R20 13F-correction continuity — SNDK-led hardening, NOT MU-led; smart-money pre-strike positioning sharpened

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R20 13F-correction continuity — SNDK-led hardening, NOT MU-led; smart-money pre-strike positioning sharpened

  • Type: refresh (subtype: 13f-correction-annotation)
  • event_id: 2026-05-20-memory-supercycle-r20-13f-correction-continuity
  • Source: R19 corrected Aschenbrenner Q1 2026 13F read (published/research-notes/2026-05-20-r19-aschenbrenner-q1-corrected-all-action.md) + blast-radius audit (published/research-notes/2026-05-20-r19-q1-13f-blast-radius-audit.md). R20 follow-through from workflow/RUNS.md 2026-05-20 r20-corrected-13f-followthrough.
  • Sharpens R17 + R18 framing:
    • SNDK: Aschenbrenner's #2 equity position at $724M (18.79% of his equity book) — equity DOUBLED Q4→Q1 (+$474M) AND he layered a $389M call on top. Druck NEW small ($717 in our $100K book). Tepper NEW $3M. All three are clean bullish votes. SNDK consensus is HARDER than R18 said.
    • MU: R18 claimed "3 MU NEWs cross-manager consensus" (Aschenbrenner +7.40%, Druck +0.23%, Coatue +0.19%). The Aschenbrenner "+7.40%" was the importer bundling $584M PUT + $422M CALL + $5.9M equity into one long. The real Aschenbrenner MU position is a multi-leg vol/spread structure — direction is ambiguous (attention is real, but it could be a vol play, straddle, or pair-hedge alongside SNDK). Druck NEW small + Coatue NEW small are the only clean directional MU adds. The "3 MU NEWs consensus" framing was overstated; SNDK is the dominant positioning signal.
  • Pre-strike positioning evidence stands. Strike day 0 = 2026-05-21 Korea morning (today PT evening). SNDK at 18.79% of Aschenbrenner's book is unusually concentrated for a single 13F position. Combined with the SNDK call layer, the "smart-money sized into memory ahead of the binary" framing is reinforced — but it lands on SNDK specifically, not the memory complex broadly.
  • Operational gate (from R17) is not affected. Still: cohort breaks green = 5-day ROC positive across ≥4 of 5 + RSI ≥40 across ≥4 of 5 + structural corroboration. The gate evaluates cohort price action; positioning is contextual evidence, not part of the gate.
  • Korean memory specifically: Aschenbrenner has zero Korean direct exposure (HY9H.F not in his book). The smart-money signal is on US memory (MU + SNDK) only.
  • Posture: HOLD — sharpened to SNDK-led, MU multi-leg ambiguity flagged. No key_tickers change; cohort definition unchanged.
4 events
DateTypeEvent
May 25 Deep DiveATEYY (Advantest, Layer-3 HBM test equipment) May 25 Deep DiveKLIC (Kulicke & Soffa, Layer-4 advanced packaging) May 26 Deep Dive$AEHR (Aehr Test Systems, wafer-level burn-in) May 26 InvestigationCPU Shortage Thesis — First-Principles Derivation

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