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ProShares Ultra S&P500
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81 hedge funds and large institutions have $110M invested in ProShares Ultra S&P500 in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 13 funds opening new positions, 16 increasing their positions, 32 reducing their positions, and 24 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

13% less funds holding

Funds holding: 93 → 81 (-12)

15% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $108M | Put options by funds: $126M

46% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 13 | Existing positions closed: 24

49% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $217M → $110M (-$107M)

50% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 16 | Existing positions reduced: 32

67% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 → 2 (-4)

117.02% less ownership

Funds ownership: 168.86% → 51.83% (-117%)

Holders
81
Holders Change
-12
Holders Change %
-12.9%
% of All Funds
2.18%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-66.67%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
13
Increased
16
Reduced
32
Closed
24
Calls
$108M
Puts
$126M
Net Calls
-$18.4M
Net Calls Change
+$38.9M

Top Buyers

1
AAP
Ardsley Advisory Partners
Connecticut
+$2.68M
2
PA
Perceptive Advisors
New York
+$2.01M
3
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$1.14M
4
RJA
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
+$1.08M
5
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
+$817K

Top Sellers

1
TCM
Tuttle Capital Management
Connecticut
-$29.6M
2
GHF
Good Harbor Financial
Illinois
-$27M
3
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
-$9.11M
4
KAM
Kazazian Asset Management
Florida
-$6.97M
5
LPL Financial
LPL Financial
California
-$5.88M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
FAM
51
Formidable Asset Management
Ohio
$123K -$67 -8 -0.1%
LWA
52
Lenox Wealth Advisors
New York
$92K – – –
S
53
SignatureFD
Georgia
$91K – – –
Bank of America
54
Bank of America
North Carolina
$91K +$28.7K +3,424 +43%
NFG
55
Next Financial Group
Texas
$77K -$51.7K -6,176 -39%
EDRH
56
Edmond de Rothschild Holding
Switzerland
$77K +$80.4K +9,600 New
EDRS
57
Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse)
Switzerland
$77K +$80.4K +9,600 New
FTUS
58
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
$75K +$77.4K +9,248 New
RFA
59
Reilly Financial Advisors
California
$68K – – –
UFA
60
US Financial Advisors
Massachusetts
$52K – – –
TFA
61
Transamerica Financial Advisors
Florida
$50K – – –
UBS Group
62
UBS Group
Switzerland
$45K -$83.3K -9,952 -64%
FWM
63
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$39K – – –
BWA
64
Burt Wealth Advisors
Maryland
$33K -$17.1K -2,040 -50%
FMA
65
FNY Managed Accounts
New York
$32.3K +$33.5K +4,000 New
PNC Financial Services Group
66
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$30K -$10.7K -1,280 -26%
MFS
67
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$30K +$16.5K +1,968 +110%
ANBT
68
American National Bank & Trust
Texas
$23K – – –
PAI
69
Pittenger & Anderson Inc
Nebraska
$19K – – –
Wells Fargo
70
Wells Fargo
California
$14K -$15K -1,792 -50%
SSG
71
Summit Securities Group
New York
$10K +$10K +1,200 New
GWM
72
Gupta Wealth Management
California
$10K +$10.2K +1,224 New
CFA
73
Carroll Financial Associates
North Carolina
$7K +$7.1K +848 New
US Bancorp
74
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$6K -$4.55K -544 -43%
IWMPD
75
Integrated Wealth Management (Palm Desert)
California
$6K +$6.16K +736 New
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SSO Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review

81 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $110M — down 49% from $217M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 24 funds closed out of SSO and 13 opened new positions — a net loss of 11 holders — while 32 trimmed existing stakes and 16 added.

The largest buyer was Ardsley Advisory Partners, opening a new position worth an estimated $2.68M. The largest seller was Tuttle Capital Management, cutting an estimated $29.6M.

  • 81 institutional investors held ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) as of Q2 2015, down from 93 in Q1 2015.
  • Funds reported $110M of ProShares Ultra S&P500 stock for Q2 2015, down 49% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 13 funds opened new ProShares Ultra S&P500 positions in Q2 2015 and 24 closed out, a net change of -11 holders.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 buyer in Q2 2015 was Ardsley Advisory Partners, an estimated $2.68M added.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 seller in Q2 2015 was Tuttle Capital Management, an estimated $29.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.