ProShares Short QQQ
PSQ
34 hedge funds and large institutions have $70.6M invested in ProShares Short QQQ in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 7 funds opening new positions, 4 increasing their positions, 14 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.
277% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $875K | Put options by funds: $232K
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)
0.97% less ownership
Funds ownership: 5.94% → 4.97% (-0.97%)
23% less funds holding
Funds holding: 44 → 34 (-10)
36% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $111M → $70.6M (-$40.5M)
59% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 7 | Existing positions closed: 17
71% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 4 | Existing positions reduced: 14
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Fairfield,
Iowa
|
+$4.72M |
| 2 |
Baird Financial Group
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
|
+$2.96M |
| 3 |
NCMW
Northern Capital Management (Wisconsin)
Madison,
Wisconsin
|
+$838K |
| 4 |
Brown Advisory
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
+$827K |
| 5 |
JWS
Juncture Wealth Strategies
Scottsdale,
Arizona
|
+$694K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
-$19.2M |
| 2 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$8.26M |
| 3 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$7.57M |
| 4 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
-$3.24M |
| 5 |
LPL Financial
San Diego,
California
|
-$2.67M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Canada,
Ontario, Canada
| – | -$29K | -120 | Closed |
|
PSQ Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review
34 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $70.6M — down 36% from $111M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 17 funds closed out of PSQ and 7 opened new positions — a net loss of 10 holders — while 14 trimmed existing stakes and 4 added.
The largest buyer was Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, adding an estimated $4.72M. The largest seller was UBS Group, cutting an estimated $19.2M.
- 34 institutional investors held ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ) as of Q4 2016, down from 44 in Q3 2016.
- Funds reported $70.6M of ProShares Short QQQ stock for Q4 2016, down 36% quarter-over-quarter.
- 7 funds opened new ProShares Short QQQ positions in Q4 2016 and 17 closed out, a net change of -10 holders.
- The largest ProShares Short QQQ buyer in Q4 2016 was Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, an estimated $4.72M added.
- The largest ProShares Short QQQ seller in Q4 2016 was UBS Group, an estimated $19.2M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.