Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSEARCA:SILJ)

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SILJ) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Friday. Traders acquired 10,102 call options on the company. This is an increase of 122% compared to the typical daily volume of 4,543 call options.

Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Stock Up 1.4 %

SILJ stock opened at $11.21 on Friday. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a twelve month low of $7.80 and a twelve month high of $12.02. The stock has a market cap of $845.23 million, a P/E ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.29. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $9.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $9.22.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its holdings in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 71.7% in the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 34,499 shares of the company’s stock worth $293,000 after purchasing an additional 14,407 shares in the last quarter. U S Global Investors Inc. purchased a new position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Willis Johnson & Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $114,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its holdings in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 54.6% in the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 418,411 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,548,000 after purchasing an additional 147,844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 93.6% in the 3rd quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 76,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $650,000 after acquiring an additional 37,029 shares during the last quarter.

About Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF

The ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in materials equity. The fund tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of small-cap silver mining and exploration companies. SILJ was launched on Nov 28, 2012 and is managed by ETF Managers Group.