ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
VIXY
31 hedge funds and large institutions have $14.3M invested in ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 15 funds opening new positions, 6 increasing their positions, 5 reducing their positions, and 4 closing their positions.
275% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 15 | Existing positions closed: 4
215% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.31M | Put options by funds: $1.69M
65% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $8.65M → $14.3M (+$5.65M)
55% more funds holding
Funds holding: 20 → 31 (+11)
20% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 6 | Existing positions reduced: 5
0% more ownership
Funds ownership: 0% → 0.01% (+0%)
Top Buyers
| 1 |
FTUS
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
|
+$2.77M |
| 2 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
+$1.49M |
| 3 |
Jane Street
New York
|
+$974K |
| 4 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$736K |
| 5 |
Janney Montgomery Scott
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
|
+$346K |
Top Sellers
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ASN
26
Advisory Services Network
Atlanta,
Georgia
| $82K | +$21.7K | +1 | +33% |
|
|
AIM
27
Advantage Investment Management
Cedar Rapids,
Iowa
| $57K | +$65K | +3 | New |
|
28
Citigroup
New York
| $43K | +$43.3K | +2 | New |
|
|
LTFS
29
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Miami,
Florida
| $19K | -$21.7K | -1 | -50% |
|
|
RPG
30
Risk Paradigm Group
Austin,
Texas
| $18.1K | -$43.3K | -2 | -67% |
|
|
OC
31
Oakworth Capital
Birmingham,
Alabama
| $15K | – | – | – |
|
32
Walleye Trading
New York
| $8K | – | – | – |
|
|
TRCT
33
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
| $6K | – | – | – |
|
34
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
Raleigh,
North Carolina
| $1K | – | – | – |
|
|
GA
35
Geller Advisors
New York
| – | -$476K | -18 | Closed |
|
36
Creative Planning
Overland Park,
Kansas
| – | -$91K | -3 | Closed |
|
37
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Boston,
Massachusetts
| – | -$91K | -3 | Closed |
|
38
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$92K | -3 | Closed |
|
VIXY Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review
31 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $14.3M — up 65% from $8.65M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 15 funds opened new VIXY positions and 4 closed out — a net gain of 11 holders — while 6 added to existing stakes and 5 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Flow Traders U.S., opening a new position worth an estimated $2.77M. The largest seller was R.H. Bluestein & Co, cutting an estimated $650K.
- 31 institutional investors held ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) as of Q2 2015, up from 20 in Q1 2015.
- Funds reported $14.3M of ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF stock for Q2 2015, up 65% quarter-over-quarter.
- 15 funds opened new ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF positions in Q2 2015 and 4 closed out, a net change of +11 holders.
- The largest ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF buyer in Q2 2015 was Flow Traders U.S., an estimated $2.77M added.
- The largest ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF seller in Q2 2015 was R.H. Bluestein & Co, an estimated $650K sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.