According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nomura Holdings (NMR.US) released its position report (13F) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 (Q1).

The total market capitalization of Nomura's positions was $33.411 billion in the first quarter, compared with $39.434 billion in the previous quarter, down 15.27% from the previous quarter. 515 new targets were added, 580 targets were increased, 553 targets were reduced, and 796 targets were cleared. As of March 31, 2022, the top 10 positions in the fund accounted for 43.32% of the total market capitalization.

In the first quarter, Nomura HoldingsJiancangSPDR optional consumer ETF put options (XLY.US,PUT), iShares iBoxx investment grade corporate bond put options (LQD.US,PUT) and$Alphabet Inc-CL C-C (GOOG.US) $Call options (GOOG.US,CALL), etc.Clear the warehouse$Carloch (CROX.US) $、Western Union remittance (WU.US) $, Ovintiv put option (OVV.US,PUT) and so on.

From the perspective of position preferenceNon-essential consumption, IT and financial stocks ranked in the top three, accounting for 26.72%, 17.76% and 13.47% of the total positions, respectively.

In the top five heavy stocksBABA's put option (BABA.US,PUT) ranks first, with a position of about 35.176 million shares and a market capitalization of about $4.101 billion. The number of positions increased by 4% compared with the previous quarter.

The S & P 500's put option (SPY.US,PUT) ranks second, with about 4.2217 million shares and a market capitalization of about $1.912 billion. The number of positions increased by 68% compared with the previous quarter.

BABA's call option (BABA.US,CALL) ranks third, with about 15.2056 million shares and a market capitalization of about $1.773 billion. The number of positions increased by 57% compared with the previous quarter.

The Nasdaq ETF put option (QQQ.US,PUT) and Amazon.Com Inc call option (AMZN.US,CALL) ranked fourth and fifth respectively, with a market capitalization of $1.517 billion and $1.242 billion respectively.

Judging from the change in the proportion of positions, the top five buying targets areAmazon.Com Inc call option, S & P 500 put option, Nasdaq ETF put option, BABA call option, BABA put option.

The top five sellers areMeta Platforms call options (FB.US,CALL),$Dollar Tree Company (DLTR.US) $、Activision Blizzard (ATVI.US) $, iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF put option (IWM.US,PUT), Aberdeen call option (ABBV.US,CALL).