Investors Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (BATS:VXX)

iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (BATS:VXX – Get Free Report) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Investors purchased 131,611 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 146% compared to the typical daily volume of 53,478 call options.

iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Price Performance

VXX stock opened at $18.38 on Friday. iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN has a 12 month low of $16.54 and a 12 month high of $40.83. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $18.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.06.

Institutional Trading of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Trivest Advisors Ltd increased its stake in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 54.3% in the first quarter. Trivest Advisors Ltd now owns 309,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,031,000 after acquiring an additional 108,700 shares during the last quarter. NFSG Corp raised its position in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 56.2% during the third quarter. NFSG Corp now owns 22,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $399,000 after purchasing an additional 8,150 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN during the first quarter worth $125,000.

About iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

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The iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures index. The fund tracks an index with exposure to futures contracts on the CBOE Volatility Index with average one-month maturity. Exposure resets daily. VXX was launched on Jan 19, 2018 and is issued by iPath.

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