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VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
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224 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.79B invested in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in 2020 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 56 funds opening new positions, 65 increasing their positions, 57 reducing their positions, and 58 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

25% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 → 10 (+2)

15% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $253M | Put options by funds: $221M

14% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 65 | Existing positions reduced: 57

3% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 56 | Existing positions closed: 58

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 229 → 224 (-5)

9.37% less ownership

Funds ownership: 61.86% → 52.49% (-9.4%)

43% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.17B → $1.79B (-$1.38B)

Holders
224
Holders Change
-5
Holders Change %
-2.18%
% of All Funds
4.94%
Holding in Top 10
10
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+25%
% of All Funds
0.22%
New
56
Increased
65
Reduced
57
Closed
58
Calls
$253M
Puts
$221M
Net Calls
+$32.1M
Net Calls Change
+$206M

Top Buyers

1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$285M
2
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
+$230M
3
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
+$227M
4
H
Hexavest
Quebec, Canada
+$145M
5
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
+$134M

Top Sellers

1
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
-$654M
2
CS
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
-$373M
3
Citigroup
Citigroup
New York
-$222M
4
AIMCA
Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo)
Alberta, Canada
-$172M
5
Bessemer Group
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
-$169M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
LNC
51
Lincoln National Corp
Pennsylvania
$2.03M +$57K +1,500 +2%
BA
52
Bard Associates
Illinois
$1.95M +$1.44K +38 +0.1%
Janney Montgomery Scott
53
Janney Montgomery Scott
Pennsylvania
$1.91M +$333K +8,776 +15%
ECM
54
Evergreen Capital Management
Washington
$1.9M +$2.57M +67,695 New
AAM
55
Alphadyne Asset Management
New York
$1.84M +$2.49M +65,668 New
CBT
56
Capital Bank & Trust
California
$1.77M +$464K +12,200 +24%
Goldman Sachs
57
Goldman Sachs
New York
$1.68M +$244K +6,433 +12%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
58
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$1.67M -$24.7M -649,406 -92%
PCM
59
Prelude Capital Management
New York
$1.62M +$955K +25,137 +77%
SCM
60
Snow Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$1.59M +$262K +6,900 +14%
OIA
61
OneDigital Investment Advisors
Kansas
$1.56M -$7.6K -200 -0.4%
Millennium Management
62
Millennium Management
New York
$1.55M +$2.09M +55,077 New
SMC
63
Smith, Moore & Co
Missouri
$1.5M -$4.22K -111 -0.2%
Citigroup
64
Citigroup
New York
$1.46M -$222M -5,838,605 -99%
PC
65
Plaisance Capital
Colorado
$1.46M +$1.98M +52,000 New
EPAM
66
Euro Pacific Asset Management
Puerto Rico
$1.42M +$1.11M +29,155 +583%
HCM
67
Hollencrest Capital Management
California
$1.38M – – –
ICM
68
Ionic Capital Management
New York
$1.3M +$649K +17,088 +58%
PMAM
69
Picton Mahoney Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$1.27M – – –
OC
70
Oppenheimer & Co
New York
$1.18M +$697K +18,357 +78%
VIA
71
Vident Investment Advisory
Georgia
$1.17M +$1.58M +41,711 New
MCM
72
Moon Capital Management
New York
$1.13M – – –
Baird Financial Group
73
Baird Financial Group
Wisconsin
$1.13M +$1.52M +40,118 New
PCP
74
Proficio Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$1.13M +$476K +12,535 +46%
Commonwealth Equity Services
75
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$1.06M +$740K +19,474 +107%
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GDXJ Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2020 in Review

224 of the 4,538 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) for Q1 2020, worth a combined $1.79B — down 43% from $3.17B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 58 funds closed out of GDXJ and 56 opened new positions — a net loss of 2 holders — while 57 trimmed existing stakes and 65 added.

The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $285M. The largest seller was UBS Group, cutting an estimated $654M.

  • 224 institutional investors held VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) as of Q1 2020, down from 229 in Q4 2019.
  • Funds reported $1.79B of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock for Q1 2020, down 43% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 56 funds opened new VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF positions in Q1 2020 and 58 closed out, a net change of -2 holders.
  • The largest VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF buyer in Q1 2020 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $285M added.
  • The largest VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF seller in Q1 2020 was UBS Group, an estimated $654M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2020.