Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF
DFEN
30 hedge funds and large institutions have $25.1M invested in Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF in 2025 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 7 increasing their positions, 7 reducing their positions, and 2 closing their positions.
450% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 2
83% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13.8M → $25.1M (+$11.4M)
43% more funds holding
Funds holding: 21 → 30 (+9)
6.34% more ownership
Funds ownership: 8.55% → 14.89% (+6.3%)
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 7 | Existing positions reduced: 7
26% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.51M | Put options by funds: $7.45M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
QC
Quadrature Capital
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$3.08M |
| 2 |
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
|
+$2.08M |
| 3 |
TRCT
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
|
+$1.06M |
| 4 |
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
|
+$1.01M |
| 5 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
+$935K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GS
GTS Securities
New York
|
-$435K |
| 2 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
-$121K |
| 3 |
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
London,
United Kingdom
|
-$118K |
| 4 |
Squarepoint
New York
|
-$90.5K |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$69.6K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SSB
26
Sandy Spring Bank
Olney,
Maryland
| $5.73K | +$1.87K | +60 | +48% |
|
27
Osaic Holdings
Scottsdale,
Arizona
| $4.61K | – | – | – |
|
28
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
| $1.26K | +$1.28K | +41 | New |
|
|
S
29
SignatureFD
Atlanta,
Georgia
| $430 | – | – | – |
|
30
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
Paris,
France
| $123 | +$125 | +4 | New |
|
|
HNB
31
Huntington National Bank
Columbus,
Ohio
| $31 | – | – | – |
|
32
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
| $13 | -$31 | -1 | Closed |
|
|
SIS
33
Sound Income Strategies
Ft Lauderdale,
Florida
| $9 | – | – | – |
|
|
CAS
34
Coppell Advisory Solutions
Coppell,
Texas
| – | -$1.44K | -52 | Closed |
|
DFEN Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2025 in Review
30 of the 7,459 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF (DFEN) for Q1 2025, worth a combined $25.1M — up 83% from $13.8M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new DFEN positions and 2 closed out — a net gain of 9 holders — while 7 added to existing stakes and 7 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Quadrature Capital, adding an estimated $3.08M. The largest seller was GTS Securities, cutting an estimated $435K.
- 30 institutional investors held Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF (DFEN) as of Q1 2025, up from 21 in Q4 2024.
- Funds reported $25.1M of Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF stock for Q1 2025, up 83% quarter-over-quarter.
- 11 funds opened new Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF positions in Q1 2025 and 2 closed out, a net change of +9 holders.
- The largest Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF buyer in Q1 2025 was Quadrature Capital, an estimated $3.08M added.
- The largest Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF seller in Q1 2025 was GTS Securities, an estimated $435K sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2025.