ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (NASDAQ:SQQQ) Shares Up 6.7% – Here’s Why

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (NASDAQ:SQQQGet Free Report)’s share price rose 6.7% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $67.11 and last traded at $66.9980. Approximately 38,565,226 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average daily volume of 39,892,883 shares. The stock had previously closed at $62.79.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ Stock Up 3.3%

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $68.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.70.

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 24th were given a $1.5055 dividend. This represents a $6.02 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.3%. This is a boost from ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.21. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 24th.

Institutional Trading of ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lane Generational LLC bought a new position in shares of ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ during the 2nd quarter valued at $4,187,000. Gables Capital Management Inc. increased its position in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ by 600.0% during the second quarter. Gables Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,000 after buying an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. Belvedere Trading LLC bought a new position in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ during the second quarter valued at about $249,000. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ during the second quarter valued at about $241,000. Finally, WealthPlan Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ during the 2nd quarter worth $201,000.

About ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

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ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (the Fund) seeks daily investment results, which corresponds to three times the inverse of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index). The Index includes 100 of the non-financial domestic and international issues listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) Stock Market. The Fund invests in derivatives. It also invests in short-term cash instruments, which have a remaining maturity of 397 days or less and exhibit high quality credit profiles.

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