President Donald Trump recorded 3,642 stock trades during the first quarter of 2026, according to a 113-page OGE Form 278-T released this week. The filing reveals a sharp shift away from the bond-heavy position seen in previous 2026 reports.
The average volume is about 60 trades per session. This pace is interrupted by the almost continuous extension of blind trust arrangements dating back to the era of Lyndon Johnson.
A break from decades of blind trust practices
Most US presidents since Johnson have placed their personal assets in qualified blind trusts to limit conflicts. Jimmy Carter went further Filtered His own peanut farm. Barack Obama held Treasury securities and index funds. Joe Biden has used blind trust arrangements during his term.
present Deposit Covers 113 pages. It lists individual purchases for Nvidia (NVDA)Microsoft (MSFT), Broadcom (AVGO), Amazon (AMZN), and Apple (AAPL).
Each fell in the $1 million to $5 million range. Hundreds of separate sales range from $15,000 to $25 million per item.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besent has publicly endorsed A Congressional stock trading ban. Lawmakers in both parties have echoed that position.
The same arguments increasingly apply to executive branch trading. The Stock Act of 2012 requires administrators to do this Detect such deals But it doesn’t stop them.
Holdings reflect management’s priorities
Wallet leans towards Sectors that benefited from administrative procedures. Nvidia, Broadcom and AMD’s semiconductor positions align with the White House’s push to increase domestic chip capacity.
Purchases also overlap with the year of Changing tariffs targeting Asian supply chains. Financial institutions including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Visa are on the fence with a deregulation stance until 2026.
Coinbase (COIN), Robinhood (HOOD), and SoFi (SOFI) buys are inside an active platform. Pro-encryption policy window. That window saw executive orders, a federal reserve of Bitcoin, and a retirement program for Trump accounts.
Robinhood acts as the initial custodian of the program. Critics point out Interference as a conflict risk. The White House has defended the filings as being in full compliance with the STOCK Act.
The most controversial example concerns Dell Technologies (DELL). The filings record multiple DELL purchases starting on February 10. On May 8, the president publicly praised the company at a White House event.
The stock rose nearly 12% on the same day. The Deal family separately pledged $6.25 billion to the Trump family the accounts Program in December 2025.
Whether or not this pattern triggers a formal review will depend on the House and Senate Ethics Committees and the Office of Gender Equity.
This disclosure satisfies existing reporting law, but expands an already active debate over executive branch trading rules.
This debate has gained urgency after years of scrutiny targeting cabinet portfolios in Congress.
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