ProShares Ultra QQQ
QLD
80 hedge funds and large institutions have $217M invested in ProShares Ultra QQQ in 2018 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 20 funds opening new positions, 17 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 10 closing their positions.
100% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 20 | Existing positions closed: 10
31% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $166M → $217M (+$51.6M)
20% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 6 (+1)
14% more funds holding
Funds holding: 70 → 80 (+10)
8.62% more ownership
Funds ownership: 71.96% → 80.58% (+8.6%)
5% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $40.2M | Put options by funds: $42.5M
35% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 17 | Existing positions reduced: 26
Top Buyers
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$27.1M |
| 2 |
HCM
Howard Capital Management
Roswell,
Georgia
|
+$8.78M |
| 3 |
HGWM
Harvest Group Wealth Management
Waltham,
Massachusetts
|
+$3.39M |
| 4 |
GA
GFS Advisors
Houston,
Texas
|
+$2.2M |
| 5 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
+$1.22M |
Top Sellers
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ASN
76
Advisory Services Network
Atlanta,
Georgia
| $6K | +$6.03K | +504 | New |
|
|
TCM
77
Tradewinds Capital Management
Bellingham,
Washington
| $3K | +$2.87K | +240 | New |
|
|
BCH
78
Berkshire Capital Holdings
San Jose,
California
| $1K | – | – | – |
|
|
QAM
79
Q3 Asset Management
Birmingham,
Michigan
| – | -$3.4M | -314,392 | Closed |
|
80
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
| – | -$2.76M | -230,584 | Closed |
|
|
MMG
81
Monetary Management Group
St Louis,
Missouri
| – | -$1.25M | -115,800 | Closed |
|
82
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$978K | -90,576 | Closed |
|
|
SFS
83
Sowell Financial Services
North Little Rock,
Arkansas
| – | -$602K | -50,640 | Closed |
|
84
SG Americas Securities
New York
| – | -$442K | -40,880 | Closed |
|
85
Commonwealth Equity Services
Waltham,
Massachusetts
| – | -$207K | -19,104 | Closed |
|
|
AA
86
Apriem Advisors
Irvine,
California
| – | -$76K | -7,040 | Closed |
|
|
CG
87
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$19.1K | -1,600 | Closed |
|
|
CF
88
Centaurus Financial
Anaheim,
California
| – | -$5K | -480 | Closed |
|
QLD Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2018 in Review
80 of the 4,374 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Ultra QQQ (QLD) for Q3 2018, worth a combined $217M — up 31% from $166M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 20 funds opened new QLD positions and 10 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 17 added to existing stakes and 26 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $27.1M. The largest seller was Q3 Asset Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $3.4M sold.
- 80 institutional investors held ProShares Ultra QQQ (QLD) as of Q3 2018, up from 70 in Q2 2018.
- Funds reported $217M of ProShares Ultra QQQ stock for Q3 2018, up 31% quarter-over-quarter.
- 20 funds opened new ProShares Ultra QQQ positions in Q3 2018 and 10 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
- The largest ProShares Ultra QQQ buyer in Q3 2018 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $27.1M added.
- The largest ProShares Ultra QQQ seller in Q3 2018 was Q3 Asset Management, an estimated $3.4M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2018.