$MSFT As long as bulls continue to defend this ~$420 breakout area, Microsoft looks destine for higher prices
By: TrendSpider | April 7, 2024

• $MSFT As long as bulls continue to defend this ~$420 breakout area, Microsoft looks destine for higher prices.



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Microsoft $MSFT Millions Worth of July Put Sweepers *At or Above the Ask*
By: Cheddar Flow | April 4, 2024

• $MSFT Millions Worth of July Put Sweepers

*At or Above the Ask*



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Here's Why Microsoft Will Likely Announce a Stock Split
By: 24/7 Wall St. | April 1, 2024

Just about 30% of the S&P 500 total market capitalization is made up of “The Magnificent 7”: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), META Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has both historical and fundamental premises to justify a forward split announcement this year. Forward splits are 99% of the time a popular event in the eyes of both current and future shareholders. Mechanically, it is equivalent to exchanging, say, two $5.00 bills for a $10.00 bill. The value remains unchanged. However, when it comes to stocks, there are additional advantages, as we will see below:

Market Perceptions

For decades, Microsoft’s Windows OS has dominated the workplace computer market, and, to a lesser extent, the personal computer market. While Apple’s Mac owners are more loyal and won’t hesitate to tout the superiority of Apple products, the fact remains that the availability of Windows in a wide variety of different manufacturers’ hardware configurations makes it more ubiquitous, cost effective, and easier to customize.

As such, Microsoft has been able to continue capitalizing on this advantage, and managed to keep loyal shareholders with its consistency in earnings and with dividends, which were first announced back in 2003. Its recent stock price gains have outpaced rival Apple to the point where Microsoft’s $3 trillion+ market cap is now hundreds of billions over Apple’s $2.6 trillion.

New Revenue Streams and Breakthroughs

Microsoft launched its successful Azure cloud computing platform in 2010, which created a strong new recurring revenue stream for the company in data storage subscription fees.

However, Microsoft’s latest foray into Artificial Intelligence may prove to be its biggest advanced leap since introducing DOS for the personal computer. Microsoft has invested $13 billion into OpenAI and the engine for ChatGPT to easily operate on Azure. As a result, Azure AI is exploding, and new subscribers are fueling the exponential development of a host of new applications and software products, including AI boosts for Windows 365.

Lastly, Microsoft closed its acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard in Q4 2023. In addition to supplying popular games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft for the Microsoft Xbox gaming system, it now owns the intellectual property rights, which would ostensibly include added merchandising, game sequels, and film and television spin-offs.

History and Ticket Price of Admission

Although low priced stocks have been derisively dubbed “penny-stocks” by analysts and sophisticated investors, they remain popular with individual investors. The simple reason is that for some investors with limited capital to allocate for each stock position they elect to take, getting a meaningful number of shares that fits within budget is a crucial factor. This is especially true if they are trying to diversify and buy positions in several companies in different industrial sectors for risk mitigation purposes. Buying 100 shares of a $20 stock carries more upside justification potential than buying 10 shares of a $200 stock.

From its first forward stock split in 1987 to the early 2000s, Microsoft has had 9 stock splits, with the last one in 2008. Its present market price of over $400 is high, and the underlying fundamentals for its AI and other prospects are certainly rosy enough to garner hordes of new investors who would welcome adding Microsoft stock to their portfolios if it was under $100.

So, is a 10-for-1 forward stock split in the cards for Microsoft? While no announcements have been made as of yet, the market and business conditions certainly make a strong case for it.

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$MSFT Large ITM put-sellers are stepping in (Bullish)
By: Cheddar Flow | April 1, 2024

• $MSFT Large ITM put-sellers are stepping in (Bullish)

These are being sold to open for the July expiration



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Microsoft $MSFT $6.52 Million Calls
By: Cheddar Flow | March 22, 2024

• $MSFT



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Sony produced a better controller compared to Xbox.

