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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
FHA
101
First Horizon Advisors
Tennessee
– -$25.4M -3,851,392 Closed
MSP
102
Madison Street Partners
Colorado
– -$2.63M -400,000 Closed
AAP
103
Ardsley Advisory Partners
Connecticut
– -$2.11M -320,000 Closed
Millennium Management
104
Millennium Management
New York
– -$1.53M -231,968 Closed
TRCT
105
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
– -$779K -118,400 Closed
TH
106
Timber Hill
Connecticut
– -$692K -101,872 Closed
AAS
107
Annex Advisory Services
Wisconsin
– -$443K -67,328 Closed
QC
108
QCM Cayman
Texas
– -$433K -63,744 Closed
WSTAM
109
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management
Virginia
– -$309K -46,928 Closed
KFS
110
KMS Financial Services
Washington
– -$245K -37,328 Closed
CPO
111
Cerity Partners OCIO
New York
– -$236K -35,840 Closed
FAAM
112
First Allied Asset Management
California
– -$226K -34,352 Closed
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
113
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
– -$53.3K -8,000 Closed
AR
114
Advisory Research
Illinois
– -$32K -4,800 Closed
MFS
115
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
– -$19K -2,960 Closed
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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.