13F INSTITUTION · CIK 0001621225 · 2026-Q2 · filed Jul 20, 2026

Merit Financial Group

MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC
$16.4B
13F long value · 2026-Q2
Positions2360
CategoryAsset Manager
Quarters tracked9
● #383 of 581 by 13F value
Size rank 4/10
3 NEW294 ADD98 2×+157 TRIM6 NEAR EXIT1 EXIT
Snapshot
Merit Financial Group's 13F portfolio at a glance — size, concentration and this quarter's activity.
13F value (AUM)
$16.4B
Positions
2360 (123 unmapped)
Top 100 weight
63.5%
Quarters tracked
9
Latest 13F filed
Jul 20, 2026
New positions
3
Exits / near-exits
7
13F value by quarter
Total reported long value each quarter — fund flows plus market moves.
$4.5B
2024-Q2
$4.5B
2024-Q3
$5.6B
2024-Q4
$6.7B
2025-Q1
$9.0B
2025-Q2
$10.9B
2025-Q3
$12.5B
2025-Q4
$13.5B
2026-Q1
$16.4B
2026-Q2
Top holdings — 2026-Q2
The fund's largest reported positions (PUT/CALL rows are option positions, reported separately). The 100 shown cover 63.5% of the portfolio.
TickerIssuerWeightValueSharesSince 2026-Q2
VUG VANGUARD INDEX FDS2.6%$426.4M5.0M—
IUSG ISHARES TR2.4%$393.6M2.1M—
AAPL APPLE INC2.2%$352.9M1.2M+14.8%
QLTY GMO ETF TRUST2.1%$351.7M8.4M—
IUSV ISHARES TR2.0%$327.9M3.0M—
MGK VANGUARD WORLD FD2.0%$320.2M3.6M—
DYNF BLACKROCK ETF TRUST1.9%$307.5M4.5M—
MGV VANGUARD WORLD FD1.6%$270.1M1.7M—
IVV ISHARES TR1.6%$264.7M353.5K—
NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION1.6%$260.5M1.3M+18.1%
SPY PUTSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T1.4%$232.5M311.4K—
VTV VANGUARD INDEX FDS1.4%$222.1M1.0M—
CORO BLACKROCK ETF TRUST1.3%$210.2M5.7M—
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP1.2%$194.3M520.8K+39.4%
VOO VANGUARD INDEX FDS1.1%$187.1M272.4K—
Option positions — 2026-Q2
$275.5M across 17 put positions vs $10.2M across 25 call positions — put/call ratio 26.93. 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 T311.4K$232.5M1.4%
PUTAVGOBROADCOM INC60.3K$22.8M0.1%
PUTAAPLAPPLE INC23.3K$6.7M0.0%
CALLSPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T7.1K$5.3M0.0%
PUTUPSUNITED PARCEL SVCS INC40.8K$4.4M0.0%
PUTSMHVANECK ETF TRUST3.5K$2.3M0.0%
CALLGMEGAMESTOP CORP90.0K$2.0M0.0%
PUTNVDANVIDIA CORPORATION6.4K$1.3M0.0%
PUTPNCPNC FINL SVCS GROUP INC4.6K$1.1M0.0%
PUTMSFTMICROSOFT CORP2.6K$969.9K0.0%
Quarterly changes — 2026-Q2
What Merit Financial Group opened, added, trimmed and exited this quarter, largest dollar moves first.
ActionTickerIssuerPrev sharesCurr sharesChangeValue Δ
2×+MGKVANGUARD WORLD FD542.4K3.6M+571.4%+$120.9M
ADDDYNFBLACKROCK ETF TRUST3.4M4.5M+34.8%+$112.4M
2×+VUGVANGUARD INDEX FDS824.2K5.0M+500.6%+$66.4M
TRIMEFVISHARES TR2.4M1.5M-35.7%-$59.5M
TRIMQUALISHARES TR501.9K173.2K-65.5%-$58.3M
NEWIALTBLACKROCK ETF TRUST—1.6M—+$46.1M
NEWGGOVBLACKROCK ETF TRUST II—844.5K—+$42.5M
NEAR EXITIAGGISHARES TR905.0K90.4K-90.0%-$40.7M
2×+EFGISHARES TR251.7K551.3K+119.0%+$40.6M
ADDGOOGALPHABET INC209.5K278.1K+32.7%+$38.2M
Conviction over time
Portfolio weight of the current top long holdings, quarter by quarter — rising weight = growing conviction.
VUG 2.6%
IUSG 2.4%
AAPL 2.2%
QLTY 2.1%
IUSV 2.0%
MGK 2.0%
DYNF 1.9%
MGV 1.6%
IVV 1.6%
NVDA 1.6%