About Us

VelocityShares™ is dedicated to providing sophisticated investors with unique solutions for portfolio and trading risk management. The success of the firm results from delivering innovative, efficient, and intelligent products for a wide range of institutional investors.

As the leader in designing exchange traded products and strategies for institutional investors, VelocityShares is focused on developing liquid instruments that enable institutional investors to manage their market risk and express short-term views. The team has significant experience across asset classes and on both the buy- and sell-sides of the financial markets. Employing that combined knowledge and insight enables the development and delivery of innovative products.

Volatility
The initial suite of VelocityShares ETPs focused on volatility. The suite of six ETPs includes 2x leveraged long and inverse positions on the S&P 500 VIX short-term and mid-term futures indices.  The VelocityShares VIX ETPs provide institutional investors with additional vehicles for implementing views on volatility and hedging risks.

Metals
VelocityShares metals ETP suite includes leveraged long and leveraged inverse positions in gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper as measured by the S&P GSCI indices. Traders can utilize a variety of instruments (such as futures, swaps, and forwards) to express views on gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. The advent of these leveraged long and inverse ETPs gives institutional investors and traders an exchange traded product to manage risk and express short-term market views.

Energy
VelocityShares energy ETP suite includes leveraged long and leveraged inverse positions in natural gas, crude oil, and brent crude as measured by the S&P GSCI indices. Traders can utilize a variety of instruments (such as futures, swaps, and forwards) to express views on natural gas, crude oil, and Brent crude. The advent of these leveraged long and inverse ETPs gives institutional investors and traders an exchange traded product to manage risk and express short-term market views.

The VelocityShares group includes VLS Securities LLC, a US registered broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of VelocityShares LLC.

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Trading
Leveraged
Inverse
Short
Ultra Short Silver
Double Silver
Triple Silver
Implied Volatility
Equity Volatility		 Silver
Gold
Platinum
Palladium
Copper
Precious Metals
Energy
Oil
Natural Gas		 Nat Gas
Brent Crude
Brent Oil
Crude Oil
WTI
West Texas Intermediate
Volatility
VIX		 S&P 500
ETF
ETN
ETP
Variance Swap
Tail Risk
Black Swan
Futures
Options


VelocityShares is a trade name used by VLS Securities LLC, a registered U.S. broker-dealer, in connection with the services and products described herein.

“VelocityShares” and the VelocityShares logo are trademarks of VelocityShares Index & Calculation Services, a division of VelocityShares, LLC.

“Standard & Poor’s®”, “S&P®”, “S&P 500®”, “Standard & Poor’s 500™”, “S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures™”,  “S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures™”, “S&P GSCI®”, “S&P GSCI® Gold Index”,  “S&P GSCI® Silver Index” , “S&P GSCI® Platinum Index”, “S&P GSCI® Palladium Index”,   “S&P GSCI®  Brent Crude Index”, “S&P GSCI® Crude Oil Index”, “S&P GSCI® Natural Gas Index” and “S&P GSCI®  Copper Index”are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and have been licensed for use by VelocityShares, LLC. “VIX” is a trademark of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (“CBOE”) and has been licensed for use by S&P. The ETNs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P or CBOE and S&P and CBOE make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the ETNs. The S&P GSCI index and the S&P GSCI sub-indices are not owned, endorsed, or approved by or associated with Goldman Sachs & Co. or its affiliated companies.

Securities Products: Are Not FDIC Insured * Are Not Bank Guaranteed * May Lose Value

This site is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein constitutes a solicitation, offer or recommendation by VelocityShares or its affiliates to buy or sell securities. VelocityShares does not render investment, tax, accounting or legal advice. The securities discussed herein may not be suitable for all investors and should only be used by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking inverse or leveraged investment results. Investors should actively monitor their investments in the securities. Investors should review the prospectus for each security and make their own investment decisions based on their specific investment objectives and financial position and after consulting independent tax, accounting, legal and financial advisors. VelocityShares will receive a fee from the issuers of the products discussed on this site based on the quantity of products outstanding.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The value of the securities may decrease and investors may lose some or all of their investment.

