Case file · CIK 0001649339

Scion Asset Management, LLC

Highly watched contrarian and event-driven 13F sample.

Michael BurryFounder
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Scion Asset Management

Historical tagBig ShortWatch forContrarian event riskUse caseCrowded-position stress testData layerSEC 13F

Legend case note

Michael Burry is a contrarian signal, not a diversified market map.

Scion's public 13F is famous because Burry is willing to look wrong for long stretches when he thinks the market is mispricing a tail event.

Why he matters

Burry became known for identifying the housing-credit collapse before it was obvious. The useful part of his 13F is not copy-trading every line; it is seeing which consensus assumptions he is willing to challenge.

How to read it

Scion can be concentrated, idiosyncratic, and early. A small public long position may reflect a broader macro or event thesis that is not fully visible in 13F.

What to watch

Look for repeat appearances in hated sectors, crash-protection proxies, or narrow single-name bets that do not fit the prevailing market narrative.

Smart Money VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

87
Velocity + theme concentration

Score blends filing growth, concentration, theme purity, call exposure, and filing history.

13F value

$1.4BQ3 2025, latest public filing

Growth since first filing

14.60x$94.6M$1.4B

Reporting lag13F filings arrive after the quarter ends. The page shows a delayed public snapshot, not live positions.

45dQuarter-end snapshot, not live positions
Public Disclosure Proxy Return

This is not actual fund performance. Returns and rankings use public disclosures after they become visible, not private NAV or live trading.

Disclosure workflow

How to read this page

Every number is anchored to a public quarterly filing. The report date is the portfolio snapshot; the filing date is when the market could actually see it.

Report quarterQ3 2025Public filing date2025-11-03Ranking startsafter public filingRanking gate70% price coverageCoverage is the share of eligible public holdings that can be mapped to a ticker and priced. Debt, internal funds, and non-priced lines are excluded from the denominator.

Public holdings

Q3 2025 exposure map

813F lines
HoldingThemeTypeValue%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INCPLTR · 5,000,000 underlying sharesHedgePUT$912.1M66.0%
NVIDIA CORPORATIONNVDA · 1,000,000 underlying sharesHedgePUT$186.6M13.5%
PFIZER INCPFE · 6,000,000 underlying sharesOtherCALL$152.9M11.1%
HALLIBURTON COHAL · 2,500,000 underlying sharesOtherCALL$61.5M4.5%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE INCMOH · 125,000 sharesOtherSH$23.9M1.7%
LULULEMON ATHLETICA INCLULU · 100,000 sharesOtherSH$17.8M1.3%
SLM CORPSLM · 480,054 sharesOtherSH$13.3M0.96%
BRUKER CORPBRKR · 48,334 sharesOtherSH$13.1M0.95%

Quarter tape

Reported 13F value

SEC EDGAR
Q4 2023$94.6MQ1 2024$103.5MQ2 2024$52.5MQ3 2024$129.8MQ4 2024$77.4MQ1 2025$199.2MQ2 2025$578.3MQ3 2025$1.4B

Signal breakdown

Why this matters

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VelocityVelocity score blends 13F value growth, concentration, theme purity, option exposure, and filing history. It is a prioritization score, not a return.

13F value is 14.60x the first tracked filing.

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ConcentrationPurity describes how much of the portfolio is concentrated in one inferred theme. It is useful when a manager is expressing a very specific thesis.

Top ten public lines are 100.0% of the latest report.

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Holdings

8 reportable lines in the latest public filing.

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History

8 tracked quarterly 13F reports in the database or seed layer.

Publisher mode

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Evidence layer

What is public, what is inferred

Public SEC data

13F reports disclose long reportable U.S. securities and long put/call options. They do not show cash, private stakes, shorts, written options, or current live holdings.

Inferred theme

Theme tags are deterministic product analysis from issuer, CUSIP, option type, and keyword rules. They are not SEC labels.

Daily automation

Vercel Cron calls the EDGAR ingestion endpoint every day and records per-manager ingestion results.