Flow Traders U.S. Portfolio holdings
Flow Traders U.S. is the American arm of Flow Traders, a market maker founded in Amsterdam in 2004 that built its business on exchange-traded products. Flow Traders continuously quotes buy and sell prices for ETPs, options, fixed income products and currencies. Its New York office opened in 2009 and is the main hub for US trading in ETPs, fixed income and digital assets, with a Chicago office added in early 2023. In the U.S. it also makes markets in high yield corporate bonds, posting streaming prices on the MarketAxess trading platform.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
EWJ
|
+$232M |
| 2 |
State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
JNK
|
+$114M |
| 3 |
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
MINT
|
+$94.7M |
| 4 |
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF
DBEF
|
+$90.6M |
| 5 |
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
|
+$86M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
HYG
|
+$53.3M |
| 2 |
JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF
JPST
|
+$37.5M |
| 3 |
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
|
+$26.2M |
| 4 |
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
TIP
|
+$22.4M |
| 5 |
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV
|
+$18.1M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous | 98.18% |
| 2 | Technology | 1.1% |
| 3 | Communication Services | 0.31% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 0.23% |
| 5 | Healthcare | 0.08% |
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Flow Traders U.S.'s Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2018, Flow Traders U.S. held 388 positions worth $1.65B, up 92% from $858M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 54% of the portfolio.
Flow Traders U.S. deployed $894M of net new capital in Q4 2018, opening 143 new positions and adding to 79 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was iShares MSCI Japan ETF: 4,239,371 shares worth $215M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 98% of assets, up from 98% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Communication Services.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, an estimated $53.3M trimmed.
- Flow Traders U.S.'s largest Q4 2018 buy was iShares MSCI Japan ETF: 4,239,371 shares worth $215M.
- Flow Traders U.S. added most to Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF in Q4 2018, an estimated $90.6M increase.
- Flow Traders U.S.'s biggest Q4 2018 reduction was iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, cutting an estimated $53.3M.
- Flow Traders U.S. fully exited JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $37.5M.
- Flow Traders U.S.'s ten largest holdings make up 54% of its $1.65B portfolio in Q4 2018.
- Flow Traders U.S. opened 143 new positions and closed 109 in Q4 2018.
- Flow Traders U.S.'s portfolio value rose 92% quarter-over-quarter to $1.65B.
Based on Flow Traders U.S.'s 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 13 Feb 2019.