Kovack Advisors, Inc.

In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed May 13, 2026), Kovack Advisors, Inc. reported 1,007 stock positions worth $1.9 billion. Its top holding was Nvidia (NVDA) at 4.4% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 3.2%) and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 3.0%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 110 new positions, sold out of 104, added to 399 and reduced 451. The biggest buy was Vanguard Short-Term Treasury (VGSH, shares +775%) and the biggest sale iShares Silver Trust (SLV, shares −79%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001728321
Portfolio Value
$1.9B (Q1 2026)
SEC Filing
0001728321-26-000003 ↗ filed May 13, 2026

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B$2.5B Q1 2024: $825.9M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $908.7M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $943.9M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.0B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $944.3M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.0B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.1B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.1B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $1.9B $1.9B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.1B Q2 2026

Holdings 1,007 stocks · $1.9B

NVDA Nvidia Corp. 4.43% 466,712 $82.4M Reduce -19.8%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.20% 233,285 $59.4M Reduce -17.7%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 3.00% 84,882 $55.7M Reduce -4.7%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.49% 221,772 $46.4M Reduce -18.6%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 2.12% 60,317 $39.5M Reduce -13.1%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.82% 56,278 $33.8M Add +30.6%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.67% 83,957 $31.1M Reduce -16.8%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 1.56% 49,860 $29.0M Reduce -9.3%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 1.31% 65,044 $24.4M Reduce -2.3%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 1.27% 404,601 $23.6M Add +774.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.03% 65,056 $19.2M Reduce -34.9%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 1.02% 60,753 $19.0M Reduce -24.2%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.85% 54,134 $15.8M Reduce -6.6%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.76% 24,193 $14.2M Reduce -12.7%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.72% 28,165 $13.5M Reduce -8.8%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.71% 30,435 $13.2M Add +8.4%
BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I 0.71% 388,961 $13.2M Add +0.8%
IDMO Invesco S&P International DE 0.70% 232,526 $13.1M Reduce -15.9%
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A 0.67% 83,906 $12.4M Reduce -11.5%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.62% 70,627 $11.6M Reduce -2.0%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.61% 35,469 $11.4M Reduce -3.1%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 0.61% 58,068 $11.4M Reduce -4.8%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.60% 51,418 $11.2M Add +1.0%
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac 0.60% 58,822 $11.2M Add +86.0%
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U 0.58% 141,288 $10.7M Add +650.9%
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend 0.57% 155,193 $10.7M Add +3.1%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.55% 82,063 $10.2M Add +2.9%
PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.55% 206,189 $10.2M Add +9.9%
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. 0.54% 70,842 $10.1M Reduce -9.7%
CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE 0.53% 229,364 $9.8M Add +0.5%
FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD 0.53% 164,228 $9.8M Add +140.8%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.52% 72,306 $9.7M Reduce -9.4%
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui 0.52% 20,415 $9.6M Reduce -3.6%
IBOC International Bancshares CRP 0.51% 140,193 $9.5M Reduce -6.9%
SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF 0.51% 383,887 $9.5M Reduce -5.4%
SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF 0.51% 82,905 $9.4M Reduce -71.0%
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow 0.51% 37,866 $9.4M Add +97.4%
ADTN Adtran Holdings Inc. 0.50% 736,000 $9.4M Reduce -2.3%
QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 0.49% 38,084 $9.2M Reduce -2.2%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.48% 9,464 $8.8M Add +28.1%
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. 0.47% 150,550 $8.8M Reduce -2.1%
PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust 0.45% 342,440 $8.4M Reduce -1.2%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.43% 40,097 $8.0M Reduce -31.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.43% 24,269 $8.0M Reduce -24.7%
FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF 0.43% 143,560 $8.0M Reduce -6.4%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.42% 7,774 $7.8M Reduce -1.4%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.40% 25,270 $7.5M Reduce -38.9%
SLV iShares Silver Trust 0.40% 108,876 $7.4M Reduce -79.3%
DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as STATE STR SPDR DOW JONES IND 0.40% 15,828 $7.4M Add +3.6%
HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF 0.39% 231,418 $7.3M Add +17.8%
PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense 0.38% 42,646 $7.1M Reduce -1.0%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.38% 108,453 $7.0M Add +5.8%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR 0.37% 20,118 $6.8M Add +2.1%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.35% 110,542 $6.6M Add +20.0%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.35% 29,784 $6.4M Reduce -3.5%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.34% 128,105 $6.3M Reduce -2.0%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.34% 29,125 $6.3M Reduce -6.1%
SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A 0.33% 52,385 $6.2M Reduce -0.5%
COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF 0.33% 98,809 $6.2M Reduce -14.0%
FVD First Trust Value Line DVD 0.33% 130,731 $6.2M Reduce -4.2%
JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF 0.32% 112,663 $5.9M Add +1242.5%
ET Energy Transfer LP 0.31% 297,778 $5.7M Add +108.2%
DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. 0.30% 185,040 $5.6M Add +358.0%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.30% 37,938 $5.6M Add +26.2%
MU Micron Technology Inc. 0.30% 17,901 $5.6M Add +30.1%
GEV GE Vernova Inc. 0.30% 6,176 $5.5M Add +17.9%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.30% 7,677 $5.5M Add +9.9%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 0.29% 54,931 $5.4M Reduce -28.2%
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.29% 6,347 $5.4M Reduce -36.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.29% 22,040 $5.4M Reduce -39.0%
FTLS First Trust Long/Short Eqty 0.28% 76,921 $5.3M Add +5.1%
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. 0.28% 114,115 $5.2M Add +65.1%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.27% 165,086 $5.0M Add +13.0%
SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas 0.27% 207,440 $5.0M New
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.27% 48,043 $5.0M Reduce -16.6%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.26% 23,670 $4.9M Reduce -21.5%
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A 0.26% 12,322 $4.8M Reduce -23.0%
T AT&T Inc. 0.26% 168,481 $4.8M Add +2.9%
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A 0.25% 44,713 $4.7M Reduce -2.9%
FTSL First Trust Senior Loan ETF 0.25% 103,919 $4.7M Add +8.0%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 0.24% 37,767 $4.5M Add +75.4%
FTCB FT Core Investment Grade ETF 0.24% 212,835 $4.5M Add +134.0%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 0.24% 6,214 $4.4M Add +29.0%
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF 0.23% 47,703 $4.4M Add +1.3%
ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def 0.23% 19,104 $4.2M Add +120.9%
FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. 0.23% 416,768 $4.2M Add +41.5%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.23% 33,769 $4.2M Add +73.4%
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum 0.22% 28,133 $4.1M Reduce -54.7%
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF 0.22% 55,076 $4.1M Add +96.9%
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock 0.22% 53,041 $4.1M Add +410.0%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.22% 47,453 $4.1M Add +5.1%
SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF 0.22% 9,878 $4.1M Reduce -4.3%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.22% 42,213 $4.0M Reduce -21.1%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 0.22% 51,657 $4.0M Add +63.2%
HDV iShares Core High Dividend E 0.21% 29,724 $4.0M Add +99.2%
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC 0.21% 11,038 $4.0M Add +54.2%
MSTR Strategy Inc. 0.21% 31,523 $3.9M Reduce -4.2%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.21% 13,637 $3.9M Reduce -4.6%
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A 0.21% 15,268 $3.9M Reduce -72.8%
GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE 0.21% 13,202 $3.8M Reduce -0.9%

