Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) Short Interest Down 62.3% in August

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLDGet Free Report) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 166 shares, a drop of 62.3% from the August 15th total of 440 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 854 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Insider Activity

In other Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN news, insider Robin Leopold sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $352.81, for a total value of $882,025.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 71,047 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,066,092.07. This represents a 3.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, General Counsel Stacey Friedman sold 5,467 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.73, for a total transaction of $1,808,100.91. Following the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 40,961 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,547,031.53. This represents a 11.78% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 10,467 shares of company stock worth $3,593,651 in the last three months.

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN Stock Up 0.9%

NYSEARCA:VYLD traded up $0.27 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $30.93. 500 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,097. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $30.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $28.85. Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN has a 1 year low of $25.94 and a 1 year high of $31.04.

Vanguard S&P 500 Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA: VYLD) is an exchange-traded fund managed by Vanguard that combines broad exposure to large-cap U.S. equities with an options overlay designed to generate incremental income. The fund holds a portfolio intended to approximate the performance of the S&P 500 and implements a covered‑call (buy‑write) strategy, selling call options against the equity exposure to capture option premiums. This approach seeks to provide higher income than a plain‑vanilla S&P 500 index fund while maintaining substantial participation in the U.S.

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