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ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF
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79 hedge funds and large institutions have $113M invested in ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 9 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 21 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

95% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.7M | Put options by funds: $871K

5% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 21

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 79 → 79 (0)

0.11% less ownership

Funds ownership: 24.81% → 24.7% (-0.11%)

13% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $129M → $113M (-$16.6M)

65% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 9 | Existing positions reduced: 26

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 0 (-2)

Holders
79
Holders Change
–
Holders Change %
0%
% of All Funds
1.76%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
-2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-100%
% of All Funds
–
New
22
Increased
9
Reduced
26
Closed
21
Calls
$1.7M
Puts
$871K
Net Calls
+$824K
Net Calls Change
-$6.08M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
CI
Conning Inc
Connecticut
+$16.5M
2
TCM
Tuttle Capital Management
Connecticut
+$4.05M
3
Envestnet Asset Management
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
+$2M
4
BHMP
Bardin Hill Management Partners
New York
+$1.47M
5
BAM
Belpointe Asset Management
Nevada
+$906K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$9.9M
2
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$9.4M
3
HWA
HCR Wealth Advisors
California
-$6M
4
AP
Advisors Preferred
Maryland
-$4.06M
5
JG
Jefferies Group
New York
-$1.49M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
TFCP
26
Twin Focus Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$654K – – –
Renaissance Technologies
27
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$562K +$594K +25,100 New
ADBIC
28
A.D. Beadell Investment Counsel
Wisconsin
$547K – – –
CA
29
Calton & Associates
Florida
$519K -$13.9K -589 -2%
DDPIC
30
Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel
Michigan
$470K – – –
EWG
31
Executive Wealth Group
Washington
$418K +$780 +33 +0.2%
CWM
32
Cornerstone Wealth Management
Missouri
$406K +$429K +18,148 New
EWM
33
Endurance Wealth Management
Rhode Island
$391K -$13K -550 -3%
Principal Financial Group
34
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$336K +$355K +14,990 New
TSS
35
Two Sigma Securities
New York
$312K +$330K +13,945 New
LJAC
36
L.J. Altfest & Co
New York
$310K – – –
MFG
37
Magnus Financial Group
New York
$291K +$307K +13,000 New
LRIA
38
Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors
Washington
$291K +$308K +13,009 New
VF
39
Virtu Financial
New York
$268K -$93.2K -3,940 -25%
ACM
40
Aviance Capital Management
Florida
$235K -$357K -15,097 -59%
Royal Bank of Canada
41
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$225K -$298K -12,594 -56%
HCM
42
Horrell Capital Management
Arkansas
$224K – – –
MC
43
Mathes Company
New York
$218K – – –
RJA
44
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
$201K -$30.5K -1,291 -13%
Simplex Trading
45
Simplex Trading
Illinois
$187K -$285K -12,031 -59%
Barclays
46
Barclays
United Kingdom
$157K – – –
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
47
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
$157K – – –
Deutsche Bank
48
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$153K +$162K +6,835 New
LTFS
49
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$122K -$59.1K -2,500 -31%
CI
50
Clal Insurance
Israel
$120K – – –
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TBF Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2018 in Review

79 of the 4,488 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBF) for Q4 2018, worth a combined $113M — down 13% from $129M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 22 funds opened new TBF positions and 21 closed out — a net gain of 1 holder — while 9 added to existing stakes and 26 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Conning Inc, opening a new position worth an estimated $16.5M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $9.9M.

  • 79 institutional investors held ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBF) as of Q4 2018, unchanged from Q3 2018.
  • Funds reported $113M of ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF stock for Q4 2018, down 13% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF positions in Q4 2018 and 21 closed out, a net change of +1 holder.
  • The largest ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF buyer in Q4 2018 was Conning Inc, an estimated $16.5M added.
  • The largest ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF seller in Q4 2018 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $9.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2018.