Nice and green here for today

Microsoft Insider Trading Alert: Microsoft's Chief People Officer, Kathleen Hogan, sold 22,000 $MSFT shares for a total value of $8.8 million while the company's Chief Communication Officer sold $4 million worth.
By: Barchart | March 15, 2024

• Microsoft Insider Trading Alert

Microsoft's Chief People Officer, Kathleen Hogan, sold 22,000 $MSFT shares for a total value of $8.8 million while the company's Chief Communication Officer sold $4 million worth.



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The measured move on this breakout would put Microsoft around $445 per share
By: TrendSpider | March 15, 2024

• The measured move on this breakout would put Microsoft around $445 per share. $MSFT

Let's see if the broader market can cooperate.



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April has been the most winning month for Microsoft over the last 20 years: 75% win rate and average return of +4.03%
By: TrendSpider | March 14, 2024

• Blue skies ahead? $MSFT

April has been the most winning month for Microsoft over the last 20 years:

75% win rate and average return of +4.03%



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Rocking out with your 🍆 out! Go MSFT

Microsoft $MSFT $2.8 Million Active ITM Call Buyers
By: Cheddar Flow | March 14, 2024

• $MSFT $2.8M Active ITM Call Buyers

These have a near-term expiration and are above the ask to show urgency



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After yesterday's push, Microsoft $MSFT is above all major moving averages and looking strong.
By: Markets & Mayhem | March 13, 2024

• After yesterday's push, $MSFT is above all major moving averages and looking strong.



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Microsoft $MSFT When we get these large range consolidations near ATHs, it's usually worth watching very closely
By: TrendSpider | March 9, 2024

• $MSFT When we get these large range consolidations near ATHs, it's usually worth watching very closely.



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$MSFT seeing some overhead resistance at the 20-day moving average
By: Markets & Mayhem | March 7, 2024

• $MSFT seeing some overhead resistance at the 20-day moving average.



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Earnings?

Microsoft $MSFT starting to carve out a very clean consolidation range near all-time highs
By: TrendSpider | March 7, 2024

• Microsoft starting to carve out a very clean consolidation range near all-time highs.



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Microsoft (MSFT):
By: Carl Swenlin | March 1, 2024

Microsoft (MSFT): MSFT tried to form a double top mid-2023, but it broke out and moved +22% above that resistance. It has formed a long-term bearish rising wedge, and there is a PMO negative divergence, but price movement is strongly bullish.

Prognosis: Magnificent, but with some bearish undertones.



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Microsoft $MSFT ~$13 Million of ITM Call LEAPS These are opening orders (Vol > OI)
By: Cheddar Flow | February 26, 2024

• $MSFT ~$13M of ITM Call LEAPS

These are opening orders (Vol > OI)



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$MSFT Very Bullish Flow Today Millions worth of put sell orders and call buys throughout the day
By: Cheddar Flow | February 26, 2024

• $MSFT Very Bullish Flow Today

Millions worth of put sell orders and call buys throughout the day



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Microsoft $MSFT rejected in an interesting spot so far today
By: TrendSpider | February 23, 2024

• Microsoft rejected in an interesting spot so far today.



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Wow $MSFT Flow is on Something Else Right Now $10+ Million worth of 460c's
By: Cheddar Flow | February 22, 2024

• Wow $MSFT Flow is on Something Else Right Now

$10+ Million worth of 460c's



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$MSFT - Update. Still within the Bottom-Lane and continuing nicely. Whilst showing the upside pot'l should it remain in the Up/Trend Channel...
By: Sahara | February 22, 2024

• $MSFT - Update.

Still within the Bottom-Lane and continuing nicely. Whilst showing the upside pot'l should it remain in the Up/Trend Channel...



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Yeah Buddy! Highest high in history ever.

https://stocks.apple.com/AyeVRN0LKQqCTWGwD6vnvwQ

Options Traders Target Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Amid Record Highs
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | February 12, 2024

• Options traders targeted MSFT over the past two weeks

• Microsoft's already impressive market cap has continued to rise

The shares of the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), hit an all-time high of $420.82 on Friday, after closing its fifth-straight week of gains. With help from the artificial intelligence (AI) demand, the Big Tech giant's market cap has hit record-breaking levels, currently valued at over $3.12 trillion. Today, the stock is dipping from its recent highs, down 1.1% at $416.13 at last check.



