iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (BATS:LQDW) Short Interest Up 79.2% in August

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iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (BATS:LQDW – Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 19,466 shares, an increase of 79.2% from the August 15th total of 10,863 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 55,368 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF Price Performance

iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF stock opened at $22.92 on Thursday. iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF has a 12-month low of $22.87 and a 12-month high of $25.42. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $23.36 and a 200 day moving average of $23.79.

Institutional Trading of iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of LQDW. Roble Belko & Company Inc bought a new stake in shares of iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $3,808,000. HORAN Wealth LLC bought a new position in iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $607,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF in the 1st quarter worth $410,000. United Community Bank purchased a new stake in iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $293,000. Finally, NBH Bank purchased a new stake in iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $85,000.

iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF Company Profile

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The iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF (LQDW) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the CBOE LQD BuyWrite index. The fund uses a fund-of-fund approach to passively track an index that measures the performance of holding shares of the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and writes one-month call options against the shares. LQDW was launched on Aug 18, 2022 and is managed by BlackRock.

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