ProShares Short High Yield
28 hedge funds and large institutions have $101M invested in ProShares Short High Yield in 2016 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 5 increasing their positions, 12 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.
100% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 2 (+1)
34% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $75.3M → $101M (+$25.3M)
33% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 6
16.57% more ownership
Funds ownership: 37.45% → 54.03% (+17%)
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 26 → 28 (+2)
58% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 5 | Existing positions reduced: 12
100% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $5.46M
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FTUS
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
|
+$29.7M |
| 2 |
BCM
Brookstone Capital Management
Wheaton,
Illinois
|
+$3.79M |
| 3 |
IA
IFP Advisors
Tampa,
Florida
|
+$3.51M |
| 4 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
+$2.02M |
| 5 |
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
+$1.46M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
LPL Financial
San Diego,
California
|
-$3.98M |
| 2 |
HTI
Hikari Tsushin Inc
Tokyo,
Japan
|
-$2.76M |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$2.13M |
| 4 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$1.31M |
| 5 |
SMH
Sanders Morris Harris
Houston,
Texas
|
-$945K |
SJB Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2016 in Review
28 of the 3,756 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) for Q2 2016, worth a combined $101M — up 34% from $75.3M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 8 funds opened new SJB positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 2 holders — while 5 added to existing stakes and 12 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Flow Traders U.S., opening a new position worth an estimated $29.7M. The largest seller was LPL Financial, cutting an estimated $3.98M.
- 28 institutional investors held ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) as of Q2 2016, up from 26 in Q1 2016.
- Funds reported $101M of ProShares Short High Yield stock for Q2 2016, up 34% quarter-over-quarter.
- 8 funds opened new ProShares Short High Yield positions in Q2 2016 and 6 closed out, a net change of +2 holders.
- The largest ProShares Short High Yield buyer in Q2 2016 was Flow Traders U.S., an estimated $29.7M added.
- The largest ProShares Short High Yield seller in Q2 2016 was LPL Financial, an estimated $3.98M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2016.