ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury
8 hedge funds and large institutions have $9.32M invested in ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 2 funds opening new positions, 1 increasing their positions, 5 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.
45% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $6.42M → $9.32M (+$2.9M)
18.42% more ownership
Funds ownership: 72.2% → 90.62% (+18%)
11% less funds holding
Funds holding: 9 → 8 (-1)
33% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 2 | Existing positions closed: 3
80% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1 | Existing positions reduced: 5
100% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $517K
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
+$1.8M |
| 2 |
LPL Financial
San Diego,
California
|
+$705K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DS
DRW Securities
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$1.06M |
| 2 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
-$502K |
| 3 |
BCM
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
|
-$497K |
| 4 |
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
|
-$474K |
| 5 |
Jane Street
New York
|
-$463K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Stifel Financial
St. Louis,
Missouri
| $2.53M | +$2.42M | +86,292 | New |
|
|
2
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $2.46M | +$1.8M | +64,050 | +327% |
|
|
BCM
3
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
| $2.3M | -$497K | -17,744 | -19% |
|
|
4
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
| $940K | -$474K | -16,908 | -35% |
|
|
5
LPL Financial
San Diego,
California
| $739K | +$705K | +25,150 | New |
|
|
DS
6
DRW Securities
Chicago,
Illinois
| $330K | -$1.06M | -37,746 | -77% |
|
|
TRCT
7
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
| $12K | -$16.8K | -600 | -60% |
|
8
Citigroup
New York
| $10K | -$449 | -16 | -5% |
|
|
9
Goldman Sachs
New York
| – | -$502K | -19,752 | Closed |
|
|
10
Jane Street
New York
| – | -$463K | -18,218 | Closed |
|
|
JG
11
Jefferies Group
New York
| – | -$1K | -44 | Closed |
|
UBT Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2014 in Review
8 of the 3,464 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT) for Q1 2014, worth a combined $9.32M — up 45% from $6.42M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 3 funds closed out of UBT and 2 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 5 trimmed existing stakes and 1 added.
The largest buyer was Royal Bank of Canada, adding an estimated $1.8M. The largest seller was DRW Securities, cutting an estimated $1.06M.
- 8 institutional investors held ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT) as of Q1 2014, down from 9 in Q4 2013.
- Funds reported $9.32M of ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury stock for Q1 2014, up 45% quarter-over-quarter.
- 2 funds opened new ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury positions in Q1 2014 and 3 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
- The largest ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury buyer in Q1 2014 was Royal Bank of Canada, an estimated $1.8M added.
- The largest ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury seller in Q1 2014 was DRW Securities, an estimated $1.06M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2014.