The position layer

Value Aligned Research Advisors

Seventeen filings, from a $221m long-only book to $40.1bn across 123 positions. It picked stocks for two years and then changed shape. Over half the reported value is now option underlying, which is not the same thing as money.

VAR AI Fund, LP 16 filings

The manager behind VAR AI Fund, LP and VAR AI Offshore Fund, Ltd. It files from Princeton, New Jersey, reports no other included managers, and its filings are signed by its COO/CCO. We do not name a portfolio manager because the filings do not, and neither should we.

This is the closest public book to the argument this site makes: semicap, memory, optics, power generation, the datacenter build, and the miners that turned into neoclouds. That makes it useful in a way a fund page usually is not — its wins and its drawdowns are evidence about the thesis, not only about the fund.

READ THE OPTION LINES BEFORE QUOTING A SIZE. In the June 2026 book, 51% of the $40.1bn sits in call rows, where a 13F reports the value of the UNDERLYING and not the premium paid. The capital actually at risk is smaller than the headline by an amount the filing does not disclose, and no arithmetic here can recover it.

The first seven filings cannot be priced and never will be. Our point-in-time archive begins 2024-07-29, the provider sells a rolling window, and a session that ages out cannot be bought back. So the book before Q3 2024 is shown as filed, with no forward marks, rather than priced against a restated series that would look better and mean less.

The book, filing by filing

Each book is priced held unchanged from its report date, marked at every quarter-end since. The large figure is the move over that leg alone; the small one is cumulative from the report date. Long is capital at risk. Put and call lines are the notional value of the underlying, which is not money anyone put up — so the three are never added.

