Traders Purchase High Volume of Call Options on Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:TZA)

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:TZA) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Investors bought 17,760 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 30% compared to the average daily volume of 13,663 call options.

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares Stock Performance

Shares of TZA traded down $0.62 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $7.09. The stock had a trading volume of 205,847,246 shares, compared to its average volume of 126,726,422. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $6.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $7.29. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares has a one year low of $5.59 and a one year high of $25.70.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares by 17.3% during the fourth quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 26,145 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $196,000 after purchasing an additional 3,850 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares by 29.2% in the 3rd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 28,457 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $234,000 after buying an additional 6,433 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired a new position in Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares in the 2nd quarter valued at $100,000. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL bought a new position in Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares during the 4th quarter worth $100,000. Finally, StoneX Group Inc. bought a new position in Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares during the 2nd quarter worth $176,000.

About Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (the Fund) seeks daily investment results of 300% of the inverse (or opposite) of the price performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Small Cap Index). The Small Cap Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the United States equity universe and consists of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.