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United States Natural Gas Fund
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80 hedge funds and large institutions have $439M invested in United States Natural Gas Fund in 2013 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 13 funds opening new positions, 27 increasing their positions, 22 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

29% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $340M → $439M (+$99.4M)

23% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 27 | Existing positions reduced: 22

0.5% more ownership

Funds ownership: 2.64% → 3.14% (+0.5%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 84 → 80 (-4)

19% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 13 | Existing positions closed: 16

74% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $98.7M | Put options by funds: $385M

Holders
80
Holders Change
-4
Holders Change %
-4.76%
% of All Funds
2.59%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.06%
New
13
Increased
27
Reduced
22
Closed
16
Calls
$98.7M
Puts
$385M
Net Calls
-$286M
Net Calls Change
-$298M

Top Buyers

1
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$94.7M
2
SCM
Sandler Capital Management
New York
+$24.1M
3
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
+$10.1M
4
CC
Curian Capital
Colorado
+$9.46M
5
CS
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
+$5.21M

Top Sellers

1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$10.6M
2
SWM
Strategic Wealth Management
Washington
-$6M
3
MIM
Macroview Investment Management
Maryland
-$4.12M
4
CC
Chanos & Company
New York
-$4.06M
5
BIG
Blackthorn Investment Group
Kansas
-$3.79M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
FMP
51
Financial Management Professionals
Texas
$115K – – –
HI
52
Hudock Inc
Pennsylvania
$114K +$300 +1 +0.3%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
53
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$98K -$2.7K -9 -3%
MFS
54
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$97K +$55.8K +186 +127%
BRWA
55
B. Riley Wealth Advisors
Florida
$95K -$72K -240 -43%
WA
56
WFG Advisors
Texas
$67K -$600 -2 -0.9%
FNBT
57
FineMark National Bank & Trust
Florida
$64K – – –
TF
58
Tompkins Financial
New York
$49K – – –
RFA
59
Reilly Financial Advisors
California
$32K +$33.3K +111 New
HCC
60
Hirtle Callaghan & Co
Pennsylvania
$31K +$3.3K +11 +12%
PNC Financial Services Group
61
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$30K – – –
Invesco
62
Invesco
Georgia
$27K +$28.2K +94 New
KTC
63
Kistler-Tiffany Companies
Pennsylvania
$24K – – –
WOC
64
West Oak Capital
California
$13.6K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
65
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$10K +$10.2K +34 New
Bank of Montreal
66
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$7K -$900 -3 -12%
QAM
67
QCI Asset Management
New York
$7K – – –
NMLIC
68
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wisconsin
$7K +$6.6K +22 New
First Manhattan
69
First Manhattan
New York
$6K – – –
PSI
70
Pinnacle Summer Investments
Virginia
$4K -$42.6K -142 -91%
IFWM
71
Institute for Wealth Management
Colorado
$4K +$3.9K +13 New
Fifth Third Bancorp
72
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$3K – – –
Envestnet Asset Management
73
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$3K +$2.7K +9 New
MWP
74
MYCIO Wealth Partners
Pennsylvania
$2K – – –
FWM
75
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$2K +$2.1K +7 New
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UNG Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2013 in Review

80 of the 3,084 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) for Q3 2013, worth a combined $439M — up 29% from $340M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 16 funds closed out of UNG and 13 opened new positions — a net loss of 3 holders — while 22 trimmed existing stakes and 27 added.

The largest buyer was Goldman Sachs, adding an estimated $94.7M. The largest seller was Bank of America, cutting an estimated $10.6M.

  • 80 institutional investors held United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) as of Q3 2013, down from 84 in Q2 2013.
  • Funds reported $439M of United States Natural Gas Fund stock for Q3 2013, up 29% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 13 funds opened new United States Natural Gas Fund positions in Q3 2013 and 16 closed out, a net change of -3 holders.
  • The largest United States Natural Gas Fund buyer in Q3 2013 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $94.7M added.
  • The largest United States Natural Gas Fund seller in Q3 2013 was Bank of America, an estimated $10.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2013.