VLS Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer, will only transact business in states in which it is registered, unless it is otherwise excluded or exempted from being registered in such state.

Please see “VelocityShares Terms of Use” for additional information regarding use of this website.

Risk Disclosures Regarding the ETNs

Important information about the VelocityShares ETNs is contained within the current prospectuses. For more complete information regarding the VelocityShares ETNs, download a prospectus from this site, call 1-877-5-VELOCITY or 1-203-992-4301, or write to Prospectus Inquiry, VelocityShares LLC, 19 Old Kings Highway S, Darien, CT, 06820 to request a prospectus. You should read the prospectus carefully before making an investment decision.

The ETNs are only suitable for knowledgeable investors seeking daily exposure (including inverse or leveraged exposure) to the underlying index. The ETNs are intended for short-term trading, therefore investors with a horizon longer than one day trading should carefully consider whether the ETNs are appropriate for their investment portfolio.

Because the inverse leveraged ETNs and leveraged long ETNs are linked to the daily performance of the applicable underlying Index and include either inverse and/or leveraged exposure, changes in the market price of the underlying futures will have a greater likelihood of causing such ETNs to be worth zero than if such ETNs were not linked to the inverse or leveraged return of the applicable underlying Index.

The ETNs do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity and do not pay any interest during their term.

Although we intend to list the ETNs on NYSE Arca, a trading market for your ETNs may not develop. We are not required to maintain any listing of the ETNs on NYSE Arca or any other exchange.

The trading price of the ETNs may vary considerably before any valuation date (as defined in each prospectus), due, among other factors, to fluctuations in the price or the volatility of the underlying investment product, and other events that are difficult to predict. At higher levels of volatility, and since the ETNs are not principal protected, there is a significant chance of a complete loss of ETN value even if the performance of the index is flat.

The closing indicative value on each valuation date is determined in part by reference to the daily percentage change in the level of the underlying index. As a result, to the extent the closing indicative value of the ETNs is greater than or less than the initial indicative value, subsequent changes in the level of the index may have a bigger or smaller impact on the closing indicative value of the ETNs than if the closing indicative value remained constant at the initial indicative value. For example, assuming an initial indicative value of $100, if the closing indicative value of the ETNs increases above $100, a subsequent 1% daily change in the level of the index will result in more than a $1 decrease in the closing indicative value of the ETNs. Likewise, if the closing indicative value of the ETNs is less than $100, a 1% increase in the level of the index will result in less than a $1 increase in the closing indicative value of the ETNs.

If the level of the underlying index decreases or does not increase sufficiently (or if it increases or does not decrease sufficiently in the case of the inverse ETNs), to offset the effect of the Daily Investor Fee over the term of the ETNs, the investor will receive less than the principal amount of his investment upon early redemption, acceleration or maturity of the Notes.

Prior to maturity, you may, subject to certain restrictions described in the prospectus, offer the applicable minimum number of your ETNs to the issuer for redemption on an Early Redemption Date (as defined in the prospectus). You must offer for redemption at least the applicable minimum number of ETNs as set forth in the pricing supplement, or an integral multiple in excess thereof, at one time in order to exercise your right to cause the issuer to redeem your ETNs on any Early Redemption Date. In addition, the issuer may charge investors a redemption charge of a percentage of the stated principal amount of any ETN that is redeemed at the investor’s option, at a rate as indicated in the applicable pricing supplement.

Any payment on the Securities is subject to the ability of Credit Suisse AG to satisfy its obligations as they become due.

The risks listed above are not exhaustive. Investors should review the prospectus for each ETN, including all risk factors set forth therein, and consult their independent tax, accounting, legal and financial advisors before investing in any ETN.