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ProShares Ultra S&P500
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115 hedge funds and large institutions have $219M invested in ProShares Ultra S&P500 in 2020 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 24 increasing their positions, 44 reducing their positions, and 31 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

16% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $70.5M | Put options by funds: $60.7M

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 124 → 115 (-9)

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $241M → $219M (-$21.8M)

29% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 31

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 2 (-1)

45% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 24 | Existing positions reduced: 44

48.4% less ownership

Funds ownership: 84.42% → 36.01% (-48%)

Holders
115
Holders Change
-9
Holders Change %
-7.26%
% of All Funds
2.32%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-33.33%
% of All Funds
0.04%
New
22
Increased
24
Reduced
44
Closed
31
Calls
$70.5M
Puts
$60.7M
Net Calls
+$9.83M
Net Calls Change
-$5.88M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PFG
Piershale Financial Group
Illinois
+$24.5M
2
BCM
Brookstone Capital Management
Illinois
+$12.9M
3
SFS
Sowell Financial Services
Arkansas
+$8.35M
4
FI
FormulaFolio Investments
Michigan
+$5.87M
5
SAM
SP Asset Management
California
+$4.54M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
SCM
SCS Capital Management
Massachusetts
-$75M
2
PFA
Plotkin Financial Advisors
Maryland
-$6.3M
3
EWM
Elite Wealth Management
Washington
-$4.47M
4
TRCT
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
-$4.25M
5
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
-$3.71M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Creative Planning
26
Creative Planning
Kansas
$1.47M +$17.7K +984 +1%
AllianceBernstein
27
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$1.47M – – –
SW
28
SkyOak Wealth
Michigan
$1.45M -$991K -55,080 -41%
Morgan Stanley
29
Morgan Stanley
New York
$1.26M -$5.62K -312 -0.5%
SWP
30
Stratos Wealth Partners
Ohio
$1.04M -$78.6K -4,368 -7%
CAN
31
Claraphi Advisory Network
United States
$1.04M +$411K +22,864 +68%
CCMG
32
Clark Capital Management Group
Pennsylvania
$1.01M +$995K +55,260 New
Bank of New York Mellon
33
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$978K +$717K +39,816 +297%
Mariner
34
Mariner
Kansas
$956K +$937K +52,048 New
CDH
35
Charles D. Hyman
$911K – – –
HIS
36
Harvest Investment Services
Illinois
$862K -$53.1K -2,948 -6%
WF
37
WoodTrust Financial
Wisconsin
$839K – – –
DSN
38
D. Scott Neal
Kentucky
$785K – – –
Osaic Holdings
39
Osaic Holdings
Arizona
$781K -$11.9K -660 -2%
CS
40
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$750K -$549K -30,496 -43%
IC
41
Inverness Counsel
New York
$735K – – –
UBS Group
42
UBS Group
Switzerland
$675K +$660K +36,648 +30,540%
BAAM
43
Baker Avenue Asset Management
California
$665K -$571K -31,744 -47%
SBIA
44
Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors
Indiana
$633K +$19.3K +1,072 +3%
KAS
45
Kestra Advisory Services
Texas
$611K +$9K +500 New
FNBTCON
46
First National Bank & Trust Co of Newtown
Pennsylvania
$598K – – –
ATPW
47
Ashton Thomas Private Wealth
Arizona
$581K +$569K +31,636 New
MWM
48
Meridian Wealth Management
Kentucky
$509K -$11.9K -664 -2%
WSTAM
49
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management
Virginia
$507K +$191K +10,636 +63%
BCM
50
BTR Capital Management
California
$481K – – –
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SSO Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2020 in Review

115 of the 4,956 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) for Q3 2020, worth a combined $219M — down 9.1% from $241M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 31 funds closed out of SSO and 22 opened new positions — a net loss of 9 holders — while 44 trimmed existing stakes and 24 added.

The largest buyer was Piershale Financial Group, opening a new position worth an estimated $24.5M. The largest seller was SCS Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $75M sold.

  • 115 institutional investors held ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) as of Q3 2020, down from 124 in Q2 2020.
  • Funds reported $219M of ProShares Ultra S&P500 stock for Q3 2020, down 9.1% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new ProShares Ultra S&P500 positions in Q3 2020 and 31 closed out, a net change of -9 holders.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 buyer in Q3 2020 was Piershale Financial Group, an estimated $24.5M added.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 seller in Q3 2020 was SCS Capital Management, an estimated $75M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2020.