SideAt reportNames Marked forward
2022-12-31 filed 2023-01-30 24 positions · $221m gross
long $215m 20 (0 priced)
2023-03-31 no price cum 2023-06-30 no price cum 2023-09-30 no price cum 2023-12-31 no price cum 2024-03-31 no price cum 2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price +89% cum 2024-12-31 no price +74% cum 2025-03-31 -12.7% +52% cum 2025-06-30 +25.4% +91% cum 2025-09-30 +23.6% +136% cum 2025-12-31 +16.4% +174% cum 2026-03-31 +4.8% +187% cum 2026-06-30 +62.2% +366% cum 2026-09-30 -7.4% +332% cum 2026-11-12 -17.5% +256% cum
2023-03-31 filed 2023-04-24 19 positions · $282m gross
long $280m 17 (0 priced)
2023-06-30 no price cum 2023-09-30 no price cum 2023-12-31 no price cum 2024-03-31 no price cum 2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price +40% cum 2024-12-31 no price +32% cum 2025-03-31 -12.6% +15% cum 2025-06-30 +27.2% +46% cum 2025-09-30 +22.1% +79% cum 2025-12-31 +14.0% +104% cum 2026-03-31 +3.6% +111% cum 2026-06-30 +57.9% +233% cum 2026-09-30 -5.9% +213% cum 2026-11-12 -16.9% +161% cum
2023-06-30 filed 2023-08-03 16 positions · $320m gross
long $303m 14 (0 priced)
2023-09-30 no price cum 2023-12-31 no price cum 2024-03-31 no price cum 2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price +44% cum 2024-12-31 no price -2% cum 2025-03-31 -12.2% -13% cum 2025-06-30 +28.1% +11% cum 2025-09-30 +21.7% +35% cum 2025-12-31 +21.5% +64% cum 2026-03-31 +14.2% +87% cum 2026-06-30 +133.5% +337% cum 2026-09-30 -11.2% +288% cum 2026-11-12 -23.2% +198% cum
2023-09-30 filed 2023-11-08 19 positions · $317m gross
long $304m 17 (0 priced)
2023-12-31 no price cum 2024-03-31 no price cum 2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price +49% cum 2024-12-31 no price +2% cum 2025-03-31 -15.7% -14% cum 2025-06-30 +28.4% +10% cum 2025-09-30 +19.4% +32% cum 2025-12-31 +13.2% +49% cum 2026-03-31 +14.9% +71% cum 2026-06-30 +96.6% +236% cum 2026-09-30 -12.9% +193% cum 2026-11-12 -20.9% +132% cum
2023-12-31 filed 2024-01-19 19 positions · $396m gross
long $392m 17 (0 priced)
2024-03-31 no price cum 2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price +19% cum 2024-12-31 no price -19% cum 2025-03-31 -16.5% -32% cum 2025-06-30 +29.3% -12% cum 2025-09-30 +18.4% +4% cum 2025-12-31 +14.2% +19% cum 2026-03-31 +14.4% +36% cum 2026-06-30 +97.0% +168% cum 2026-09-30 -11.8% +136% cum 2026-11-12 -19.7% +89% cum
2024-03-31 filed 2024-04-26 19 positions · $507m gross
long $506m 18 (0 priced)
2024-06-30 no price cum 2024-09-30 no price -12% cum 2024-12-31 no price -32% cum 2025-03-31 -17.7% -44% cum 2025-06-30 +29.7% -27% cum 2025-09-30 +18.3% -14% cum 2025-12-31 +15.9% -0% cum 2026-03-31 +14.6% +14% cum 2026-06-30 +101.4% +130% cum 2026-09-30 -12.1% +102% cum 2026-11-12 -19.8% +62% cum
2024-06-30 filed 2024-08-09 31 positions · $457m gross
long $456m 19 (16 priced)
2024-09-30 -6.3% -6% cum 2024-12-31 no price -20% cum 2025-03-31 -30.2% -44% cum 2025-06-30 +35.7% -24% cum 2025-09-30 +26.6% -4% cum 2025-12-31 +16.2% +11% cum 2026-03-31 +22.2% +36% cum 2026-06-30 +97.7% +169% cum 2026-09-30 -19.0% +118% cum 2026-11-12 -26.3% +60% cum
call $0m 11 (10 priced)
2024-09-30 +1336.6% +1337% cum 2024-12-31 no price +1264% cum 2025-03-31 -15.2% +1056% cum 2025-06-30 +38.4% +1501% cum 2025-09-30 +14.1% +1727% cum 2025-12-31 +2.8% +1779% cum 2026-03-31 -5.5% +1676% cum 2026-06-30 +36.6% +2326% cum 2026-09-30 +1.8% +2368% cum 2026-11-12 -15.1% +1995% cum
2024-09-30 filed 2024-11-08 21 positions · $385m gross
long $383m 18
2024-12-31 -15.5% -16% cum 2025-03-31 -29.4% -40% cum 2025-06-30 +34.6% -20% cum 2025-09-30 +19.6% -4% cum 2025-12-31 +17.4% +13% cum 2026-03-31 +27.4% +43% cum 2026-06-30 +73.8% +149% cum 2026-09-30 -19.7% +100% cum 2026-11-12 -26.1% +48% cum
