First Trust Value Line Dividend Fund
      
      
    
  211 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.72B invested in First Trust Value Line Dividend Fund in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 27 funds opening new positions, 83 increasing their positions, 72 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.
New
  Increased
  Maintained
  Reduced
  Closed
  more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:
more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:
more funds holding
Funds holding: →
less ownership
Funds ownership: →
6% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.83B → $1.72B (-$109M)
22% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 → 7 (-2)
100% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $1.15M
    
      Holders
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        211
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Holding in Top 10
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        7
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Calls
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
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      Puts
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $1.15M
      
    
      
    
  
Top Buyers
| 1 | +$14.9M | |
| 2 | +$9.35M | |
| 3 | +$8M | |
| 4 | 
      Stifel Financial
     
      
        St. Louis,
      
      
        Missouri
      
     | +$7.74M | 
| 5 | 
    LWS
   
      Lucia Wealth Services
     
      
        San Diego,
      
      
        California
      
     | +$5.72M | 
Top Sellers
| 1 | -$24.2M | |
| 2 | -$15.1M | |
| 3 | -$11.2M | |
| 4 | 
    KA
   
      Kovack Advisors
     
      
        Ft. Lauderdale,
      
      
        Florida
      
     | -$10.6M | 
| 5 | 
      Bank of America
     
      
        Charlotte,
      
      
        North Carolina
      
     | -$9.49M |