Putting Aschenbrenner’s book inside
Your ISA,
without options.
The Situational Awareness 13F leans on options the way a working-class portfolio relies on broad-based ETFs. UK ISAs can’t hold options — but they can hold LSE-listed leveraged and inverse ETPs. Here’s a synthesised portfolio that chases roughly the same dollar-delta the fund is running, sized to a single pool of ISA capital.
The method.
A 13F lists every position as a separate row — long stock, long call, long put — even when they’re on the same name. The first step is to net them, with a delta haircut. Common stock counts at 1.0 delta. Options on the 13F are reported at underlying notional, but a real at-the-money put or call has ~0.5 delta — meaning $1 of underlying notional translates into about $0.50 of actual dollar-of-direction exposure.
So for Micron: long $5.9M of stock + (0.5 × $422.3M calls) − (0.5 × $583.7M puts) = 5.9 + 211 − 292 = −$75M of net short dollar-delta. That’s the number the ISA targets.
Each net-long name becomes a direct purchase of the underlying US share. Most UK ISA providers (Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor, AJ Bell, Trading 212, Interactive Brokers UK) accept US equities into an ISA once a W-8BEN is on file.
Each net-short name becomes a position in an LSE-listed −3x daily-reset inverse ETP. To get $X of short delta you only need $X/3 of capital, because the ETP delivers 3× the inverse of its underlying. So if the delta-adjusted bet on NVIDIA is −$784M, the ISA emulator holds $784M / 3 ≈ $261M of 3SNV (GraniteShares 3x Short NVIDIA).
Five things this construction quietly assumes:
- Average option delta is ~0.5. Without strikes, that’s an ATM-mix proxy. Deep-ITM puts behave more like outright shorts (delta ~1); deep-OTM puts barely move (delta ~0.1). If you think the fund is buying cheap OTM tail-risk hedges, scale the inverse sleeve down; if you think it’s ITM-heavy, scale it up.
- Path-dependency of −3x daily-reset products is acceptable. Over multi-week holding periods in volatile markets, the product will drift below the implied 3× short return — sometimes meaningfully.
- Single-stock inverse ETPs exist for most of the put names. They do for NVDA, ASML, TSMC, Intel; they’re less certain for Broadcom, Micron, Oracle — flagged inline.
- You will rebalance. Daily-reset inverse ETPs need to be re-weighted on a regular cadence; let weights drift and the construction quietly degrades.
- Some 13F lines can’t be replicated cleanly. The 3x-short AMD product (3SMD) was terminated by GraniteShares in October 2025 after an intraday surge wiped out the index; AMD short exposure has to be picked up via a sector inverse or skipped.
The allocation.
The long sleeve.
| Ticker | Underlying | Net 13F notional | ISA instrument | Capital | % ISA | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | SNDK |
SanDisk Corp
Memory/Storage
|
$918.7M |
SNDK
NASDAQ · stock
|
$918.7M | 17.19% | US SHARE |
| SanDisk | |||||||
| 02 | BE |
Bloom Energy Corp
Power / Energy
|
$906.4M |
BE
NYSE · stock
|
$906.4M | 16.96% | US SHARE |
| Bloom Energy | |||||||
| 03 | CRWV |
CoreWeave Inc
AI Cloud / GPU Hyperscale
|
$626.4M |
CRWV
NASDAQ · stock
|
$626.4M | 11.72% | US SHARE |
| CoreWeave | |||||||
| 04 | IREN |
IREN Limited
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$401.0M |
IREN
NASDAQ · stock
|
$401.0M | 7.50% | US SHARE |
| IREN Ltd | |||||||
| 05 | CORZ |
Core Scientific Inc New
AI Cloud / GPU Hyperscale
|
$389.1M |
CORZ
NASDAQ · stock
|
$389.1M | 7.28% | US SHARE |
| Core Scientific | |||||||
| 06 | APLD |
Applied Digital Corp
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$320.0M |
APLD
NASDAQ · stock
|
$320.0M | 5.99% | US SHARE |
| Applied Digital | |||||||
| 07 | RIOT |
Riot Platforms Inc
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$142.2M |
RIOT
NASDAQ · stock
|
$142.2M | 2.66% | US SHARE |
| Riot Platforms | |||||||
| 08 | CLSK |
CleanSpark Inc
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$104.5M |
CLSK
NASDAQ · stock
|
$104.5M | 1.95% | US SHARE |
| CleanSpark | |||||||
| 09 | SEI |
Solaris Energy Infrastructure Inc
Power / Energy
|
$62.5M |
SEI
NYSE · stock
|
$62.5M | 1.17% | US SHARE |
| Solaris Energy Infra | |||||||
| 10 | TE |
T1 Energy Inc
Power / Energy
|
$43.9M |
TE
NASDAQ · stock
|
$43.9M | 0.82% | US SHARE |
| T1 Energy — recent IPO, may not be on UK broker yet | |||||||
| 11 | BITF |
Bitfarms Ltd
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$38.8M |
BITF
NASDAQ · stock
|
$38.8M | 0.73% | US SHARE |
| Bitfarms | |||||||
| 12 | BTDR |
Bitdeer Technologies Group
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$29.8M |
BTDR
NASDAQ · stock
|
$29.8M | 0.56% | US SHARE |
| Bitdeer | |||||||
| 13 | PSIX |
Power Solutions Intl Inc
Power / Energy
|
$26.3M |
PSIX
NASDAQ · stock
|
$26.3M | 0.49% | US SHARE |
| Power Solutions Intl | |||||||
| 14 | WYFI |
WhiteFiber Inc
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$20.9M |
WYFI
NASDAQ · stock
|
$20.9M | 0.39% | VERIFY |
| WhiteFiber — recent IPO, may not be on UK broker yet | |||||||
| 15 | BW |
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
Power / Energy
|
$19.9M |
BW
NYSE · stock
|
$19.9M | 0.37% | US SHARE |
| Babcock & Wilcox | |||||||
| 16 | SAI |
SharonAI Holdings Inc
AI Cloud / GPU Hyperscale
|
$18.1M |
SAI
NYSE · stock
|
$18.1M | 0.34% | VERIFY |
| SharonAI Holdings — recent listing | |||||||
| 17 | PUMP |
ProPetro Holdings Corp
Power / Energy
|
$13.1M |
PUMP
NYSE · stock
|
$13.1M | 0.25% | US SHARE |
| ProPetro | |||||||
| 18 | HIVE |
HIVE Digital Technologies Lt
AI Datacenter / Crypto Pivot
|
$6.4M |
HIVE
NASDAQ · stock
|
$6.4M | 0.12% | US SHARE |
| HIVE Digital | |||||||
The inverse sleeve.
