Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Call Options (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 Thursday. Traders bought 63,680 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 20% compared to the typical volume of 53,009 call options.

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

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. NFSG Corp grew its holdings in shares of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 56.2% during the 3rd quarter. NFSG Corp now owns 22,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $399,000 after acquiring an additional 8,150 shares during the period. Trivest Advisors Ltd raised its position in shares of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 54.3% in the 1st quarter. Trivest Advisors Ltd now owns 309,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,031,000 after acquiring an additional 108,700 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN in the 1st quarter worth approximately $125,000.

iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Trading Up 19.1%

Shares of BATS:VXX traded up $3.26 on Thursday, hitting $20.32. The company had a trading volume of 25,443,516 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,529,860. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $17.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $24.43. iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN has a 1 year low of $16.54 and a 1 year high of $40.52.

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

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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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