Kovack Advisors, Inc.
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 29, 2026), Kovack Advisors, Inc. reported 1,066 stock positions worth $2.1 billion. Its top holding was Nvidia (NVDA) at 4.4% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 3.1%) and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 3.0%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 147 new positions, sold out of 90, added to 432 and reduced 435. The biggest buy was Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV, shares +271%) and the biggest sale Vanguard Short-Term Treasury (VGSH, shares −88%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
- CIK
- 0001728321
- Portfolio Value
- $2.1B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001728321-26-000004 ↗ filed Jul 29, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 1,066 stocks · $2.1B
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 4.39% | 458,766 | $91.2M | Reduce -1.7% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.12% | 221,999 | $64.9M | Reduce -4.8% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 2.98% | 82,768 | $62.0M | Reduce -2.5% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.37% | 205,750 | $49.3M | Reduce -7.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.23% | 62,066 | $46.3M | Add +2.9% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 2.05% | 58,427 | $42.6M | Add +17.2% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.88% | 56,901 | $39.0M | Add +1.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.44% | 78,918 | $29.9M | Reduce -6.0% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 1.15% | 1,270,887 | $24.0M | Add +271.1% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.10% | 63,635 | $22.8M | Reduce -2.2% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.02% | 56,816 | $21.3M | Reduce -6.5% |
| SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | 0.95% | 125,282 | $19.7M | Add +51.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.89% | 52,169 | $18.6M | Reduce -3.6% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.86% | 42,398 | $17.9M | Reduce -34.8% |
| IDMO Invesco S&P International DE | 0.68% | 237,623 | $14.2M | Add +2.2% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.66% | 73,153 | $13.7M | Add +1.2% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.65% | 27,240 | $13.6M | Reduce -3.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.65% | 56,876 | $13.5M | Add +10.6% |
| BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I | 0.64% | 366,973 | $13.4M | Reduce -5.7% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.64% | 22,607 | $13.3M | Reduce -6.6% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.64% | 23,540 | $13.2M | Reduce -0.6% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.62% | 43,409 | $13.0M | Add +14.0% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.62% | 35,034 | $12.9M | Reduce -1.2% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.62% | 11,903 | $12.8M | Reduce -33.5% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.61% | 58,639 | $12.8M | Add +1.0% |
| RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend | 0.60% | 154,095 | $12.4M | Reduce -0.7% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.56% | 27,779 | $11.7M | Reduce -4.6% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.56% | 88,380 | $11.7M | Add +23.8% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 0.56% | 70,549 | $11.6M | Reduce -0.4% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.54% | 9,377 | $11.2M | Reduce -0.9% |
| SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF | 0.54% | 405,350 | $11.2M | Add +5.6% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.52% | 126,623 | $10.9M | Add +3.4% |
| IBOC International Bancshares CRP | 0.51% | 138,943 | $10.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE | 0.51% | 216,386 | $10.6M | Reduce -5.7% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.49% | 27,702 | $10.2M | Reduce -9.0% |
| DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. | 0.48% | 147,859 | $10.0M | Reduce -1.8% |
| ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. | 0.46% | 696,210 | $9.5M | Reduce -5.4% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.45% | 78,025 | $9.4M | Reduce -7.0% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.45% | 83,774 | $9.3M | Add +2.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.44% | 67,192 | $9.2M | Reduce -4.9% |
| JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF | 0.44% | 179,498 | $9.1M | Add +59.3% |
| FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF | 0.43% | 147,703 | $9.0M | Add +2.9% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as STATE STR SPDR DOW JONES IND | 0.41% | 16,483 | $8.6M | Add +4.1% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.41% | 8,311 | $8.5M | Add +8.3% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 0.41% | 172,044 | $8.5M | Reduce -16.6% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.41% | 23,997 | $8.5M | Reduce -1.1% |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | 0.39% | 29,949 | $8.2M | Add +3.2% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.39% | 114,179 | $8.1M | Add +5.3% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.38% | 24,034 | $8.0M | Reduce -4.9% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.38% | 11,284 | $7.9M | Add +3.7% |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 0.38% | 6,837 | $7.9M | Add +10.7% |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | 0.37% | 16,976 | $7.8M | Reduce -15.6% |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | 0.36% | 90,457 | $7.5M | Reduce -36.0% |
| FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD | 0.35% | 122,751 | $7.3M | Reduce -25.3% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.35% | 7,813 | $7.3M | Add +0.5% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.34% | 70,766 | $7.1M | Add +47.3% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.33% | 6,755 | $6.9M | Add +6.4% |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.33% | 8,921 | $6.9M | Reduce -27.6% |
| PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense | 0.32% | 37,600 | $6.6M | Reduce -11.8% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.32% | 39,931 | $6.6M | Reduce -0.4% |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | 0.31% | 120,299 | $6.5M | Reduce -6.1% |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | 0.31% | 10,267 | $6.5M | Add +3.9% |
| SILJ Amplify Junior Silver Miners | 0.31% | 250,504 | $6.5M | Add +2430.3% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 0.31% | 200,385 | $6.4M | Add +21.4% |
| HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF | 0.31% | 189,631 | $6.4M | Reduce -18.1% |
| FVD First Trust Value Line DVD | 0.30% | 130,609 | $6.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.30% | 43,257 | $6.3M | Add +14.0% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.30% | 42,230 | $6.3M | Add +25.1% |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | 0.29% | 50,821 | $6.0M | Add +2.2% |
| UIS Unisys Corp. | 0.28% | 1,577,986 | $5.8M | Add +12.9% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.28% | 70,881 | $5.8M | Add +183.7% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.27% | 22,380 | $5.6M | Reduce -24.9% |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | 0.27% | 90,239 | $5.6M | Reduce -8.7% |
| BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF | 0.27% | 111,497 | $5.6M | Add +806.0% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.27% | 47,273 | $5.5M | Reduce -8.5% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 0.26% | 18,877 | $5.5M | Reduce -50.1% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.26% | 102,275 | $5.5M | Reduce -6.1% |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | 0.26% | 16,572 | $5.3M | Add +8.5% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | 0.25% | 2,480 | $5.3M | Add +21.1% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.25% | 53,053 | $5.2M | Reduce -3.4% |
| DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF | 0.25% | 78,236 | $5.2M | New |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.25% | 20,128 | $5.1M | Reduce -8.7% |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.24% | 8,291 | $5.1M | Add +9.3% |
| FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF | 0.24% | 111,551 | $5.0M | Add +7.3% |
| GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE | 0.24% | 13,304 | $5.0M | Add +0.8% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.24% | 14,236 | $5.0M | Reduce -8.8% |
| FTCB FT Core Investment Grade ETF | 0.24% | 236,866 | $4.9M | Add +11.3% |
| FTLS First Trust Long/Short Eqty | 0.24% | 66,635 | $4.9M | Reduce -13.4% |
| NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A | 0.23% | 86,314 | $4.9M | Reduce -3.5% |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | 0.23% | 29,056 | $4.8M | Add +3.3% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.23% | 59,670 | $4.8M | Add +9.4% |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | 0.23% | 41,570 | $4.8M | Reduce -20.6% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.23% | 22,335 | $4.8M | Add +29.5% |
| DTCR Global X Data Center & Digit | 0.23% | 159,448 | $4.7M | New |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | 0.22% | 7,599 | $4.6M | Reduce -36.9% |
| GLW Corning Inc. | 0.22% | 18,857 | $4.6M | Add +10.4% |
| SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A | 0.22% | 27,784 | $4.6M | New |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.22% | 86,373 | $4.6M | Reduce -21.9% |
| IPKW Invesco International Buybac | 0.22% | 80,123 | $4.5M | New |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.21% | 10,456 | $4.4M | Add +31.1% |
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.1M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIRLPOOL CORP (WHR 8.5 02/15/29 A) | 8.5 DEP SR A CNV | 20,698 | $739K | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 276 | $321K | Reduce -5.2% |
| XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. | *W EXP 02/11/202 | 251,475 | $75K | Add +1.5% |
| LTRYW Sports Entertainment-CW21 | *W EXP 10/15/202 | 10,000 | $103 | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.1B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | Reduce -87.9% | 0.14% | −1.13 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -34.8% | 0.86% | −0.45 |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | Reduce -69.6% | 0.19% | −0.41 |
| SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.27 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Reduce -93.5% | 0.02% | −0.26 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Reduce -50.1% | 0.26% | −0.24 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -6.0% | 1.44% | −0.24 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -9.0% | 0.49% | −0.22 |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | Reduce -36.0% | 0.36% | −0.22 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Reduce -7.0% | 0.45% | −0.21 |
| DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. | Reduce -60.4% | 0.11% | −0.19 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Reduce -85.1% | 0.02% | −0.19 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -4.9% | 0.44% | −0.18 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Reduce -53.4% | 0.13% | −0.18 |
| GDXY Yldmax Gold Min Op in St ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD | Reduce -25.3% | 0.35% | −0.18 |
| AAP Advance Auto Parts Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| CCI Crown Castle Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def | Reduce -64.3% | 0.08% | −0.15 |
| CRK Comstock Resources Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | Reduce -16.6% | 0.41% | −0.14 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -6.1% | 0.26% | −0.14 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -21.9% | 0.22% | −0.13 |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -7.2% | 2.37% | −0.12 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -6.6% | 0.64% | −0.12 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Reduce -50.5% | 0.10% | −0.12 |
