<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-18-001217.txt : 20180130
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-18-001217.hdr.sgml : 20180130
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180130152927
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-18-001217
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180130

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bloch Adam
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001604717

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21982
		FILM NUMBER:		18558818

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2455 CORPORATE WEST DRIVE
		CITY:			LISLE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60532

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001380936
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 WEST MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-827-0100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 WEST MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CLAYMORE/GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090630

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Claymore/Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070605

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Claymore Strategic Opportunities Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061113
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
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        <issuerName>GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GOF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Bloch Adam</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>LISLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60532</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>portfolio manager</otherText>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                    <value>320</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.86</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Adam Bloch by Mark E. Mathiasen pursuant to Power of Atty</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-30</signatureDate>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poabloch.txt
<TEXT>


POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned,
being a person required
to file a statement
under Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended
(the '1934 Act'), with
respect to Guggenheim
Strategic Opportunities
Fund, a Delaware
statutory trust, hereby
authorizes, designates
and appoints Amy J. Lee,
Mark E. Mathiasen or
Stevens T. Kelly to act
as attorney-in-fact to
execute and file
statements on Form 3,
Form 4 and Form 5 and
any successor forms
adopted by the
Securities Exchange
Commission, as required
by the 1934 Act and the
Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended,and
the rules thereunder,and
to take such other actions
as such attorney-in-fact
may deem necessary or
appropriate in
connection with such
statements, hereby
confirming and ratifying
all actions that such
attorney-in-fact has
taken or may take in
reliance hereon.  This
power of attorney shall
continue in effect until
the undersigned no
longer has an obligation
to file statements under
the section cited above,
or until specifically
terminated in writing by
the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has duly
executed this power of
attorney on the 2nd day
of April, 2014.


Signature

/s/ Adam Bloch




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