Every name in this sleeve replaces a put position from the 13F. Sizing uses capital = |net short notional| / 3 so the daily P&L sensitivity approximates the original underlying notional. Rows tagged VERIFY are products I’m fairly confident exist on LSE but couldn’t fully confirm — cross-check ticker and availability with your broker before placing the order.
| Ticker | Underlying | Net 13F notional | ISA instrument | Capital | % ISA | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | SMH |
VanEck ETF Trust
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$1.01B |
SMHS
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$337.0M | 6.31% | CONFIRMED |
| Leverage Shares −3x Short Semiconductors ETP — proxy for SMH put | |||||||
| 02 | NVDA |
NVIDIA Corporation
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$783.6M |
3SNV
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$261.2M | 4.89% | CONFIRMED |
| GraniteShares 3x Short NVIDIA Daily ETP | |||||||
| 03 | ORCL |
Oracle Corp
Software / Cloud
|
$536.4M |
SMHS+QQQS
LSE · fallback
|
$178.8M | 3.35% | FALLBACK |
| No confirmed UK-listed −3x Oracle product. Closest UCITS-eligible proxy is a tech/Nasdaq inverse (e.g. 3SQQ — −3x Short Nasdaq 100) covering Oracle's index exposure. | |||||||
| 04 | AVGO |
Broadcom Inc
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$503.1M |
3SBR
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$167.7M | 3.14% | VERIFY |
| Leverage Shares −3x Short Broadcom ETP (verify ticker / availability with broker) | |||||||
| 05 | AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$464.4M |
SMHS+SOXS-proxy
LSE · fallback
|
$154.8M | 2.90% | FALLBACK |
| GraniteShares 3SMD (−3x AMD) was terminated Oct 2025 after a 50%+ intraday surge wiped out the index. Closest substitute is to lean further into SMHS (AMD is ~5% of SMH) or skip the AMD short outright. | |||||||
| 06 | ASML |
ASML Holdings N.V. N Y Registry
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$240.9M |
AL3S
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$80.3M | 1.50% | CONFIRMED |
| Leverage Shares −3x Short ASML ETP (also ticker ASMS) | |||||||
| 07 | TSM |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$82.6M |
TSMS
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$27.5M | 0.51% | CONFIRMED |
| Leverage Shares −3x Short Taiwan Semiconductor ETP | |||||||
| 08 | MU |
Micron Technology Inc
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$74.8M |
3SMI
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$24.9M | 0.47% | VERIFY |
| Leverage Shares / GraniteShares −3x Short Micron ETP (verify ticker / availability) | |||||||
| 09 | INTC |
Intel Corp
Semis (Big Cap)
|
$70.6M |
INTS
LSE · inverse-3x
|
$23.5M | 0.44% | CONFIRMED |
| Leverage Shares −3x Short Intel ETP | |||||||
Not replicated.
| Ticker | Underlying | Net 13F notional | Side | Reason for skip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLW |
Corning Inc
Optical / Networking
|
$9.8M | SHORT | Net short notional is only $20M of the $13.7B 13F book — sub-0.3% even before delta-haircut. Not worth a position line in an ISA. |
| INFY |
Infosys Ltd
IT Services
|
$3.4M | SHORT | $7M notional. Below noise threshold. |
Risks & caveats.
Don’t treat this as advice.
- An option is not an inverse ETP. A long put has limited downside (the premium), a defined expiry, and gamma. A −3x ETP has unlimited downside on a short squeeze, no expiry, and decays in volatile sideways markets via the daily-reset mechanism. The dollar-delta on day one can be matched; the multi-month P&L will not be.
- Single-stock leveraged ETPs can be terminated. GraniteShares closed its 3x Short AMD ETP in October 2025 after an intraday move broke the underlying index. Holders received residual cash. Position size accordingly.
- ISA eligibility is broker-dependent. Most UK platforms accept LSE-listed leveraged/inverse ETPs in an ISA wrapper, but some restrict access to “complex” products until you complete an appropriateness questionnaire. Trading 212, IBKR UK, and ii are typically the most permissive; Vanguard ISA is the most restrictive.
- US-share access varies. Some of the smallest 13F names — SharonAI Holdings, WhiteFiber, T1 Energy — are very recent listings and may not yet be available at every UK broker. Tagged VERIFY inline.
- Net delta is mildly long-biased, not market neutral. The synthetic portfolio runs ~$X net long on a delta basis after netting. That’s by construction — mirroring the original book’s tilt — but it means a broad market drop will hurt despite the inverse sleeve.
- This file is not financial advice. It’s a translation of a public SEC filing into instruments that happen to be available to UK retail investors. The author is not a financial adviser, makes no representations about suitability, and has no position in any of these securities at the time of writing.