Microsoft Unusual Options Activity

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Microsoft. Our analysis of options history for Microsoft MSFT revealed 21 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 33% of traders were bullish, while 66% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 7 were puts, with a value of $985,468, and 14 were calls, valued at $2,359,114.

Predicted Price Range

Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $180.0 to $410.0 for Microsoft over the recent three months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in Microsoft's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Microsoft's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $180.0 to $410.0 over the preceding 30 days.

Microsoft 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Largest Options Trades Observed:

About Microsoft

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).

In light of the recent options history for Microsoft, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.

Present Market Standing of Microsoft

• Trading volume stands at 2,790,348, with MSFT's price down by -0.27%, positioned at $371.52.
• RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching overbought.
• Earnings announcement expected in 48 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Microsoft

Over the past month, 5 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $418.0.

• An analyst from Wedbush has revised its rating downward to Outperform, adjusting the price target to $425.
• An analyst from Mizuho has revised its rating downward to Buy, adjusting the price target to $420.
• An analyst from RBC Capital has revised its rating downward to Outperform, adjusting the price target to $390.
• Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Barclays keeps a Overweight rating on Microsoft with a target price of $425.
• An analyst from Argus Research has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Microsoft, which currently sits at a price target of $430.

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