| HDV iShares Core High Dividend E | Reduce -51.4% | 0.10% | −0.12 |
| BG Bunge Global SA | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.32% | −0.11 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Reduce -49.2% | 0.09% | −0.11 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Reduce -53.2% | 0.10% | −0.11 |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | Reduce -58.5% | 0.06% | −0.11 |
| ENB Enbridge Inc. | Reduce -53.9% | 0.08% | −0.11 |
| BAX Baxter International Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | Reduce -74.5% | 0.03% | −0.10 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Reduce -20.6% | 0.23% | −0.10 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Reduce -5.9% | 0.16% | −0.10 |
| QXO Qxo Inc. | Reduce -84.3% | 0.01% | −0.10 |
| GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. | Reduce -64.0% | 0.04% | −0.09 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Reduce -72.5% | 0.03% | −0.09 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -28.1% | 0.11% | −0.09 |
| HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui | Reduce -75.5% | 0.03% | −0.09 |
| HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF | Reduce -18.1% | 0.31% | −0.09 |
| KMLM Kraneshares MT LC MN FT Id S | Reduce -78.8% | 0.02% | −0.09 |
| NOV Nov Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| ATO Atmos Energy Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi | Reduce -68.1% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| ROL Rollins Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | Add +271.1% | 1.15% | +0.70 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +17.2% | 2.05% | +0.49 |
| SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | Add +51.1% | 0.95% | +0.44 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Add +23.8% | 0.56% | +0.38 |
| SILJ Amplify Junior Silver Miners | Add +2430.3% | 0.31% | +0.30 |
| DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF | Add +806.0% | 0.27% | +0.25 |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | Add +3.2% | 0.39% | +0.23 |
| DTCR Global X Data Center & Digit | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| IPKW Invesco International Buybac | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | Add +183.7% | 0.28% | +0.18 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Add +3.7% | 0.38% | +0.18 |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | Add +21.1% | 0.25% | +0.18 |
| CDE Coeur Mining Inc. | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| AG First Majestic Silver Corp. | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Add +1.2% | 0.66% | +0.13 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +14.0% | 0.62% | +0.13 |
| UIS Unisys Corp. | Add +12.9% | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver A | Add +1525.1% | 0.13% | +0.12 |
| BLCR iShares LRG CP CR Act ETF-Ui | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value | Add +810.0% | 0.14% | +0.12 |
| JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF | Add +59.3% | 0.44% | +0.12 |
| PTL Inspire 500 ETF | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +8.3% | 0.41% | +0.11 |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | Add +9.3% | 0.24% | +0.11 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +2.9% | 2.23% | +0.11 |
| PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| EBAY eBay Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| GLW Corning Inc. | Add +10.4% | 0.22% | +0.10 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +31.1% | 0.21% | +0.10 |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | Add +3.9% | 0.31% | +0.09 |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | Add +240.1% | 0.13% | +0.09 |
| MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| AYA Aya Gold & Silver Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +10.7% | 0.38% | +0.08 |
| HOOD Robinhood Markets Inc. Class A | Add +33.0% | 0.19% | +0.08 |
| JPIE JPMorgan Income ETF | Add +265.7% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Add +25.1% | 0.30% | +0.07 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | Add +47.3% | 0.34% | +0.07 |
| SEIX Virtus Seix Senior Loan ETF | Add +365.4% | 0.10% | +0.07 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +8.9% | 0.12% | +0.07 |
| FSCO FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | Add +77.9% | 0.20% | +0.07 |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Add +769.4% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| ACYN FT Lad Autocall Bar Inc. ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| XAGG Ev Income Opportunities ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CRNC Cerence Inc. | Add +12.1% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) | SERIES A PERP PF | Sold out | 201,990 | $14.4Mbefore exit |
| WHIRLPOOL CORP (WHR 8.5 02/15/29 A) | 8.5 DEP SR A CNV | New | 20,698 | $739K |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | Reduce -5.2% | 276 | $321K |
| XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. | *W EXP 02/11/202 | Add +1.5% | 251,475 | $75K |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,066 | $2.1B | NVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY |
| Q1 2026 | 1,007 | $1.9B | NVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY |
| Q4 2025Amended | 1,001 | $2.1B | NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, IVV, MSFT |
| Q3 2025 | 609 | $1.1B | NVDA, AAPL, SPMO, SPY, MSFT |
| Q2 2025 | 617 | $1.0B | NVDA, IVV, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q1 2025 | 576 | $944.3M | IVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, SPY |
| Q4 2024 | 609 | $1.0B | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q3 2024 | 584 | $943.9M | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT |
| Q2 2024 | 572 | $908.7M | IVV, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN |
| Q1 2024 | 472 | $825.9M | IVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, QQQ |