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Tech Alert - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) – BUY
BUY Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) November 2021 $302.50-$307.50 in-the-money vertical BULL call spread at $4.20
Opening Trade
11-1-2021
expiration date: November 19, 2021
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 23 contracts
This is a short-term trade that software company Microsoft (MSFT) will stay above the strike price of $307.50 in the next 18 days.
MSFT stock is down a smidgeon more than 1% today and it’s rare we ever get a buying opportunity in this stock.
I believe we are in the midst of risk on move for tech and I am willing to make a bullish call with 18 days left until expiration in the strongest tech stock out there.
Microsoft's dramatic growth over the past seven years was led by the expansion of its cloud services, which include Azure, Office 365, Dynamics, LinkedIn, and its other cloud-based software. The company reports the growth of these businesses together as the "Microsoft Cloud."
Microsoft Cloud's revenue rose 36% year over year to $20.7 billion during the first quarter, which matched its 36% growth rate in the fourth quarter.
If you don’t do options, buy and hold the stock long term.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Buy 23 November 2021 (MSFT) $302.50 calls at………….………$25.40
Sell short 23 November 2021 (MSFT) $307.50 calls at………….$21.20
Net Cost:……………………..…….………...............................…….....$4.20
Potential Profit: $5 - $4.20 = $.80
(23 X 100 X $.80) = $1,840 or 19.04% in 18 days
If you are uncertain on how to execute an options spread, please watch my training video by clicking here.
The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you. The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.
Don’t execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile on expiration months farther out.
Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices at best. After the alerts go out, prices can be all over the map.