2024-12-31 filed 2025-02-13 47 positions · $366m gross
long $330m 23
2025-03-31 -23.8% -24% cum 2025-06-30 +53.3% +17% cum 2025-09-30 +52.1% +78% cum 2025-12-31 +4.2% +85% cum 2026-03-31 +24.5% +130% cum 2026-06-30 +108.9% +381% cum 2026-09-30 -14.1% +313% cum 2026-11-12 -25.6% +208% cum
call $8m 20
2025-03-31 +953.4% +953% cum 2025-06-30 +43.2% +1408% cum 2025-09-30 +22.1% +1741% cum 2025-12-31 +9.3% +1912% cum 2026-03-31 +3.1% +1975% cum 2026-06-30 +55.6% +3128% cum 2026-09-30 -4.7% +2977% cum 2026-11-12 -17.2% +2446% cum
2025-03-31 filed 2025-05-15 61 positions · $1.37bn gross
long $1.23bn 29
2025-06-30 +63.1% +63% cum 2025-09-30 +35.1% +120% cum 2025-12-31 +4.6% +130% cum 2026-03-31 +11.0% +156% cum 2026-06-30 +97.3% +405% cum 2026-09-30 -15.8% +325% cum 2026-11-12 -22.5% +229% cum
call $141m 27
2025-06-30 +45.8% +46% cum 2025-09-30 +23.2% +80% cum 2025-12-31 +8.4% +95% cum 2026-03-31 +2.5% +99% cum 2026-06-30 +66.7% +233% cum 2026-09-30 -8.2% +205% cum 2026-11-12 -17.7% +151% cum
2025-06-30 filed 2025-08-14 72 positions · $4.73bn gross
long $2.17bn 29
2025-09-30 +42.4% +42% cum 2025-12-31 +5.9% +51% cum 2026-03-31 +11.5% +68% cum 2026-06-30 +95.6% +229% cum 2026-09-30 -14.8% +180% cum 2026-11-12 -23.9% +113% cum
puta rise is against the holder $369m 11
2025-09-30 +20.7% +21% cum 2025-12-31 +5.2% +27% cum 2026-03-31 +3.9% +32% cum 2026-06-30 +36.9% +81% cum 2026-09-30 -1.6% +78% cum 2026-11-12 -11.1% +58% cum
call $2.04bn 21
2025-09-30 +23.2% +23% cum 2025-12-31 +9.5% +35% cum 2026-03-31 +1.8% +37% cum 2026-06-30 +84.3% +153% cum 2026-09-30 -5.7% +139% cum 2026-11-12 -24.1% +81% cum
2025-09-30 filed 2025-11-14 80 positions · $6.83bn gross
long $2.75bn 33
2025-12-31 -0.5% -0% cum 2026-03-31 +8.9% +8% cum 2026-06-30 +78.6% +94% cum 2026-09-30 -15.6% +63% cum 2026-11-12 -24.5% +23% cum
puta rise is against the holder $703m 11
2025-12-31 -99.0% -99% cum 2026-03-31 +2.0% -99% cum 2026-06-30 +33.3% -99% cum 2026-09-30 -0.5% -99% cum 2026-11-12 -12.5% -99% cum
call $3.03bn 23
2025-12-31 -98.9% -99% cum 2026-03-31 +1.1% -99% cum 2026-06-30 +75.7% -98% cum 2026-09-30 -4.9% -98% cum 2026-11-12 -22.6% -99% cum
2025-09-30 filed 2025-12-03 81 positions · $8.19bn gross
long $4.09bn 33
2025-12-31 -0.2% -0% cum 2026-03-31 +10.0% +10% cum 2026-06-30 +83.7% +102% cum 2026-09-30 -15.9% +70% cum 2026-11-12 -24.1% +29% cum
puta rise is against the holder $703m 11
2025-12-31 +4.8% +5% cum 2026-03-31 +2.0% +7% cum 2026-06-30 +33.3% +42% cum 2026-09-30 -0.5% +42% cum 2026-11-12 -12.5% +24% cum
call $3.03bn 23
2025-12-31 +8.2% +8% cum 2026-03-31 +1.1% +9% cum 2026-06-30 +75.7% +92% cum 2026-09-30 -4.9% +83% cum 2026-11-12 -22.6% +42% cum
2025-12-31 filed 2026-02-17 86 positions · $9.94bn gross
long $4.60bn 37
2026-03-31 +22.8% +23% cum 2026-06-30 +64.4% +102% cum 2026-09-30 -14.9% +72% cum 2026-11-12 -28.1% +23% cum
puta rise is against the holder $828m 11
2026-03-31 +2.3% +2% cum 2026-06-30 +33.5% +37% cum 2026-09-30 -0.7% +36% cum 2026-11-12 -11.9% +20% cum
call $4.14bn 23
2026-03-31 -0.7% -1% cum 2026-06-30 +63.5% +62% cum 2026-09-30 -3.0% +57% cum 2026-11-12 -21.6% +23% cum
2026-03-31 filed 2026-05-18 107 positions · $20.71bn gross
long $7.44bn 40
2026-06-30 +77.2% +77% cum 2026-09-30 -15.4% +50% cum 2026-11-12 -31.9% +2% cum
puta rise is against the holder $975m 10
2026-06-30 +36.2% +36% cum 2026-09-30 -1.9% +34% cum 2026-11-12 -12.7% +17% cum
call $10.97bn 35
2026-06-30 +39.9% +40% cum 2026-09-30 -0.5% +39% cum 2026-11-12 -17.5% +15% cum
2026-06-30 filed 2026-08-17 123 positions · $40.11bn gross
long $15.28bn 42
2026-09-30 -13.8% -14% cum 2026-11-12 -31.2% -41% cum
puta rise is against the holder $2.79bn 13
2026-09-30 +5.8% +6% cum 2026-11-12 -12.0% -7% cum
call $20.01bn 38
2026-09-30 +0.1% +0% cum 2026-11-12 -14.3% -14% cum

