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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on Microsoft.
Looking at options history for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) we detected 12 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 33% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 41% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $364,008 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $645,325.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $185.0 to $520.0 for Microsoft over the recent three months.
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Microsoft's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Microsoft's whale trades within a strike price range from $185.0 to $520.0 in the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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MSFT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 07/26/24 | $12.1 | $11.9 | $11.9 | $447.50 | $285.6K | 441 | 1 |
MSFT | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 08/02/24 | $9.45 | $8.8 | $9.24 | $447.50 | $168.9K | 0 | 0 |
MSFT | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 03/21/25 | $80.65 | $79.0 | $79.0 | $400.00 | $110.6K | 339 | 0 |
MSFT | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 07/26/24 | $5.3 | $4.8 | $4.92 | $447.50 | $90.8K | 229 | 4 |
MSFT | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 07/19/24 | $12.6 | $11.4 | $11.82 | $465.00 | $71.4K | 4.3K | 568 |
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Microsoft, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $522.2.
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