Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:SILJ)

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SILJ) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors purchased 97,070 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 104% compared to the average volume of 47,473 call options.

Institutional Trading of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 1.7% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 2,861,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,357,000 after purchasing an additional 48,908 shares during the period. Capital Fund Management S.A. increased its holdings in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 425.8% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A. now owns 836,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,317,000 after acquiring an additional 677,480 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 666.7% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 456,124 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,751,000 after acquiring an additional 396,631 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 151.5% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 333,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,042,000 after purchasing an additional 200,940 shares during the period. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 13.3% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 312,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,211,000 after purchasing an additional 36,608 shares during the period.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SILJ traded up $2.67 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $37.60. 13,270,795 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 10,967,349. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a 12-month low of $10.01 and a 12-month high of $37.79. The company has a market cap of $5.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.57 and a beta of 0.79. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $27.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $22.35.

About Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

The ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in materials equity. The fund tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of small-cap silver mining and exploration companies. SILJ was launched on Nov 28, 2012 and is managed by ETF Managers Group.