The latest book, position by position

Filed 2026-08-17 for the quarter ended 2026-06-30 — a snapshot up to 45 days old on the day it became public. Prices are as-traded closes from our own point-in-time sessions.

NameSideValueAt report 2026-09-302026-11-12
GOOGL dossier call $4.66bn notional 357.37 -3.7% -4% cum -13.2% -16% cum
AMZN dossier call $4.35bn notional 238.34 +4.5% +5% cum +7.3% +12% cum
NVDA dossier call $4.04bn notional 200.09 +14.1% +14% cum -27.2% -17% cum
BE dossier long $1.69bn 302.70 -8.5% -8% cum -27.1% -33% cum
NBIS dossier long $1.69bn 276.17 -14.6% -15% cum -45.5% -53% cum
MU dossier call $1.16bn notional 1154.29 -7.7% -8% cum -25.0% -31% cum
CRWV dossier long $1.08bn 99.54 -12.5% -12% cum -35.0% -43% cum
TSM dossier call $1.05bn notional 477.57 -4.5% -4% cum -11.1% -15% cum
NVDA dossier put $892m notional 200.09 +14.1% +14% cum -27.2% -17% cum
INTC dossier long $886m 139.63 -13.9% -14% cum -49.1% -56% cum
INTC dossier call $881m notional 139.63 -13.9% -14% cum -49.1% -56% cum
MU dossier long $846m 1154.29 -7.7% -8% cum -25.0% -31% cum
SNDK dossier long $709m 2273.73 -23.5% -23% cum -46.1% -59% cum
STX dossier long $685m 965.00 -4.4% -4% cum -40.9% -44% cum
ASML dossier call $638m notional 1989.44 -8.9% -9% cum -17.4% -25% cum
WDC tracked long $631m 638.72 -28.8% -29% cum -31.5% -51% cum
LITE tracked long $630m 858.06 +13.2% +13% cum -35.7% -27% cum
TSM dossier put $622m notional 477.57 -4.5% -4% cum -11.1% -15% cum
CRWV dossier call $575m notional 99.54 -12.5% -12% cum -35.0% -43% cum
CLS tracked long $575m 364.80 -0.9% -1% cum -29.7% -30% cum
AVGO dossier put $546m notional 377.75 -7.0% -7% cum +3.8% -4% cum
FIX tracked long $483m 1981.95 -16.5% -17% cum -31.8% -43% cum
VRT tracked long $481m 334.82 -27.9% -28% cum -13.1% -37% cum
TSM dossier long $481m 477.57 -4.5% -4% cum -11.1% -15% cum
AMZN dossier long $387m 238.34 +4.5% +5% cum +7.3% +12% cum
IREN dossier long $387m 45.73 -10.6% -11% cum -52.3% -57% cum
AMD dossier put $356m notional 580.91 +5.3% +5% cum -4.3% +1% cum
AMD dossier call $353m notional 580.91 +5.3% +5% cum -4.3% +1% cum
MSFT dossier call $349m notional 373.02 +37.5% +37% cum +2.0% +40% cum
ORCL dossier call $308m notional 146.55 -6.3% -6% cum -7.4% -13% cum
VRT tracked call $305m notional 334.82 -27.9% -28% cum -13.1% -37% cum
WULF dossier long $303m 24.70 -40.1% -40% cum -11.9% -47% cum
EME tracked long $290m 829.88 -9.1% -9% cum -12.2% -20% cum
ALAB dossier long $275m 483.02 -26.3% -26% cum -36.0% -53% cum
CIFR tracked long $273m 24.50 -35.4% -35% cum -54.8% -71% cum
AVGO dossier call $247m notional 377.75 -7.0% -7% cum +3.8% -4% cum
CBRS dossier long $242m 221.00 -19.6% -20% cum -45.0% -56% cum
AAOI tracked long $236m 148.16 -33.0% -33% cum -46.8% -64% cum
CORZ tracked long $235m 25.59 -37.6% -38% cum -10.0% -44% cum
NBIS dossier call $231m notional 276.17 -14.6% -15% cum -45.5% -53% cum
APLD dossier long $207m 37.30 -34.7% -35% cum -30.4% -55% cum
MSFT dossier put $201m notional 373.02 +37.5% +37% cum +2.0% +40% cum
SNDK dossier call $171m notional 2273.73 -23.5% -23% cum -46.1% -59% cum
HUT tracked long $166m 115.44 -25.4% -25% cum -28.0% -46% cum
NVDA dossier long $160m 200.09 +14.1% +14% cum -27.2% -17% cum
AVGO dossier long $154m 377.75 -7.0% -7% cum +3.8% -4% cum
ASML dossier long $140m 1989.44 -8.9% -9% cum -17.4% -25% cum
GOOGL dossier long $132m 357.37 -3.7% -4% cum -13.2% -16% cum
COHR tracked long $126m 394.47 -27.0% -27% cum -19.4% -41% cum
AMAT tracked call $110m notional 723.00 -29.3% -29% cum -25.5% -47% cum
SPCX dossier long $101m 170.86 -11.7% -12% cum -7.2% -18% cum
CRDO tracked long $92m 271.95 -28.4% -28% cum -28.2% -49% cum
AMD dossier long $90m 580.91 +5.3% +5% cum -4.3% +1% cum
RIOT tracked long $90m 27.38 -26.4% -26% cum -11.5% -35% cum
