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ProShares Short QQQ
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44 hedge funds and large institutions have $99.5M invested in ProShares Short QQQ in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 14 increasing their positions, 4 reducing their positions, and 25 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

515% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.4M | Put options by funds: $227K

250% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 14 | Existing positions reduced: 4

0.19% more ownership

Funds ownership: 4.01% → 4.2% (+0.19%)

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $108M → $99.5M (-$8.22M)

20% less funds holding

Funds holding: 55 → 44 (-11)

44% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 25

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 1 (-1)

Holders
44
Holders Change
-11
Holders Change %
-20%
% of All Funds
0.95%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
14
Increased
14
Reduced
4
Closed
25
Calls
$1.4M
Puts
$227K
Net Calls
+$1.17M
Net Calls Change
-$1.1M

Top Buyers

1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$20.8M
2
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
+$4.11M
3
HWA
HCR Wealth Advisors
California
+$2.74M
4
WAM
Wakefield Asset Management
Colorado
+$2.55M
5
AC
Addison Capital
Pennsylvania
+$1.66M

Top Sellers

1
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$12.9M
2
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
-$3.57M
3
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
-$3.37M
4
RA
Rational Advisors
New York
-$3.04M
5
TCM
Tuttle Capital Management
Connecticut
-$2.91M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
TSS
26
Two Sigma Securities
New York
$450K +$115K +733 +31%
Envestnet Asset Management
27
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$363K -$93.1K -595 -19%
HJMC
28
Hellman Jordan Management Company
Massachusetts
$353K +$376K +2,400 New
OC
29
Oppenheimer & Co
New York
$343K +$365K +2,332 New
IAA
30
Ironsides Asset Advisors
North Carolina
$331K – – –
BBHC
31
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
New York
$294K – – –
IP
32
Intellectus Partners
California
$294K +$313K +2,000 New
AIP
33
Almanack Investment Partners
Pennsylvania
$264K +$281K +1,796 New
BS
34
Boenning & Scattergood
Pennsylvania
$262K -$21.9K -140 -7%
SIA
35
SeaBridge Investment Advisors
New Jersey
$243K – – –
LWM
36
Lenox Wealth Management
Ohio
$165K – – –
JWA
37
JFS Wealth Advisors
Pennsylvania
$147K – – –
FHA
38
Flagship Harbor Advisors
Massachusetts
$112K +$111K +708 +1,180%
AIC
39
Archer Investment Corporation
Indiana
$59K – – –
Royal Bank of Canada
40
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$21K +$11.4K +73 +109%
JP Morgan Chase
41
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$19K +$20.3K +130 New
MIM
42
Macroview Investment Management
Maryland
$8K – – –
Barclays
43
Barclays
United Kingdom
$2K – – –
VRM
44
Vectors Research Management
New York
$2K – – –
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
45
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
– -$3.57M -20,758 Closed
RA
46
Rational Advisors
New York
– -$3.04M -17,692 Closed
TCM
47
Tuttle Capital Management
Connecticut
– -$2.91M -16,899 Closed
GC
48
Grimes & Company
Massachusetts
– -$1.53M -8,923 Closed
SPC
49
Sigma Planning Corp
Michigan
– -$1.28M -7,448 Closed
GCM
50
Gunderson Capital Management
South Carolina
– -$875K -5,087 Closed
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PSQ Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review

44 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $99.5M — down 7.6% from $108M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 25 funds closed out of PSQ and 14 opened new positions — a net loss of 11 holders — while 4 trimmed existing stakes and 14 added.

The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $20.8M. The largest seller was Wells Fargo, cutting an estimated $12.9M.

  • 44 institutional investors held ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ) as of Q1 2019, down from 55 in Q4 2018.
  • Funds reported $99.5M of ProShares Short QQQ stock for Q1 2019, down 7.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 14 funds opened new ProShares Short QQQ positions in Q1 2019 and 25 closed out, a net change of -11 holders.
  • The largest ProShares Short QQQ buyer in Q1 2019 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $20.8M added.
  • The largest ProShares Short QQQ seller in Q1 2019 was Wells Fargo, an estimated $12.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.