ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
SQQQ
24 hedge funds and large institutions have $17.9M invested in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 13 funds opening new positions, 4 increasing their positions, 5 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.
93% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.3M → $17.9M (+$8.63M)
86% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 13 | Existing positions closed: 7
33% more funds holding
Funds holding: 18 → 24 (+6)
33% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $38.1M | Put options by funds: $28.6M
0% more ownership
Funds ownership: 0% → 0% (+0%)
20% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 4 | Existing positions reduced: 5
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
| 1 |
TB
Terril Brothers
St. Louis,
Missouri
|
-$1.6M |
| 2 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
-$1.1M |
| 3 |
WA
Waverly Advisors
Birmingham,
Alabama
|
-$555K |
| 4 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
-$463K |
| 5 |
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$444K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FIB
26
First Interstate Bank
Billings,
Montana
| $14K | – | – | – |
|
27
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
| $13K | – | – | – |
|
|
WA
28
Winfield Associates
Cleveland,
Ohio
| $9K | – | – | – |
|
29
US Bancorp
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
| $5K | -$174K | -3 | Closed |
|
|
FANJ
30
Financial Architects (New Jersey)
Marlton,
New Jersey
| $5K | – | – | – |
|
|
TB
31
Terril Brothers
St. Louis,
Missouri
| – | -$1.6M | -24 | Closed |
|
|
WA
32
Waverly Advisors
Birmingham,
Alabama
| – | -$555K | -8 | Closed |
|
|
33
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$444K | -7 | Closed |
|
|
CHAM
34
Clear Harbor Asset Management
Stamford,
Connecticut
| – | -$419K | -6 | Closed |
|
35
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$348K | -6 | Closed |
|
36
PNC Financial Services Group
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$3K | – | – |
|
SQQQ Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review
24 of the 4,409 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $17.9M — up 93% from $9.3M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 13 funds opened new SQQQ positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 4 added to existing stakes and 5 trimmed.
The largest buyer was PVG Asset Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $2.32M. The largest seller was Terril Brothers, exiting entirely with an estimated $1.6M sold.
- 24 institutional investors held ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) as of Q4 2017, up from 18 in Q3 2017.
- Funds reported $17.9M of ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ stock for Q4 2017, up 93% quarter-over-quarter.
- 13 funds opened new ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ positions in Q4 2017 and 7 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
- The largest ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ buyer in Q4 2017 was PVG Asset Management, an estimated $2.32M added.
- The largest ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ seller in Q4 2017 was Terril Brothers, an estimated $1.6M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.