Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) Stock Short Interest Falls 95.7%

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) saw a large drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 8 shares, a drop of 95.7% from the September 30th total of 186 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,257 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Insider Buying and Selling at Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN

In other news, insider Robin Leopold sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $352.81, for a total transaction of $882,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 71,047 shares in the company, valued at $25,066,092.07. This trade represents a 3.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN Stock Performance

VYLD traded up $0.10 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $31.13. 351 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,011. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.99 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $29.14. Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN has a 12-month low of $25.94 and a 12-month high of $31.46.

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.