.
 

Dhandho Junoon ETF
   
Notes to Financial Statements
 
July 31, 2016
(Unaudited)
   
 
1. ORGANIZATION
 

 
The Elevation ETF Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’) is an open-ended management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of July 31, 2016, the Trust currently consists of two separate portfolios. Each portfolio represents a separate series of the Trust. This report pertains to the Dhandho Junoon ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of the Dhandho Junoon Index. The Fund has elected to qualify as a non-diversified series of the Trust under the 1940 Act.
 
The Trust was organized as a statutory trust on December 3, 2015 under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Adviser purchased 2,000 initial shares at $25.00 per share on March 4, 2016, and the Fund commenced operations on April 1, 2016.
 
The Fund’s Shares (“Shares”) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca. The Fund issues and redeems Shares at net asset value (“NAV”) in blocks of 50,000 Shares, each of which is called a “Creation Unit”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities included in a specified index. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund. The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares with no par value.
 
2. PORTFOLIO VALUATION
 

 
Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. The Fund’s NAV is determined daily, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed by dividing the value of all assets of the Fund (including accrued interest and dividends), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses and dividends declared but unpaid), by the total number of shares outstanding.
 
Portfolio securities listed on any exchange other than the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices on such day. Securities traded on the NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price as determined by NASDAQ. Portfolio securities traded in the over-the-counter market, but excluding securities traded on the NASDAQ, are valued at the latest quoted sale price in such market.
 
The Fund’s investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). When market quotations are not readily available or when events occur that make established valuation methods unreliable, securities of the Fund may be valued in good faith by or under the direction of the Board. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) for which a pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; a security whose market price is not available from a pre-established primary pricing source or the pricing source is not willing to provide a price; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is most likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of the Fund’s NAV or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; or a security whose price, as provided by the pricing service, does not reflect the security’s “fair value” due to the security being de-listed from a national exchange or the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when, under normal conditions, it would be open. As a general principle, the current “fair value” of a security would be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive from the sale on the applicable exchange or principal market. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities.

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 

 
The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability; including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.
 
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
 
Equity securities and Limited Partnerships for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the mean of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices on such day and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing NAV each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
 
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments.
 
These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 –
Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 –
Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of July 31, 2016:
                         
Investments in Securities at Value*
 
Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
   
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable
Inputs
   
Level 3 -
Significant Unobservable
Inputs
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
2,540,524
   
$
   
$
   
$
2,540,524
 
Limited Partnerships
   
9,575
     
     
     
9,575
 
Short Term Investments
   
3,729
     
     
     
3,729
 
TOTAL
 
$
2,553,828
   
$
   
$
   
$
2,553,828
 
 
* For a detailed sector breakdown, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments.
 
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels as of the end of the period. For the period ended July 31, 2016, the Fund did not have any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 securities. The Fund did not have any securities which used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value.

4. TAX BASIS INFORMATION
 

 
As of July 31, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and accumulated net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments were as follows:

   
Dhandho Junoon ETF
 
Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)
 
$
94,261
 
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)
   
(64,885
)
Net unrealized appreciation
   
29,376
 
Cost of investments for income tax purposes
 
$
2,524,452
 
 


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There was no change in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 3. Exhibits.

Separate certifications for the Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Exhibit 99 Cert.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
ELEVATION ETF TRUST 
 
       
 
By:
/s/Jeremy O. May
 
   
Jeremy O. May
 
   
President
 
       
 
Date:
September 29, 2016
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 
By:
/s/Jeremy O. May
 
   
Jeremy O. May
 
   
President
 
       
 
Date:
September 29, 2016
 
       
 
By:
/s/Kimberly R. Storms
 
   
Kimberly R. Storms
 
   
Treasurer
 
       
 
Date:
September 29, 2016