13F INSTITUTION · CIK 0001426196 · 2026-Q2 · filed Aug 17, 2026

Capstone Investment Advisors

CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
$54.0B
13F long value · 2026-Q2
Positions1641
CategoryAsset Manager
Quarters tracked9
▲ #177 of 581 by 13F value
Size rank 7/10
41 NEW102 ADD115 2×+144 TRIM51 NEAR EXIT18 EXIT
Snapshot
Capstone Investment Advisors's 13F portfolio at a glance — size, concentration and this quarter's activity.
13F value (AUM)
$54.0B
Positions
1641 (164 unmapped)
Top 100 weight
84.7%
Quarters tracked
9
Latest 13F filed
Aug 17, 2026
New positions
41
Exits / near-exits
69
13F value by quarter
Total reported long value each quarter — fund flows plus market moves.
$31.9B
2024-Q2
$32.9B
2024-Q3
$41.4B
2024-Q4
$37.8B
2025-Q1
$40.4B
2025-Q2
$53.7B
2025-Q3
$51.1B
2025-Q4
$57.4B
2026-Q1
$54.0B
2026-Q2
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.
TickerIssuerWeightValueSharesSince 2026-Q2
SPY PUTSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T12.9%$7.0B9.3M—
QQQ PUTINVESCO QQQ TR10.7%$5.8B7.8M—
NVDA PUTNVIDIA CORPORATION4.2%$2.3B11.3M—
QQQ CALLINVESCO QQQ TR3.8%$2.1B2.8M—
MSFT PUTMICROSOFT CORP3.3%$1.8B4.8M—
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP3.0%$1.6B4.3M+37.9%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION2.5%$1.4B6.9M+17.2%
— WESTERN DIGITAL CORP2.5%$1.4B80.5M—
AAPL PUTAPPLE INC2.2%$1.2B4.2M—
IVV ISHARES TR2.2%$1.2B1.6M—
AMZN PUTAMAZON COM INC2.0%$1.1B4.4M—
TSLA PUTTESLA INC1.6%$884.9M2.1M—
AMZN AMAZON COM INC1.4%$736.3M3.1M+5.4%
LQD PUTISHARES TR1.3%$681.4M6.2M—
IWM CALLISHARES TR1.2%$673.0M2.2M—
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.
TypeTickerIssuerUnderlying sharesNotional value% of 13F value
PUTSPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T9.3M$7.0B12.9%
PUTQQQINVESCO QQQ TR7.8M$5.8B10.7%
PUTNVDANVIDIA CORPORATION11.3M$2.3B4.2%
CALLQQQINVESCO QQQ TR2.8M$2.1B3.8%
PUTMSFTMICROSOFT CORP4.8M$1.8B3.3%
PUTAAPLAPPLE INC4.2M$1.2B2.2%
PUTAMZNAMAZON COM INC4.4M$1.1B2.0%
PUTTSLATESLA INC2.1M$884.9M1.6%
PUT—TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC3.2M$794.1M1.5%
PUTLQDISHARES TR6.2M$681.4M1.3%
Quarterly changes — 2026-Q2
What Capstone Investment Advisors opened, added, trimmed and exited this quarter, largest dollar moves first.
ActionTickerIssuerPrev sharesCurr sharesChangeValue Δ
EXIT—LUMENTUM HLDGS INC74.3M0-100.0%-$752.7M
ADDNVDANVIDIA CORPORATION4.0M6.9M+71.1%+$674.3M
ADDMSFTMICROSOFT CORP2.8M4.3M+55.1%+$578.4M
TRIMAMZNAMAZON COM INC5.8M3.1M-46.4%-$465.2M
NEAR EXITSPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T593.3K101.3K-82.9%-$310.2M
2×+QQQINVESCO QQQ TR31.5K426.9K+1255.9%+$296.2M
2×+MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC53.4K230.4K+331.4%+$247.9M
NEWNOKNOKIA CORP—14.6M—+$193.8M
TRIMWBDWARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC10.2M3.4M-66.6%-$189.5M
NEAR EXITGOOGLALPHABET INC684.2K32.2K-95.3%-$185.2M
Conviction over time
Portfolio weight of the current top long holdings, quarter by quarter — rising weight = growing conviction.
MSFT 3.0%
NVDA 2.5%
IVV 2.2%
AMZN 1.4%
VOO 1.1%
TSLA 1.0%
META 0.6%
QQQ 0.6%
AAPL 0.5%