13F INSTITUTION · CIK
0001426196 · 2026-Q2 · filed Aug 17, 2026
Capstone Investment Advisors CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
$54.0B
13F long value · 2026-Q2
Positions 1641
Category Asset Manager
Quarters tracked 9
▲ #177 of 581 by 13F value 41 NEW 102 ADD 115 2×+ 144 TRIM 51 NEAR EXIT 18 EXIT
Snapshot
Capstone Investment Advisors's 13F portfolio at a glance — size, concentration and this quarter's activity.
Positions?
1641 (164 unmapped)
Latest 13F filed
Aug 17, 2026
13F value by quarter
Total reported long value each quarter — fund flows plus market moves.
Top holdings — 2026-Q2
The fund's largest reported positions (PUT/CALL rows are option positions, reported separately). The 100 shown cover 84.7% of the portfolio.
Ticker Issuer Weight Value Shares Since 2026-Q2 SPY PUT STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T 12.9% $7.0B 9.3M — QQQ PUT INVESCO QQQ TR 10.7% $5.8B 7.8M — NVDA PUT NVIDIA CORPORATION 4.2% $2.3B 11.3M — QQQ CALL INVESCO QQQ TR 3.8% $2.1B 2.8M — MSFT PUT MICROSOFT CORP 3.3% $1.8B 4.8M — MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 3.0% $1.6B 4.3M +37.9% NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.5% $1.4B 6.9M +17.2% — WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 2.5% $1.4B 80.5M — AAPL PUT APPLE INC 2.2% $1.2B 4.2M — IVV ISHARES TR 2.2% $1.2B 1.6M — AMZN PUT AMAZON COM INC 2.0% $1.1B 4.4M — TSLA PUT TESLA INC 1.6% $884.9M 2.1M — AMZN AMAZON COM INC 1.4% $736.3M 3.1M +5.4% LQD PUT ISHARES TR 1.3% $681.4M 6.2M — IWM CALL ISHARES TR 1.2% $673.0M 2.2M —
Option positions — 2026-Q2 ?
$31.6B across 392 put positions vs $8.0B across 307 call positions — put/call ratio 3.95. Values are notional — the market value of the shares the options reference.
Type Ticker Issuer Underlying shares Notional value % of 13F value PUT SPY STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T 9.3M $7.0B 12.9% PUT QQQ INVESCO QQQ TR 7.8M $5.8B 10.7% PUT NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION 11.3M $2.3B 4.2% CALL QQQ INVESCO QQQ TR 2.8M $2.1B 3.8% PUT MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 4.8M $1.8B 3.3% PUT AAPL APPLE INC 4.2M $1.2B 2.2% PUT AMZN AMAZON COM INC 4.4M $1.1B 2.0% PUT TSLA TESLA INC 2.1M $884.9M 1.6% PUT — TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.2M $794.1M 1.5% PUT LQD ISHARES TR 6.2M $681.4M 1.3%
Quarterly changes — 2026-Q2
What Capstone Investment Advisors opened, added, trimmed and exited this quarter, largest dollar moves first.
Action Ticker Issuer Prev shares Curr shares Change Value Δ EXIT — LUMENTUM HLDGS INC 74.3M 0 -100.0% -$752.7M ADD NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION 4.0M 6.9M +71.1% +$674.3M ADD MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 2.8M 4.3M +55.1% +$578.4M TRIM AMZN AMAZON COM INC 5.8M 3.1M -46.4% -$465.2M NEAR EXIT SPY STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T 593.3K 101.3K -82.9% -$310.2M 2×+ QQQ INVESCO QQQ TR 31.5K 426.9K +1255.9% +$296.2M 2×+ MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 53.4K 230.4K +331.4% +$247.9M NEW NOK NOKIA CORP — 14.6M — +$193.8M TRIM WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC 10.2M 3.4M -66.6% -$189.5M NEAR EXIT GOOGL ALPHABET INC 684.2K 32.2K -95.3% -$185.2M
Conviction over time
Portfolio weight of the current top long holdings, quarter by quarter — rising weight = growing conviction.
MSFT 2024-Q2 · 0.0% 2024-Q3 · 0.0% 2024-Q4 · 3.8% 2025-Q1 · 2.5% 2025-Q2 · 2.0% 2025-Q3 · 2.1% 2025-Q4 · 0.7% 2026-Q1 · 1.8% 2026-Q2 · 3.0% 3.0% NVDA 2024-Q2 · 0.1% 2024-Q3 · 0.1% 2024-Q4 · 1.0% 2025-Q1 · 2.8% 2025-Q2 · 3.7% 2025-Q3 · 2.3% 2025-Q4 · 3.1% 2026-Q1 · 1.2% 2026-Q2 · 2.5% 2.5% IVV 2024-Q2 · 0.8% 2024-Q3 · 0.8% 2024-Q4 · 2.7% 2025-Q1 · 1.4% 2025-Q2 · 1.5% 2025-Q3 · 1.2% 2025-Q4 · 2.4% 2026-Q1 · 1.8% 2026-Q2 · 2.2% 2.2% AMZN 2024-Q2 · 0.1% 2024-Q3 · 0.1% 2024-Q4 · 2.9% 2025-Q1 · 3.3% 2025-Q2 · 2.3% 2025-Q3 · 1.9% 2025-Q4 · 1.2% 2026-Q1 · 2.1% 2026-Q2 · 1.4% 1.4% VOO 2024-Q3 · 1.5% 2024-Q4 · 3.0% 2025-Q1 · 0.3% 2025-Q2 · 0.3% 2025-Q3 · 0.7% 2025-Q4 · 1.0% 2026-Q1 · 0.9% 2026-Q2 · 1.1% 1.1% TSLA 2024-Q2 · 0.3% 2024-Q3 · 0.1% 2024-Q4 · 0.1% 2025-Q1 · 3.7% 2025-Q2 · 3.3% 2025-Q3 · 1.6% 2025-Q4 · 0.8% 2026-Q1 · 0.9% 2026-Q2 · 1.0% 1.0% META 2024-Q2 · 0.0% 2024-Q3 · 0.0% 2024-Q4 · 0.1% 2025-Q1 · 0.0% 2025-Q2 · 0.1% 2025-Q3 · 0.3% 2025-Q4 · 0.6% 2026-Q1 · 0.3% 2026-Q2 · 0.6% 0.6% QQQ 2024-Q2 · 0.5% 2024-Q3 · 0.1% 2024-Q4 · 0.1% 2025-Q1 · 0.0% 2025-Q2 · 0.1% 2025-Q3 · 0.0% 2025-Q4 · 0.0% 2026-Q1 · 0.0% 2026-Q2 · 0.6% 0.6% AAPL 2024-Q2 · 0.1% 2024-Q3 · 0.0% 2024-Q4 · 0.2% 2025-Q1 · 0.9% 2025-Q2 · 1.9% 2025-Q3 · 0.5% 2025-Q4 · 0.5% 2026-Q1 · 0.4% 2026-Q2 · 0.5% 0.5%