ProShares UltraShort Gold
GLL
13 hedge funds and large institutions have $6.35M invested in ProShares UltraShort Gold in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 5 funds opening new positions, 2 increasing their positions, 5 reducing their positions, and 2 closing their positions.
150% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 5 | Existing positions closed: 2
30% more funds holding
Funds holding: 10 → 13 (+3)
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $6.21M → $6.35M (+$142K)
0.23% more ownership
Funds ownership: 8.52% → 8.76% (+0.23%)
10% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $911K | Put options by funds: $1.01M
60% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 2 | Existing positions reduced: 5
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SFS
Sowell Financial Services
North Little Rock,
Arkansas
|
+$2.72M |
| 2 |
IMC Chicago
Chicago,
Illinois
|
+$800K |
| 3 |
IA
IndexIQ Advisors
New York
|
+$74.4K |
| 4 |
SEI Investments
Oaks,
Pennsylvania
|
+$19.6K |
| 5 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
+$7.96K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
|
-$1.82M |
| 2 |
Jane Street
New York
|
-$1.05M |
| 3 |
Wolverine Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$447K |
| 4 |
Barclays
London,
United Kingdom
|
-$109K |
| 5 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
-$29K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SFS
1
Sowell Financial Services
North Little Rock,
Arkansas
| $2.79M | +$2.72M | +9,588 | New |
|
|
VF
2
Virtu Financial
New York
| $1.44M | -$29K | -102 | -2% |
|
|
3
IMC Chicago
Chicago,
Illinois
| $818K | +$800K | +2,816 | New |
|
|
4
Jane Street
New York
| $705K | -$1.05M | -3,694 | -60% |
|
|
FTUS
5
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
| $272K | +$3.41K | +12 | +1% |
|
|
6
Wolverine Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| $207K | -$447K | -1,574 | -69% |
|
|
IA
7
IndexIQ Advisors
New York
| $76K | +$74.4K | +262 | New |
|
|
8
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
| $23K | +$7.96K | +28 | +53% |
|
|
9
SEI Investments
Oaks,
Pennsylvania
| $14K | +$19.6K | +69 | New |
|
10
Morgan Stanley
New York
| $8K | -$5.4K | -19 | -41% |
|
|
11
Barclays
London,
United Kingdom
| $3K | -$109K | -382 | -97% |
|
|
AA
12
AlphaMark Advisors
Ft. Wright,
Kentucky
| $2K | – | – | – |
|
|
13
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$1.82M | -6,399 | Closed |
|
|
CG
14
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$7.1K | -25 | Closed |
|
|
LTFS
15
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Miami,
Florida
| – | +$284 | +1 | New |
|
GLL Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review
13 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $6.35M — up 2.3% from $6.21M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 5 funds opened new GLL positions and 2 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 2 added to existing stakes and 5 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Sowell Financial Services, opening a new position worth an estimated $2.72M. The largest seller was Susquehanna International Group, exiting entirely with an estimated $1.82M sold.
- 13 institutional investors held ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) as of Q1 2019, up from 10 in Q4 2018.
- Funds reported $6.35M of ProShares UltraShort Gold stock for Q1 2019, up 2.3% quarter-over-quarter.
- 5 funds opened new ProShares UltraShort Gold positions in Q1 2019 and 2 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Gold buyer in Q1 2019 was Sowell Financial Services, an estimated $2.72M added.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Gold seller in Q1 2019 was Susquehanna International Group, an estimated $1.82M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.