AMENDMENT DATED FEBRUARY 17, 2006 TO ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN RYDEX ETF TRUST AND PADCO ADVISORS II, INC. DATED APRIL 30, 2004, AS AMENDED

                        AMENDMENT DATED FEBRUARY 17, 2006
                              TO ADVISORY AGREEMENT
                             BETWEEN RYDEX ETF TRUST
                           AND PADCO ADVISORS II, INC.
                              DATED APRIL 30, 2004,
                                   AS AMENDED



                                  AMENDMENT TO
                                   SCHEDULE A
                                     TO THE
                               ADVISORY AGREEMENT
                        DATED APRIL 30, 2004, AS AMENDED,
                                     BETWEEN
                                 RYDEX ETF TRUST
                                       AND
                             PADCO ADVISORS II, INC.

The following amendment is made to Schedule A of the Advisory Agreement between
Rydex ETF Trust (the "Trust") and PADCO Advisors II, Inc. (the "Adviser"), dated
April 30, 2004, as amended to date (the "Agreement"), and is hereby incorporated
into and made a part of the Agreement:

Schedule A of the Agreement is amended, effective February 17, 2006, to read as
follows:

The Trust will pay to the Adviser as compensation for the Adviser's services
rendered, a fee, computed daily at an annual rate based on the average daily net
assets of the respective Fund in accordance with the following fee schedule:

FUND                                             RATE
----                                             ----

Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF                       0.40%

Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Top 50 ETF                         0.20%

RYDEX S&P 500 PURE GROWTH ETF                    0.35%

RYDEX S&P 500 PURE VALUE ETF                     0.35%

RYDEX S&P MIDCAP 400 PURE GROWTH ETF             0.35%

RYDEX S&P MIDCAP 400 PURE VALUE ETF              0.35%

RYDEX S&P SMALLCAP 600 PURE GROWTH ETF           0.35%

RYDEX S&P SMALLCAP 600 PURE VALUE ETF            0.35%

                          ADDITIONS ARE NOTED IN BOLD.



      In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed in their names and on their behalf and through their duly-authorized
officers as of the 17th day of February, 2006.


                                             RYDEX ETF TRUST


                                             By:  /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                                  --------------------------
                                             Name:   Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                             Title:  President


                                             PADCO ADVISORS II, INC.


                                             By:  /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                                  -----------------------
                                             Name:   Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                             Title:  Chief Executive Officer