iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (BATS:VXX)

iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (BATS:VXX) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors bought 68,318 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 32% compared to the average daily volume of 51,836 put options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FNY Investment Advisers LLC lifted its stake in shares of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 715.0% during the 3rd quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC now owns 1,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 951 shares during the period. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN in the first quarter valued at $125,000. Potomac Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN in the fourth quarter valued at $371,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN by 207.7% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 20,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $998,000 after buying an additional 14,023 shares during the period. Finally, Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC purchased a new position in iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN during the third quarter worth about $2,222,000.

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

Shares of BATS:VXX traded down $0.15 during trading on Thursday, reaching $22.17. The stock had a trading volume of 4,641,688 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,048,729. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $25.85 and a 200-day moving average price of $28.31. iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN has a fifty-two week low of $21.74 and a fifty-two week high of $48.97.

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

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.