Traders Buy Large Volume of iShares Russell 2000 ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:IWM)

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) saw some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Traders acquired 2,012,514 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 39% compared to the typical daily volume of 1,447,170 put options.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Price Performance

iShares Russell 2000 ETF stock opened at $205.28 on Friday. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a 1-year low of $191.34 and a 1-year high of $244.98. The stock has a market cap of $65.75 billion, a PE ratio of 16.97 and a beta of 1.17. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $222.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is $223.76.

Institutional Trading of iShares Russell 2000 ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Forum Financial Management LP increased its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.0% during the third quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 3,210 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $709,000 after purchasing an additional 293 shares in the last quarter. Madden Advisory Services Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 5.6% during the third quarter. Madden Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $427,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Geneva Partners LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 7.0% during the third quarter. Geneva Partners LLC now owns 5,649 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,248,000 after purchasing an additional 369 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 5.4% during the third quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 12,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,864,000 after purchasing an additional 664 shares in the last quarter. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. increased its position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 2.9% during the third quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 31,786 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,021,000 after purchasing an additional 885 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index.