Bullish Option Strategies Are Betting That Big Tech Stocks Will Grind Higher

Some options investors are betting big tech’s prices to grind higher rather than wild swings ahead of their earnings this week.

On Friday, a buyer made a bet on Amazon's stock price by purchasing 2,300 September $135 calls wh ile selling roughly 4,600 September calls with a strike price of $150, paying a net premium of about $460,000.

The buyer is betting that the shares might rise from their current level around $130 but not exceed $150 by too much. If the stock price goes above $150, the potential profit from this bet will decrease and could eventually result in a loss.

Analysts have noticed similar trades in other big tech names last week, including Microsoft, which saw a set of September call options with a premium change of $222,000.

Even though the Nasdaq 100’s rally of over 40% this year has slowed down a bit last week, the call spreads might indicate that some traders still believe there’s some potential growth.

“Many investors expect heightened single-stock moves around the Nasdaq 100 index’s rebalance, which will reduce the weight of some of its biggest companies in the index,” said Mark Sebastian, founder of Option Pit LLC. “One-month implied volatility on companies like $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ , $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ ., and $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ approached two-month highs.”


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  • nimbly
    ·2023-08-08

    多位知名分析师最近将他们对亚马逊的预测提高到平均每股170至190英镑。预计上升趋势缓慢。

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  • wigglyz
    ·2023-08-08

    Gas prices go up,good for Amazon because people will shop more online and trucks will still run and they are on electric

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  • cheerzy
    ·2023-08-08

    did you hear what's coming next? riding this to $255 then adding more! @AMZN

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  • zinglee
    ·2023-08-08

    Behaving beautifully off of that stellar ER. Let’s take out the 52W high and infiltrate the 150’s 😎

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  • pixiezz
    ·2023-08-08

    Looks like you will be eating a 2-3 dollar loss just to cover today. Who would bet against AMZN?

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  • vippy
    ·2023-08-08

    这家公司的股票正在上涨。他们的各种业务发生了太多好事。

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  • frosti
    ·2023-08-08

    I think AMZN will work on gap filling to 130 in the next couple of weeks before moving higher.

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  • bubblyx
    ·2023-08-08

    Torn between amzn and goog which hits 200 first?

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  • Bel8680
    ·2023-07-25
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