RULIX — Rule One Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-25
RULIX — Rule One Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity · $189.47M AUM · 2.25% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
RULIX Fund Overview
RULIX — Rule One Fund is a US mutual fund managed by World Funds Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: World Funds Trust
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $189.47M
- Ticker: RULIX
- SEC CIK: 0001396092
- SEC series ID: S000065131
- Share class ID: C000249757
RULIX Investment Objective and Strategy
Rule One Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by World Funds Trust.
Investment objective
The Rule One Fund (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation with less volatility than the broad equity market.
Principal investment strategy
To pursue its objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund invests primarily in a concentrated portfolio of equity securities and equity-related instruments, options on equity securities, and cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may include common stocks of companies with any market capitalization in both domestic and international markets, sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and ETFs that focus their investments on equity securities. ADRs are typically trust receipts issued by a U.S. bank or trust company that evidence an indirect interest in underlying securities issued by a foreign entity. The ETFs in which the Fund may invest may have direct exposure to equity securities or may have indirect exposure to equity securities through indices or options. The Funds portfolio is concentrated because it will consist of a relatively small number of holdings generally between 5 and 20 positions.
The Fund may invest directly in common stocks of international issuers from time to time, rather than invest in the ADR related to such issuer. In constructing the Funds portfolio, the Adviser uses fundamental analysis to establish a reasonable value (i.e., intrinsic value) for equity securities. In general, the Adviser selects equity securities that it believes have an intrinsic, durable competitive advantage over competition, a proven history of predictable cash flows, management that has both talent and integrity, and equity that is able to be purchased at a substantial discount to its intrinsic value. The Adviser expects the securities of the company to appreciate over time due to company-specific developments rather than general business conditions or market events. The Adviser may remove a security when its investment analysis indicates that the security is priced near or above its intrinsic value or believes better investment opportunities are available.
The Advisers estimate of intrinsic value is derived using a discounted cash flow analysis that requires an estimate of earnings growth for the next ten years, an appropriate PE ratio and a discount of that future value back to the present, typically at a discount rate of 15%. The Adviser views a continued high return on invested capital, no debt, historically high, consistent and growing earnings and free cash as strong indicators of a durable competitive advantage over competition given that sustaining these metrics over time is unlikely without a significant barrier to competitors copying the business and competing on price. The Fund sets pre-determined thresholds for portfolio weightings of equity securities and the Adviser will actively manage the Funds portfolio to stay within those thresholds.
The Funds portfolio weightings are determined based on such factors as the Advisers expectations for the performance of particular portfolio holdings, the Funds investment time horizon, and current market conditions. Additionally, the Fund will pursue an options trading strategy. The Fund will seek to generate current income from option premiums by writing (selling) put and call options on equity securities, ADRs and ETFs. A put option refers to a financial transaction in which the investor selling the put option receives a cash payment and becomes obligated to purchase the underlying security at a set price for a set period of time. A call option refers to a financial transaction in which the investor selling a call option is obligated to deliver the underlying security at a set price for a set period of time.
The Fund will only write call options where the Fund owns an equivalent amount of the underlying security, known as a covered call option. In addition, the Fund will opportunistically purchase equity, ETF and/or index put options in order to increase returns, reduce volatility or provide downside market protection for the portfolio. The Fund will use derivatives for hedging purposes, generation of earnings and basis reduction. The extent of option writing activity will depend on the Advisers judgment regarding the relationship between value and price of the securities they wish to acquire, the expiration dates that are available for the options, and the attractiveness of writing call options on the Funds stock holdings. Some of the income from the premiums produced by writing put and call options may be used to purchase puts to help reduce the volatility (and risk profile) of the fund by providing downside protection.
The Fund will hold cash as collateral to cover the obligation created by selling puts and it will hold the underlying security as collateral for covered call option trades. Collateral for put options purchased to reduce volatility is limited to the total cash paid for the option. Collateral for call options purchased to increase returns is limited to the total cash paid for the option. The Fund may invest in short positions in equity securities and derivatives. The Funds use of various options strategies may result in leveraging the portfolio or increasing stock market exposure. This can occur when the Fund buys call options on individual stocks or market indices. The maximum exposure of the Fund to stocks, either directly through purchases of stock or indirectly through option positions, is not expected to exceed 125% of its net assets.
This means that the value of the underlying positions represented by options is not expected to exceed 125% of the value of the Funds net assets at the time of investment. The risk of a 125% loss to the Fund from this strategy means that the Fund would lose 125% of its net asset value. The Adviser sells put options on equity securities of companies the Adviser believes represent value investments in the market. The Funds cash position secures the obligation. In the event that the Fund has more obligations through these put options than available cash, the Adviser will use portfolio margin (leverage) to secure the positions that had obligations that exceeded available cash. If the entire market experiences a significant decline, the Funds long put options will provide substantial cash to cover leveraged positions.
The Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in private companies. The Funds investments in private companies may offer attractive investment opportunities which may not otherwise be available with public companies. However, securities of private companies are often restricted securities, and are not readily marketable. Accordingly, securities of private companies are generally considered to be illiquid. The Fund does not invest in private companies that are affiliates of the Adviser. The Fund is non-diversified, meaning it may invest in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund. Therefore, the Fund is more exposed to individual security volatility than a diversified fund. The volatility of individual securities can have a magnified impact on the Funds performance based on the Funds strategy and the securities in which the Fund invests.
Purchase and sale decisions are based on the Advisers judgment about issuers, risk, prices of securities, market conditions, potential returns, and other economic factors. The Fund may also use swap contracts, such as credit default swaps and credit default swap indexes, for both hedging and non-hedging purposes. The Adviser expects the Fund to invest, from time to time, in credit default swaps and/or credit default swap indexes to hedge against equity market risk. Although the Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of equity securities and options, the Fund is not required to be fully invested in such securities and options and may maintain a significant portion of its total assets in cash and securities generally considered to be cash equivalents. In certain market conditions, the Fund may determine that it is appropriate to hold a significant cash position for an extended period.
RULIX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Rule One Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Default | 33.19% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 14.89% |
| Default | 11.76% |
| Default | 8.96% |
| Salesforce.com | 7.94% |
| Lululemon Ath | 7.18% |
| Zoetis, Inc. | 4.49% |
| Pool Corp. | 3.12% |
| Zoetis, Inc. | 2.28% |
| Fannie Mae | 1.37% |
RULIX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Rule One Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 61.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 33.2% |
| Derivatives | 4.9% |
RULIX Performance
Total returns for RULIX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -11.7% |
| 1 year | -17.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.3% |
RULIX Risk Information
Risk metrics for RULIX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.1%
RULIX Costs and Fees
RULIX costs about $225 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 2.25%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.32%
- Portfolio turnover: 51%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.15 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
RULIX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Rule One Fund had net inflows of $5.47M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.45M |
| 2026-05 | −$4.48M |
| 2026-04 | −$682.60K |
| 2026-03 | −$992.90K |
| 2026-02 | −$2.25M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.05M |
RULIX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Rule One Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
RULIX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Rule One Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-01-07
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-14
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-17
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.