ProShares UltraShort Silver
9 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.69M invested in ProShares UltraShort Silver in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 4 funds opening new positions, 1 increasing their positions, 2 reducing their positions, and 5 closing their positions.
423% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.42M | Put options by funds: $463K
0.02% more ownership
Funds ownership: 0.1% → 0.12% (+0.02%)
10% less funds holding
Funds holding: 10 → 9 (-1)
20% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 4 | Existing positions closed: 5
30% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.87M → $2.69M (-$1.18M)
50% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1 | Existing positions reduced: 2
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
+$1.56M |
| 2 |
MML Investors Services
Springfield,
Massachusetts
|
+$485K |
| 3 |
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
|
+$301K |
| 4 |
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
|
+$138K |
| 5 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
+$35.7K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CG
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
|
-$1.15M |
| 2 |
Jane Street
New York
|
-$1.03M |
| 3 |
WAS
Winch Advisory Services
Appleton,
Wisconsin
|
-$138K |
| 4 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$117K |
| 5 |
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$89K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
VF
1
Virtu Financial
New York
| $1.41M | +$1.56M | +305 | New |
|
|
2
Jane Street
New York
| $325K | -$1.03M | -201 | -74% |
|
|
3
Susquehanna International Group
Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania
| $292K | +$138K | +27 | +75% |
|
|
4
MML Investors Services
Springfield,
Massachusetts
| $288K | +$485K | +95 | New |
|
|
5
Citadel Advisors
Miami,
Florida
| $273K | +$301K | +59 | New |
|
|
6
Morgan Stanley
New York
| $49K | -$117K | -23 | -68% |
|
|
7
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
| $32K | +$35.7K | +7 | New |
|
|
GWM
8
Geneos Wealth Management
Englewood,
Colorado
| $11K | – | – | – |
|
|
AG
9
Advisor Group
Phoenix,
Arizona
| $9K | – | – | – |
|
|
TRCT
10
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
| $1K | – | – | – |
|
|
CG
11
Cutler Group
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$1.15M | -226 | Closed |
|
|
WAS
12
Winch Advisory Services
Appleton,
Wisconsin
| – | -$138K | -22 | Closed |
|
13
Goldman Sachs
New York
| – | -$84K | -14 | Closed |
|
|
14
Simplex Trading
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$89K | -14 | Closed |
|
|
FTUS
15
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
| – | -$15K | -2 | Closed |
|
ZSL Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review
9 of the 4,018 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares UltraShort Silver (ZSL) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $2.69M — down 30% from $3.87M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 5 funds closed out of ZSL and 4 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 2 trimmed existing stakes and 1 added.
The largest buyer was Virtu Financial, opening a new position worth an estimated $1.56M. The largest seller was Cutler Group, exiting entirely with an estimated $1.15M sold.
- 9 institutional investors held ProShares UltraShort Silver (ZSL) as of Q1 2017, down from 10 in Q4 2016.
- Funds reported $2.69M of ProShares UltraShort Silver stock for Q1 2017, down 30% quarter-over-quarter.
- 4 funds opened new ProShares UltraShort Silver positions in Q1 2017 and 5 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Silver buyer in Q1 2017 was Virtu Financial, an estimated $1.56M added.
- The largest ProShares UltraShort Silver seller in Q1 2017 was Cutler Group, an estimated $1.15M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.