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ProShares Ultra S&P500
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100 hedge funds and large institutions have $893M invested in ProShares Ultra S&P500 in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 23 funds opening new positions, 20 increasing their positions, 45 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

53% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 15

25% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $215M | Put options by funds: $171M

8% more funds holding

Funds holding: 93 → 100 (+7)

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 12 → 8 (-4)

48% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.7B → $893M (-$810M)

56% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 20 | Existing positions reduced: 45

258.42% less ownership

Funds ownership: 849.1% → 590.68% (-258%)

Holders
100
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+7.53%
% of All Funds
2.87%
Holding in Top 10
8
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-33.33%
% of All Funds
0.23%
New
23
Increased
20
Reduced
45
Closed
15
Calls
$215M
Puts
$171M
Net Calls
+$43.4M
Net Calls Change
+$47.7M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$26.5M
2
SCP
Syntal Capital Partners
Texas
+$24.6M
3
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
+$22.6M
4
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
+$17.9M
5
Two Sigma Investments
Two Sigma Investments
New York
+$17.6M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
GHF
Good Harbor Financial
Illinois
-$738M
2
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
-$69.8M
3
PI
Placemark Investments
Illinois
-$53.8M
4
VAM
Visionary Asset Management
Texas
-$33.2M
5
LTFS
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
-$30.8M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Wells Fargo
76
Wells Fargo
California
$97K -$20.2K -2,976 -18%
AWM
77
Avior Wealth Management
Nebraska
$94K -$109 -16 -0.1%
PAS
78
Partnervest Advisory Services
California
$94K +$87.9K +12,944 New
LWA
79
Lenox Wealth Advisors
New York
$83K – – –
S
80
SignatureFD
Georgia
$68K +$13.6K +2,000 +27%
OIA
81
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$46K – – –
GAM
82
Gemmer Asset Management
California
$44K +$40.3K +5,936 +3,710%
RIA
83
Regal Investment Advisors
Michigan
$41K – – –
FWM
84
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$35K – – –
JWA
85
JFS Wealth Advisors
Pennsylvania
$26K +$24.5K +3,600 New
Fifth Third Bancorp
86
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$25K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
87
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$22K +$20.6K +3,040 New
US Bancorp
88
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$21K -$8.59K -1,264 -31%
WA
89
WFG Advisors
Texas
$20K +$19K +2,800 New
ECM
90
Exchange Capital Management
Michigan
$17K -$24.5K -3,600 -61%
PAI
91
Pittenger & Anderson Inc
Nebraska
$17K +$16.3K +2,400 New
BRWM
92
B. Riley Wealth Management
Tennessee
$14K -$41.1K -6,048 -75%
FAM
93
Formidable Asset Management
Ohio
$12K -$54.3K -8,000 -83%
HCC
94
Hirtle Callaghan & Co
Pennsylvania
$12K – – –
ACS
95
Archford Capital Strategies
Illinois
$7.64K -$11.5K -1,696 -62%
AC
96
Alexandria Capital
Virginia
$3K – – –
CA
97
CapWealth Advisors
Tennessee
$3K +$2.72K +400 New
Walleye Trading
98
Walleye Trading
New York
$1.08K +$533K +78,400 +111%
CG
99
Colony Group
Massachusetts
$1K -$1.2K -176 -58%
FTUS
100
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
$1K +$1.09K +160 New
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SSO Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

100 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $893M — down 48% from $1.7B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 23 funds opened new SSO positions and 15 closed out — a net gain of 8 holders — while 20 added to existing stakes and 45 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Goldman Sachs, adding an estimated $26.5M. The largest seller was Good Harbor Financial, cutting an estimated $738M.

  • 100 institutional investors held ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) as of Q2 2014, up from 93 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $893M of ProShares Ultra S&P500 stock for Q2 2014, down 48% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 23 funds opened new ProShares Ultra S&P500 positions in Q2 2014 and 15 closed out, a net change of +8 holders.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 buyer in Q2 2014 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $26.5M added.
  • The largest ProShares Ultra S&P500 seller in Q2 2014 was Good Harbor Financial, an estimated $738M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.