SPDR Gold Shares
Hedge Funds Holdings

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SPDR Gold Shares‘s stocks are currently a part of 1800 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 48.21% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 162.72M shares of SPDR Gold Shares. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 21.19% or 28.44M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 41.5% (747) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 28.78% (518) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 5.5% (99) closed the holdings completely. 211 hedge funds are new holders of SPDR Gold Shares stock in Q1 2022, it is 11.72% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding SPDR Gold Shares (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 921
Q3 2017 930
Q4 2017 1,027
Q1 2018 1,067
Q2 2018 1,035
Q3 2018 1,004
Q4 2018 1,083
Q1 2019 1,078
Q2 2019 1,092
Q3 2019 1,140
Q4 2019 1,261
Q1 2020 1,327
Q2 2020 1,457
Q3 2020 1,532
Q4 2020 1,654
Q1 2021 1,573
Q2 2021 1,631
Q3 2021 1,582
Q4 2021 1,726
Q1 2022 1,800

Hedge funds changes in SPDR Gold Shares positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 8928830568171
Q3 2017 8233028365170
Q4 2017 17427233668177
Q1 2018 12337031272190
Q2 2018 7333733992194
Q3 2018 75240440103146
Q4 2018 188292373104126
Q1 2019 111345363101158
Q2 2019 11432938685178
Q3 2019 12947230173165
Q4 2019 20539939878181
Q1 2020 192535390107103
Q2 2020 22462335589166
Q3 2020 17773537690154
Q4 2020 248612533102159
Q1 2021 10757661717499
Q2 2021 14259056173265
Q3 2021 88558558121257
Q4 2021 25154559091249
Q1 2022 21174751899225

Hedge funds changes in SPDR Gold Shares stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 15,201,584,644 4,957,521,380
Q3 2017 73,259,895,541 5,209,143,788
Q4 2017 39,660,476,925 72,833,072,240
Q1 2018 35,725,555,079 220,564,615,695
Q2 2018 17,575,277,990 477,435,097,500
Q3 2018 28,044,380,376 398,272,961,800
Q4 2018 13,981,829,500 6,646,800,750
Q1 2019 8,315,455,200 6,885,746,000
Q2 2019 14,039,380,000 8,877,409,120
Q3 2019 15,958,540,950 9,417,122,004
Q4 2019 17,087,752,760 8,517,210,030
Q1 2020 18,893,662,850 12,405,236,170
Q2 2020 25,311,698,190 12,906,361,778
Q3 2020 104,968,423,872 23,498,228,048
Q4 2020 27,843,801,852 13,010,742,260
Q1 2021 107,440,034,220 11,103,277,800
Q2 2021 463,301,897,309 14,043,652,575
Q3 2021 330,400,497,354 11,173,849,340
Q4 2021 433,534,764,880 11,499,838,392
Q1 2022 25,942,678,000 12,839,698,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of SPDR Gold Shares (AMEX:GLD)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
CTC LLC 3.33B 215.95K 2.094%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.12B 13.73M 0.305%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.02B 13.11M 0.291%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.84B 11.92M 0.221%
MORGAN STANLEY 1.76B 11.43M 0.241%
CITIGROUP INC 1.46B 9.46M 1.048%
OPTIVER HOLDING B.V. 1.42B 9.24M 1.236%
CTC LLC 1.16B 75.42K 0.731%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 1.02B 6.61M 0.122%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 991.09M 6.40M 0.256%
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 957.5M 6.19M 0.419%
UBS GROUP AG 902.75M 5.83M 0.396%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 870.00M 5.62M 0.198%
TWIN TREE MANAGEMENT, LP 868.44M 5.61M 1.662%
UBS GROUP AG 794.43M 5.13M 0.348%
DRW SECURITIES, L.L.C. 760.52M 4.91M 16.102%
PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 747.06M 4.85M 26.820%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 718.44M 4.64M 0.166%
WARATAH CAPITAL ADVISORS LTD. 678.55M 4.38M 10.323%
OPTIVER HOLDING B.V. 664.79M 4.3M 0.575%
UBS GROUP AG 656.56M 4.24M 0.288%
SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 649.19M 4.19M 0.734%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 622.40M 4.02M 0.203%
SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 612.07M 3.95M 0.692%
FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 598.32M 3.86M 1.794%
DRW SECURITIES, L.L.C. 527.99M 3.41M 11.179%
CITIGROUP INC 513.31M 3.31M 0.367%
PARALLAX VOLATILITY ADVISERS, L.P. 504.73M 3.26M 0.780%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 478.71M 3.09M 0.852%
PARALLAX VOLATILITY ADVISERS, L.P. 437.08M 2.82M 0.676%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 425.31M 2.74M 0.097%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC 380.12M 2.45M 0.367%
IMC-CHICAGO, LLC 332.52M 2.14M 0.428%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 328.41M 2.12M 0.085%
BLUECREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD 326.35M 2.11M 9.666%
DEER PARK ROAD CORP 309.34M 2M 3.977%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 303.67M 1.96M 0.096%
WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 274.64M 1.77M 0.442%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 274.24M 1.77M 0.343%
WS MANAGEMENT LLLP 269.89M 1.74M 24.488%
WEALTHNAVI INC. 266.57M 1.72M 5.619%
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 262.87M 1.69M 0.452%
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC 261.51M 1.69M 0.701%
GROUP ONE TRADING, L.P. 253.81M 1.64M 0.499%
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. 232.00M 1.5M 38.098%
BREVAN HOWARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 220.94M 1.42M 8.036%
IMC-CHICAGO, LLC 219.04M 1.41M 0.282%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 211.00M 1.35M 0.078%
WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 205.72M 1.33M 0.331%
BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP Ray Dalio 201.41M 1.30M 1.020%