Traders Purchase High Volume of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:SILJ)

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SILJ) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock traders purchased 39,360 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 66% compared to the typical volume of 23,729 call options.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Price Performance

Shares of SILJ traded up $1.18 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $29.63. The stock had a trading volume of 8,058,505 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,583,061. The firm has a market cap of $3.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.57 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.86. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a twelve month low of $9.72 and a twelve month high of $30.06.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 12.6% during the 1st quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 104,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,269,000 after acquiring an additional 11,726 shares during the period. Comerica Bank acquired a new stake in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $597,000. Kitching Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $153,000. Quarry LP acquired a new position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $83,000. Finally, Caption Management LLC bought a new position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF during the 1st quarter worth $303,000.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Company Profile

The ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in materials equity. The fund tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of small-cap silver mining and exploration companies. SILJ was launched on Nov 28, 2012 and is managed by ETF Managers Group.