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BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD.

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13F filer, CIK 1007446, NEW YORK, NY

BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD. reported $42,473,000 across 3 holdings for the quarter ended 2015-09-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2015-11-09.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001085146-15-002202

Period
2015-09-30
Reported value
$42.5M
Holdings
3
Top 10 weight
100%
New
3
Sold out
1

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
XLYnew+120,000$8.91M
PowerShares QQQ Trust Unit …new+85,000$8.65M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

None.

Holdings, Q3 2015

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001085146-15-002202, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $17,561,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
XLYSELECT SECTOR SPDR TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: not reported; 2015Q1: not reported; 2015Q2: not reported; 2015Q3: 120,000 shares 120,000$8.91M50.74%newTimeline
PowerShares QQQ Trust Unit …PowerShares QQQ Trust Unit SerQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: not reported; 2015Q1: not reported; 2015Q2: not reported; 2015Q3: 85,000 shares 85,000$8.65M49.26%new

Options

Puts and calls, as filed. The amount and value describe the underlying shares, not the option premium, so they stay out of % of portfolio (H5).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T PUTput130,000$24.9Mnew

Sold out in Q3 2015

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
ARM HLDGS ORD GBP0.5ARM HLDGS ORD GBP0.50$0shares

How Q3 2015 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001085146-15-002202 base2015-11-09acceptance time not in the bulk data set

Filings

Every filing of this filer: 13F reports and notices, the 13D and 13G it filed or is a reporting person of, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 it reported as an owner.

FilingSubjectFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001085146-15-002202 Quarter ended 2015-09-302015-11-09acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-15-001570 Quarter ended 2015-06-302015-08-03acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-15-001077 Quarter ended 2015-03-312015-05-08acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-15-000566 Quarter ended 2014-12-312015-02-17acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-14-002201 Quarter ended 2014-09-302014-11-12acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-14-001487 Quarter ended 2014-06-302014-08-01acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-14-001043 Quarter ended 2014-03-312014-05-12acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-14-000474 Quarter ended 2013-12-312014-02-12acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-13-001839 Quarter ended 2013-09-302013-11-07acceptance time not in the bulk data set
13F-HR 0001085146-13-001351 Quarter ended 2013-06-302013-08-09acceptance time not in the bulk data set