BTDR tracked long $83m 15.87 -33.9% -34% cum -41.6% -61% cum
LRCX tracked call $80m notional 433.33 -24.2% -24% cum -28.8% -46% cum
WULF dossier call $68m notional 24.70 -40.1% -40% cum -11.9% -47% cum
STRL tracked long $62m 839.36 -41.4% -41% cum -38.7% -64% cum
IREN dossier call $61m notional 45.73 -10.6% -11% cum -52.3% -57% cum
ORCL dossier put $61m notional 146.55 -6.3% -6% cum -7.4% -13% cum
CLS tracked call $60m notional 364.80 -0.9% -1% cum -29.7% -30% cum
META dossier put $56m notional 563.29 +28.7% +29% cum -14.0% +11% cum
KLAC tracked call $55m notional 301.71 -35.4% -35% cum -19.3% -48% cum
LRCX tracked long $53m 433.33 -24.2% -24% cum -28.8% -46% cum
GEV tracked long $52m 1174.86 -19.1% -19% cum -13.9% -30% cum
AMAT tracked long $50m 723.00 -29.3% -29% cum -25.5% -47% cum
GEV tracked call $42m notional 1174.86 -19.1% -19% cum -13.9% -30% cum
APLD dossier call $39m notional 37.30 -34.7% -35% cum -30.4% -55% cum
SNOW tracked call $34m notional 254.50 +33.4% +33% cum -12.0% +17% cum
HUT tracked call $26m notional 115.45 -25.4% -25% cum -28.0% -46% cum
RIOT tracked call $24m notional 27.38 -26.4% -26% cum -11.5% -35% cum
VST tracked call $22m notional 158.63 -12.8% -13% cum -2.8% -15% cum
VRT tracked put $20m notional 334.82 -27.9% -28% cum -13.1% -37% cum
CEG dossier call $17m notional 248.37 +2.3% +2% cum +11.2% +14% cum
ORCL dossier long $17m 146.55 -6.3% -6% cum -7.4% -13% cum
AAPL tracked put $16m notional 289.36 +15.1% +15% cum +6.6% +23% cum
CIFR tracked call $13m notional 24.50 -35.4% -35% cum -54.8% -71% cum
BE dossier call $11m notional 302.70 -8.5% -8% cum -27.1% -33% cum
TSEM tracked call $10m notional 260.64 -12.7% -13% cum -30.6% -39% cum
CRWV dossier put $10m notional 99.54 -12.5% -12% cum -35.0% -43% cum
TLN tracked long $7m 384.26 -18.6% -19% cum +23.7% +1% cum
LITE tracked call $6m notional 858.06 +13.2% +13% cum -35.7% -27% cum
CORZ tracked call $6m notional 25.59 -37.6% -38% cum -10.0% -44% cum
AAOI tracked call $4m notional 148.16 -33.0% -33% cum -46.8% -64% cum
VST tracked put $4m notional 158.63 -12.8% -13% cum -2.8% -15% cum
COHR tracked call $3m notional 394.47 -27.0% -27% cum -19.4% -41% cum
GEV tracked put $1m notional 1174.86 -19.1% -19% cum -13.9% -30% cum
NRG tracked call $0m notional 146.06 -34.5% -35% cum +2.5% -33% cum
AMZN dossier put $0m notional 238.34 +4.5% +5% cum +7.3% +12% cum
MSFT dossier long $0m 373.02 +37.5% +37% cum +2.0% +40% cum
STX dossier call $0m notional 965.00 -4.4% -4% cum -40.9% -44% cum
META dossier long $0m 563.29 +28.7% +29% cum -14.0% +11% cum
BTDR tracked call $0m notional 15.87 -33.9% -34% cum -41.6% -61% cum
Not in the figures above
  • No price series — ACMR, GOOG, BW, BKV, EQT, FCX, FTAI, GTLB, HNRG, EEM, LGN, LBRT, QCOM, TAC, TSSI, ZM. Held, and outside our sessions, so excluded from every total rather than carried at zero.
  • Unmapped CUSIPs — 9 line(s). A 13F names an issuer and a CUSIP, never a ticker; anything not in our map is reported here rather than guessed at.

What a 13F cannot say

  • Each book is priced held UNCHANGED from its report date. These are counterfactuals — what that filing would have done — never the manager's realised P&L, which depends on trades no outsider can see.
  • An option line reports the value of the UNDERLYING, not the premium paid. There is no dollar profit or loss on an option in a 13F, so none is stated here.
  • A rise in a put's underlying is a move AGAINST the holder. A put may be an outright bet or a hedge and the filing cannot say which.
  • Ordinary short stock is not reported in a 13F at all. An absence is not evidence.
  • A 13F is a snapshot filed up to 45 days after the quarter it describes.
  • An index or sector ETF line is a view on a sector, never on a company.

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