Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD) Trading Up 0.6% – Here’s Why

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VYLD)’s stock price traded up 0.6% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $28.38 and last traded at $28.38. 330 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 91% from the average session volume of 3,540 shares. The stock had previously closed at $28.20.

Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN Price Performance

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Jeremy Barnum sold 2,893 shares of Inverse VIX Short Term Futures ETN stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.79, for a total transaction of $904,901.47. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 26,696 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,350,241.84. The trade was a 9.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Marianne Lake sold 3,908 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $312.78, for a total value of $1,222,344.24. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 121,035 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,857,327.30. This trade represents a 3.13% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 37,406 shares of company stock worth $11,700,216 over the last three months.

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.