Barclays increased its holdings of Tesla (TSLA.US) and Intel (INTC.US) in Q3 to hedge ETF options

The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure, Barclays submitted a position report (13F) for the third quarter ending September 30, 2026. Statistics show that the total market value of Barclays positions in the third quarter reached 500 billion US dollars, and the total market value in the previous quarter was 520 billion US dollars. Barclays added 545 new shares to its portfolio in the third quarter, increasing its holdings by 2,929 shares. Meanwhile, Barclays reduced its holdings by 1,525 shares and cleared 495 stocks. Among them, Barclays's top ten holdings account for 39.98% of the total market value.

In terms of position preferences, individual stocks related to IT, finance, and non-essential consumer goods ranked in the top three, accounting for 33.49%, 22.59%, and 12.90% of total holdings, respectively.

Among the top five major stocks, SPDR S&P 500 ETF put options (SPY.US, PUT) ranked first, holding about 479.26 million shares, with a market value of about US$36.55 billion, accounting for 7.31% of the portfolio, down 40.74% from the number of positions held in the previous quarter.

Microsoft (MSFT.US, CALL) bullish options ranked second, holding about 68.359 million shares, with a market value of about US$35.06 billion, accounting for 7.01% of the portfolio, an increase of 9.95% over the previous quarter.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM.US) ranked third, holding about 398 million shares with a market value of about US$26.61 billion, accounting for 5.32% of the portfolio, down 57.61% from the number of holdings in the previous quarter.

Invesco 100ETF put options (QQQ.US, PUT) ranked fourth, holding about 29.875 million shares, with a market value of about US$22.1 billion, accounting for 4.42% of the portfolio, an increase of 27.24% over the previous quarter.

Tesla (TELA.US) ranked fifth, holding about 60377 million shares, with a market value of about US$21.42 billion, accounting for 4.28% of the portfolio, an increase of 424.02% over the previous quarter.

The sixth to tenth largest stocks are Nvidia (NVDA.US), Invesco 100ETF bullish options (QQQ.US, CALL), Microsoft (MSFT.US), Russell 2000 ETF put options (IWM.US, PUT), and Apple (AAPL.US).

In addition, among the top 20 largest stocks, Barclays Q3 also significantly increased its holdings of Broadcom (AVGO.US) and Intel (INTC.US), which increased their holdings by 28.42% and 90.32%, respectively, compared to the previous quarter.

Judging from changes in position ratios, the top five buying targets are Tesla, Microsoft, and Invesco 100ETF put options; Nvidia, and Invesco; NASDAQ 100ETF call options.

The top five selling targets were: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF, SPDR S&P 500 ETF put options, Micron Technology put options (MU.US, PUT), iShares Semiconductor ETF put options (SOXX.US, PUT), and Caterpillar (CAT.US).