ProShares UltraShort Gold
GLL
13 hedge funds and large institutions have $6.01M invested in ProShares UltraShort Gold in 2017 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 3 funds opening new positions, 2 increasing their positions, 5 reducing their positions, and 1 closing their positions.
200% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 1
26% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.78M → $6.01M (+$1.24M)
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 12 → 13 (+1)
0.98% more ownership
Funds ownership: 2.84% → 3.82% (+0.98%)
42% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.5M | Put options by funds: $9.52M
60% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 2 | Existing positions reduced: 5
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TFA
Toth Financial Advisory
Leesburg,
Virginia
|
+$2.21M |
| 2 |
CG
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
|
+$668K |
| 3 |
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
|
+$406K |
| 4 |
SGS
Sterling Global Strategies
Carlsbad,
California
|
+$274K |
| 5 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
+$40K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TH
Timber Hill
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
-$1.43M |
| 2 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$206K |
| 3 |
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$55K |
| 4 |
FTUS
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
|
-$52.4K |
| 5 |
Jane Street
New York
|
-$25.1K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TFA
1
Toth Financial Advisory
Leesburg,
Virginia
| $2.19M | +$2.21M | +7,669 | New |
|
|
2
Jane Street
New York
| $908K | -$25.1K | -87 | -3% |
|
|
CG
3
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
| $820K | +$668K | +2,318 | +421% |
|
|
TH
4
Timber Hill
Greenwich,
Connecticut
| $520K | -$1.43M | -4,970 | -73% |
|
|
VF
5
Virtu Financial
New York
| $448K | +$40K | +139 | +10% |
|
|
6
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
| $404K | +$406K | +1,411 | New |
|
|
FTUS
7
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
| $288K | -$52.4K | -182 | -15% |
|
|
SGS
8
Sterling Global Strategies
Carlsbad,
California
| $273K | +$274K | +953 | New |
|
9
US Bancorp
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
| $83K | – | – | – |
|
10
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
| $52K | -$25.1K | -87 | -32% |
|
|
11
Morgan Stanley
New York
| $16K | -$206K | -714 | -93% |
|
12
Bank of Montreal
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $5K | – | – | – |
|
|
AA
13
AlphaMark Advisors
Ft. Wright,
Kentucky
| $2K | – | – | – |
|
|
14
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$55K | -182 | Closed |
|
GLL Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2017 in Review
13 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) for Q3 2017, worth a combined $6.01M — up 26% from $4.78M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 3 funds opened new GLL positions and 1 closed out — a net gain of 2 holders — while 2 added to existing stakes and 5 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Toth Financial Advisory, opening a new position worth an estimated $2.21M. The largest seller was Timber Hill, cutting an estimated $1.43M.
- 13 institutional investors held ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) as of Q3 2017, up from 12 in Q2 2017.
- Funds reported $6.01M of ProShares UltraShort Gold stock for Q3 2017, up 26% quarter-over-quarter.
- 3 funds opened new ProShares UltraShort Gold positions in Q3 2017 and 1 closed out, a net change of +2 holders.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Gold buyer in Q3 2017 was Toth Financial Advisory, an estimated $2.21M added.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Gold seller in Q3 2017 was Timber Hill, an estimated $1.43M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2017.