USO 10% Owner HRT FINANCIAL LP Buys and Sells Shares

What Happened

• HRT FINANCIAL LP, reported as a 10% owner of United States Oil Fund, LP (USO), executed both purchases and sales on 2026-09-16. The firm purchased 14,291 shares at $154.57 ($2,208,960) and 29,347 shares at $155.65 ($4,567,861) — total purchases of 43,638 shares for $6,776,821. On the same day it sold 1,088 shares at $156.32 ($170,076), 14,625 shares at $157.47 ($2,302,999), 1,222 shares at $159.80 ($195,276), 87 shares at $160.55 ($13,968) and 1 share at $161.84 ($162) — total sales of 17,023 shares for $2,682,481. Net result: a net purchase of 26,615 shares and a net cash outflow of about $4,094,340. Purchases may be viewed as a more informative (bullish) signal than routine sales, but no motive is stated.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-16; Form filed 2026-09-17 (filed timely).
• Purchases: 14,291 @ $154.57 ($2,208,960) and 29,347 @ $155.65 ($4,567,861) — total $6,776,821.
• Sales: 1,088 @ $156.32 ($170,076); 14,625 @ $157.47 ($2,302,999); 1,222 @ $159.80 ($195,276); 87 @ $160.55 ($13,968); 1 @ $161.84 ($162) — total $2,682,481.
• Net: +26,615 shares; net buy ≈ $4,094,340.
• Shares owned after transaction: not reported in the supplied filing summary.
• Footnotes: F1 — issuer/SEC/security holder can request full breakdown by price; F2 — some dispositions resulted from short sales (per filing).
• Transaction type codes: P = Purchase, S = Sale (open market or private transactions).

Context

• HRT FINANCIAL LP is a 10% institutional owner, not an executive; institutional trading can reflect portfolio rebalancing rather than insider sentiment. The filing shows same-day buys and sells (possible execution/coverage of short positions per F2); no options exercises, grants, or gifts are involved.