"The Big Short" Michael Burry's semiconductor short positions yielded a maximum profit margin of approximately 34.7%
BlockBeats News, on July 29, according to market public data, the "Big Short" Michael Burry began shorting NVDA at around $198.09, AMAT at around $729.40, and SOXX at around $642.80 on June 30; in early July, he began directly shorting Micron at around $1,051.87; and around July 24, he further increased shorts on Micron, Nvidia, and SOXX.
As of the close of the US stock market on July 28: the floating profit margin for shorting AMAT was about 34.7%, SOXX about 23.3%, Micron Technology about 22.0%, and Nvidia about 0.5%. Excluding position weights, the simple average floating profit margin of the short position portfolio established from the end of June to the beginning of July was about 20.1%.
In addition, based on the closing prices on July 24, the floating profit margins from the increased shorts on Micron Technology, Nvidia, and SOXX as of the close on July 28 were approximately 10.9%, 4.8%, and 6.4%, with a simple average of about 7.4%.
Since specific information on the scale of the shorts, option structures, increase ratios, and whether positions have been closed is currently lacking, it is temporarily impossible to calculate his actual profit amount.
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