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VanEck Merk Gold Trust

289 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.46B invested in VanEck Merk Gold Trust in 2026 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 58 funds opening new positions, 98 increasing their positions, 75 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

307% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.37M | Put options by funds: $338K

263% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 58 | Existing positions closed: 16

31% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 98 | Existing positions reduced: 75

23% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.19B → $1.46B (+$271M)

13% more funds holding

Funds holding: 256289 (+33)

3.31% more ownership

Funds ownership: 48.15%51.46% (+3.3%)

6% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1716 (-1)

Holders
289
Holders Change
+33
Holders Change %
+12.89%
% of All Funds
3.56%
Holding in Top 10
16
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-5.88%
% of All Funds
0.2%
New
58
Increased
98
Reduced
75
Closed
16
Calls
$1.37M
Puts
$338K
Net Calls
+$1.04M
Net Calls Change
+$1.56M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
SDH
101
Sloy Dahl & Holst
Washington
$1.67M -$98.2K -2,095 -5%
Renaissance Technologies
102
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$1.64M -$2.89M -61,630 -63%
CGA
103
Crescent Grove Advisors
Illinois
$1.61M +$1.68M +35,750 New
KFAS
104
Keating Financial Advisory Services
Kansas
$1.61M +$324K +6,908 +24%
CHAM
105
Clear Harbor Asset Management
Connecticut
$1.56M +$34.9K +745 +2%
MI
106
Merk Investments
California
$1.54M +$531K +11,333 +50%
CA
107
CWC Advisors
Oregon
$1.5M +$61.6K +1,313 +4%
BEAM
108
Baker Ellis Asset Management
Washington
$1.49M -$188K -4,000 -11%
AAP
109
Arax Advisory Partners
Colorado
$1.4M
KWM
110
Kingsview Wealth Management
Oregon
$1.36M +$1.41M +30,112 New
WA
111
WESPAC Advisors
California
$1.33M -$779K -16,609 -36%
WC
112
Waterloo Capital
Texas
$1.31M +$1.37M +29,118 New
WIM
113
Warwick Investment Management
Texas
$1.31M -$738K -15,737 -35%
DPW
114
DiNuzzo Private Wealth
Pennsylvania
$1.29M +$67K +1,430 +5%
MAS
115
MPWM Advisory Solutions
Georgia
$1.28M +$132K +2,807 +11%
SFA
116
Sequoia Financial Advisors
Ohio
$1.27M -$75K -1,600 -5%
HNB
117
Huntington National Bank
Ohio
$1.25M +$1.3M +27,816 New
BBP
118
Banco BTG Pactual
Brazil
$1.25M +$1.3M +27,796 New
CA
119
Continuum Advisory
Idaho
$1.24M +$556K +11,865 +76%
CIG
120
Cascade Investment Group
Colorado
$1.23M +$279K +5,950 +28%
BPA
121
Beacon Pointe Advisors
California
$1.22M +$904K +19,280 +248%
Citadel Advisors
122
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$1.18M +$1.23M +26,164 New
GSEP
123
Golden State Equity Partners
California
$1.16M +$1.21M +25,807 New
RSWM
124
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management
California
$1.15M
NC
125
NewSquare Capital
Pennsylvania
$1.15M +$1.2M +25,500 New