Short Interest in Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) Decreases By 62.3%

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 166 shares, a decrease of 62.3% from the August 15th total of 440 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 854 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Insider Buying and Selling at Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN

In other Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN news, General Counsel Stacey Friedman sold 5,467 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.73, for a total value of $1,808,100.91. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 40,961 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,547,031.53. The trade was a 11.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Robin Leopold sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 10th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,066,092.07. This trade represents a 3.40% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 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 over the last three months.

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of VYLD stock traded down $0.03 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $30.86. The company had a trading volume of 4,919 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,103. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $28.87. Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN has a one year low of $25.94 and a one 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.