Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)

Market maker Mechanical CIK 1533421
League rank
#2
in Market maker · #287 overall
Long book
$3.85B
Q1 2026
Positions
5081
Top-10 weight
22%
concentration
Last quarter
+25.8%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
25%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) is a market maker — positions are inventory, not bets, running a $3.85B US long book across 5081 positions.

The portfolio is broadly diversified across 5081 positions (top 10 only 22%). The portfolio is actively managed, with meaningful quarterly turnover. Current anchor positions: INVESCO QQQ TRUST SERIES 1, DIREX DAIL SEMI BU 3X ET-USD, APPLE INC, MICROSOFT CORP, MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 1.1pp per quarter ahead of the S&P 500, beating the index in 5 of 9 quarters. Its holdings are mechanical (indexing / client flows), so position changes carry no stock-picking signal.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
+3.8%
Q2 2024
+5.9%
Q3 2024
+0.6%
Q4 2024
-5.0%
Q1 2025
+11.1%
Q2 2025
+9.3%
Q3 2025
+1.8%
Q4 2025
-2.8%
Q1 2026
+25.8%

Sector allocation

Technology
36%
Industrials
13%
Financials
11%
Healthcare
9%
Consumer discretionary
7%
Services media
5%
Utilities
4%
Energy
4%

Long book by quarter

$4.15T
Q1 2024
$5.92B
Q2 2024
$3.78B
Q3 2024
$5.04B
Q4 2024
$3.36B
Q1 2025
$3.71B
Q2 2025
$3.62B
Q3 2025
$4.13B
Q4 2025
$3.85B
Q1 2026

What does Tower Research own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology442.0K$112.2M2.9%-44.4%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology253.0K$93.6M2.4%-25.4%
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology268.9K$90.9M2.4%+168.4%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials186.1K$69.2M1.8%+10.3%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology376.4K$65.6M1.7%-60.2%
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology179.1K$55.4M1.4%-29.5%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology169.3K$48.7M1.3%-41.8%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary150.8K$31.4M0.8%-69.7%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials99.9K$29.4M0.8%+2.0%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology49.2K$28.1M0.7%-61.6%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology92.8K$26.6M0.7%-67.9%
WMT WALMART INCConsumer discretionary210.3K$26.1M0.7%+30.3%
CVX CHEVRON CORPEnergy117.1K$24.2M0.6%+87.1%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare21.8K$20.1M0.5%+14.9%
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPConsumer discretionary19.9K$19.8M0.5%-41.7%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy115.2K$19.5M0.5%+59.0%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media184.4K$17.7M0.5%-43.0%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL BFinancials36.0K$17.3M0.4%-29.7%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare67.4K$16.5M0.4%+11.4%
MA MASTERCARD INC - AServices media32.0K$16.0M0.4%+48.2%
AZN ASTRAZENECA PLCHealthcare80.8K$15.9M0.4%New
SNDK SANDISK CORPTechnology23.4K$14.9M0.4%+329.8%
LIN LINDE PLCMaterials30.0K$14.9M0.4%-10.4%
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARESServices media47.2K$14.3M0.4%-14.1%
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS INCTechnology40.0K$13.7M0.4%-32.9%
ADI ANALOG DEVICES INCTechnology41.1K$13.1M0.3%+14.8%
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary39.0K$12.8M0.3%-19.5%
SHOP SHOPIFY INC - CLASS ATechnology105.7K$12.5M0.3%+71.2%
ASML ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHSIndustrials9.3K$12.3M0.3%-41.0%
PLTR PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-ATechnology82.1K$12.0M0.3%-52.0%
TMUS T-MOBILE US INCCommunications53.8K$11.3M0.3%0.0%
PANW PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCTechnology68.6K$11.0M0.3%+35.3%
APH AMPHENOL CORP-CL ATechnology84.8K$10.7M0.3%+129.5%
BKNG BOOKING HOLDINGS INCIndustrials2.5K$10.6M0.3%-9.8%
KLAC KLA CORPOther7.0K$10.3M0.3%-35.4%
NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NVTechnology51.8K$10.2M0.3%+8.0%
LRCX LAM RESEARCH CORPIndustrials45.5K$9.7M0.3%-57.8%
AMGN AMGEN INCHealthcare27.0K$9.5M0.2%-41.0%
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer staples60.5K$9.4M0.2%-39.0%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology120.7K$9.4M0.2%-59.6%
APP APPLOVIN CORP-CLASS ATechnology23.0K$9.2M0.2%+9.9%
TTE TOTALENERGIES SEEnergy98.1K$8.9M0.2%+1119.1%
ADBE ADOBE INCTechnology36.7K$8.9M0.2%+11.3%
MCHP MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology136.6K$8.8M0.2%+9.8%
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials45.5K$8.8M0.2%+75.3%
CMCSA COMCAST CORP-CLASS ACommunications305.1K$8.8M0.2%+26.5%
SBUX STARBUCKS CORPConsumer discretionary97.7K$8.8M0.2%+14.7%
C CITIGROUP INCFinancials76.2K$8.6M0.2%+63.9%
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials29.8K$8.6M0.2%+226.7%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancials10.0K$8.5M0.2%-47.1%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 15, 20266440$3.85B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 17, 20266626$4.13B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 14, 20257635$3.62B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 15, 20257722$3.71B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 15, 20257604$3.36B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 13, 20259043$5.04B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 14, 20248770$3.78B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 13, 20248333$5.92B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 15, 20248675$4.15T $K fixed canonicalSEC ↗