According to the disclosure by the usa Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), $Barclays (BCS.US)$ a holding report (form 13f) for the third quarter (Q3) ending September 30, 2024 was submitted.

According to statistics, Barclays' total market value of holdings in the third quarter reached 377 billion USD, up from 327 billion USD in the previous quarter, an increase of 15%. In the third quarter, Barclays added 831 new stocks, increased shareholding in 3,003 stocks, reduced shareholding in 1,084 stocks, and completely sold out 363 stocks. The top ten holdings accounted for 41.14% of the total market value.

Among the top five holdings, the put options on the s&p 500 index etf rank first, with approximately 0.126 billion shares held, a market value of about 72.296 billion usd, accounting for 19.19% of the portfolio, a drastic increase of 62902.05% compared to the previous quarter.

Apple (AAPL.US) ranked second, holding approximately 57.37 million shares, with a market value of about 13.367 billion USD, accounting for 3.55% of the portfolio, an increase of 0.94% from the previous quarter.

microsoft ranked third, holding approximately 30.61 million shares, with a holding market value of around 13.17 billion USD, accounting for 3.50% of the portfolio, an increase of 3.51% compared to the previous quarter.

Nvidia ranks fourth, holding approximately 98.2 million shares, with a market value of about 11.926 billion USD, accounting for 3.16% of the portfolio, a decrease of 3.60% in the number of shares held compared to the last quarter.

The put options for the Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ.US, PUT) rank fifth, with a position of approximately 20.88 million shares, valued at about 10.192 billion USD, accounting for 2.70% of the portfolio, a staggering increase of 69,508.33% compared to the previous quarter.

In terms of changes in position proportions, the top five symbols for purchases are: put options for the s&p 500 index ETF, put options for the Nasdaq 100 ETF, put options for the e-mini russell 2000 index ETF (IWM.US, PUT), put options for the csi enterprise bond index-iShares iBoxx high yield corporate bonds (HYG.US, PUT), and put options for Tesla (TSLA.US, PUT).

The top five sell symbols are: s&p 500 index etf call options, nasdaq csi a100 etf fund call options, e-mini russell 2000 index etf call options, bonds index etf - iShares iBoxx high yield corporate bonds call options, and Nvidia.

It is noteworthy that Barclays remains vigilant about the stock price declines of six major technology giants, excluding microsoft, and has established positions in put options for Tesla, put options for Google-A (GOOGL.US, PUT), put options for meta platforms (META.US, PUT), put options for apple, put options for nvidia, and put options for amazon (AMZN.US, PUT).

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