Show all 1,007 holdings

Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $14.7M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF 201,990$14.4MAdd +10.9%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A 291$337KReduce -5.5%
XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. *W EXP 02/11/202 247,775$22KAdd +15.0%
LTRYW Sports Entertainment-CW21 *W EXP 10/15/202 10,000$115No change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.9B.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

SLV iShares Silver Trust Reduce -79.3% 0.40% −1.22
SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF Reduce -71.0% 0.51% −1.12
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -19.8% 4.43% −0.74
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth Reduce -93.3% 0.05% −0.72
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -16.8% 1.67% −0.65
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -18.6% 2.49% −0.50
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -17.7% 3.20% −0.48
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -34.9% 1.03% −0.46
VST Vistra Corp. Reduce -89.2% 0.06% −0.46
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC Reduce -97.9% 0.01% −0.42
SILJ Amplify Junior Silver Miners Reduce -96.7% 0.02% −0.38
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. Reduce -73.3% 0.13% −0.38
SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver A Reduce -97.4% 0.01% −0.34
URI United Rentals Inc. Reduce -85.2% 0.06% −0.32
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Reduce -70.3% 0.12% −0.31
TER Teradyne Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.30
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -24.2% 1.02% −0.30
RTX RTX Corp. Reduce -64.2% 0.20% −0.27
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -38.9% 0.40% −0.23
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A Reduce -72.8% 0.21% −0.22
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -67.2% 0.18% −0.20
PWR Quanta Services Inc. Reduce -87.6% 0.04% −0.19
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Reduce -54.7% 0.22% −0.19
IAU iShares Gold Trust Reduce -60.7% 0.15% −0.16
CRM Salesforce Inc. Reduce -60.6% 0.07% −0.15
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Reduce -16.6% 0.27% −0.15
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
XYZ Block Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. Reduce -74.4% 0.04% −0.14
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Reduce -11.5% 0.67% −0.13
FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -13.1% 2.12% −0.13
GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF Reduce -66.1% 0.10% −0.13
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Reduce -36.6% 0.29% −0.13
TSLA Tesla Inc. Reduce -2.3% 1.31% −0.11
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -12.7% 0.76% −0.11
CEG Constellation Energy Reduce -66.1% 0.05% −0.10
MDB Mongodb Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.10
HD Home Depot Inc. Reduce -24.7% 0.43% −0.10
SRV NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Sold out 0.00% −0.10
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Reduce -23.0% 0.26% −0.10
TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre Sold out 0.00% −0.10
CBRE CBRE Group Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.08
NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.08
MLM Martin Marietta Materials Reduce -87.0% 0.01% −0.08
JPIE JPMorgan Income ETF Reduce -73.4% 0.03% −0.08
ANET Arista Networks Inc. Reduce -56.3% 0.07% −0.08
GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners Sold out 0.00% −0.08
OSCR Oscar Health Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.07
FLHY Franklin High Yield Corporat Sold out 0.00% −0.07

Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Add +774.9% 1.27% +1.14
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +30.6% 1.82% +0.53
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U Add +650.9% 0.58% +0.51
FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD Add +140.8% 0.53% +0.33
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Add +86.0% 0.60% +0.30
JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF Add +1242.5% 0.32% +0.30
SCHO Schwab Short-Term US Treas New 0.27% +0.27
IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow Add +97.4% 0.51% +0.25
DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. Add +358.0% 0.30% +0.25
ET Energy Transfer LP Add +108.2% 0.31% +0.20
VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock Add +410.0% 0.22% +0.18
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Add +8.4% 0.71% +0.18
EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market Add +738.7% 0.18% +0.16
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Add +20.0% 0.35% +0.16
WDC Western Digital Corp. Add +127.5% 0.20% +0.15
FTCB FT Core Investment Grade ETF Add +134.0% 0.24% +0.15
ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def Add +120.9% 0.23% +0.14
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Add +75.4% 0.24% +0.14
GEV GE Vernova Inc. Add +17.9% 0.30% +0.13
HDV iShares Core High Dividend E Add +99.2% 0.21% +0.13
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Add +96.9% 0.22% +0.13
WMT Walmart Inc. Add +2.9% 0.55% +0.13
WGS Genedx Holdings Corp. New 0.12% +0.12
BG Bunge Global SA New 0.12% +0.12
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Add +73.4% 0.23% +0.11
MU Micron Technology Inc. Add +30.1% 0.30% +0.11
FFIV F5 Inc. New 0.11% +0.11
ENB Enbridge Inc. Add +95.7% 0.18% +0.11
GDXY Yldmax Gold Min Op in St ETF Add +141.8% 0.18% +0.11
KMLM Kraneshares MT LC MN FT Id S New 0.11% +0.11
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Add +9.9% 0.30% +0.11
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Add +54.2% 0.21% +0.11
PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF Add +9.9% 0.55% +0.10
BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. Add +564.1% 0.12% +0.10
EPD Enterprise Products Partners Add +91.3% 0.17% +0.10
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. New 0.10% +0.10
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Add +63.2% 0.22% +0.10
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Add +28.1% 0.48% +0.10
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS Add +121.0% 0.14% +0.10
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui Add +405.8% 0.12% +0.10
Q Qnity Electronics Inc. Add +266.4% 0.11% +0.10
HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF Add +17.8% 0.39% +0.09
TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF Add +275.9% 0.12% +0.09
CRWV Coreweave Inc. Class A Add +377.5% 0.11% +0.09
TRGP Targa Resources Corp. New 0.09% +0.09
EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi Add +267.2% 0.12% +0.09
DOW Dow Inc. Add +382.0% 0.10% +0.09
LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui Add +154.6% 0.14% +0.09
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. Add +65.1% 0.28% +0.08
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Add +2.1% 0.37% +0.08

Options Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A call Sold out 20,000 $13.2Mbefore exit
MSFT Microsoft Corp. put Sold out 20,000 $9.7Mbefore exit
TSLA Tesla Inc. call Sold out 20,000 $9.0Mbefore exit
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth put Sold out 100,000 $3.3Mbefore exit
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Sold out 2,500 $1.7Mbefore exit
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. call Sold out 20,000 $740Kbefore exit
SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF put Sold out 1,500 $540Kbefore exit
IONQ Ionq Inc. call Sold out 10,000 $449Kbefore exit
NVDA Nvidia Corp. call Sold out 1,000 $187Kbefore exit

Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.

Notes & Other Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026

STRATEGY INC (MSTR 8 PERP) SERIES A PERP PF Add +10.9% 201,990 $14.4M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) PERP PFD CNV A Reduce -5.5% 291 $337K
XRXDW Xerox Holdings Corp. *W EXP 02/11/202 Add +15.0% 247,775 $22K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 1,066$2.1BNVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY
Q1 2026 1,007$1.9BNVDA, AAPL, IVV, AMZN, SPY
Q4 2025Amended 1,001$2.1BNVDA, AAPL, AMZN, IVV, MSFT
Q3 2025 609$1.1BNVDA, AAPL, SPMO, SPY, MSFT
Q2 2025 617$1.0BNVDA, IVV, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT
Q1 2025 576$944.3MIVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, SPY
Q4 2024 609$1.0BIVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT
Q3 2024 584$943.9MIVV, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT
Q2 2024 572$908.7MIVV, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN
Q1 2024 472$825.9MIVV, AAPL, NVDA, AMZN, QQQ