Unsurprisingly, options traders have continued to target MSFT. Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of stocks that attracted the highest weekly options volume during the last 10 days, Microsoft stock has seen 3,216,566 calls and 1,686,164 puts exchanged. The most popular contract during this time period was the weekly 2/9 420-strike call.



This penchant for bullish bets is nothing new. According to data at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), the security's 50-day call/put volume ratio of 2.03 stands higher than all other readings from the past year.

These options traders are in luck, as the equity's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) reading of 18% sits in the 12th percentile of annual readings. This implies options traders are pricing in relatively low volatility expectations.

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Solid gold man. We be Banking it here

MSFT new 52 week high

Then stay on the sidelines, please! Lol

3.125!

Again we see that when it's a quality no-trouble growth stock, IHUBERs are nowhere to be found. MSFT rose 58% in the last year and it's still doing fabulously.

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MSFT share price Ascending Triple Top Breakout today, on 09-Feb-2024. GLTA

PS: All I need to make the price go down... is to buy shares of this company, lol.

3.1T next week??

Microsoft $MSFT Size Limit Buyer
By: Theta Warrior | January 31, 2024

• $MSFT Size Limit Buyer.



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$MSFT Very Unusual $5.1M Put High Premium and Vol > OI, so it is an Opening Order
By: Cheddar Flow | January 31, 2024

• $MSFT Very Unusual $5.1M Put

High Premium and Vol > OI, so it is an Opening Order

~2 months until expiration



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Ohh man, never mind, it was a pitiful deal

Thank you Microsoft for the deal with MARK!!! Does anyone know anything about such in here? Very lucrative deal between Microsoft and MARK

Earnings: $2.93 per share, vs. $2.78 per share expected
Revenue: $62.02 billion, vs. $61.12 billion expected
Microsoft's revenue increased 17.6% year over year in the year, which ended on Dec. 31, according to a statement. Net income, at $21.87 billion, or $2.93 per share, increased from $16.43 billion, or $2.20 per share.
The company's Intelligent Cloud segment produced $25.88 billion in revenue, up 20% and above the $25.29 billion consensus among analysts surveyed by StreetAccount. The grouping contains Azure cloud infrastructure, SQL Server, Windows Server, Nuance, GitHub and enterprise services. Within that segment, revenue from Azure and other cloud services grew 30%. Analysts polled by CNBC had expected 27.7% growth, and the StreetAccount consensus was 27.5%. The metric for the previous quarter was 29%.
Revenue from the Productivity and Business Processes unit including Office productivity software, LinkedIn and Dynamics totaled $19.25 billion. That was up 13% and higher than the $18.99 billion StreetAccount consensus.
The More Personal Computing segment contributed $16.89 billion in revenue, up about 19% and slightly more than the StreetAccount consensus of $16.79 billion. The segment comprises Windows, Surface, Bing and Xbox.

sub $400 they must not have liked something in the report, or maybe on the call?

Microsoft, $MSFT earnings:

- EPS $2.93
- Revenue $62.0 billion, vs $61.14 billion
- To provide forward looking guidance on call

link: https://t.co/E9SOE2vSsi

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Microsoft $MSFT Just Reported Earnings
By: Evan | January 30, 2024

• MICROSOFT $MSFT JUST REPORTED EARNINGS

EPS of $2.93 beating expectations of $2.77
Revenue of $62B beating expectations of $61.1B

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Almost 3.1T

MSFT new 52=week high

Microsoft (MSFT): Technical Analysis and Price Forecast
By: Bruce Powers | January 25, 2024

• Apple stock shows early signs of hitting resistance while Microsoft, a market leader, hits a $3 trillion market valuation, but a potential short-term pullback may happen soon.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

The stock of Microsoft was a market leader last year as well, and it remains so for the start of 2024. However, it may be ready for a pullback soon. On Wednesday, it reached a high of $405.63 and a new high market capitalization of $3 trillion dollars before pulling back. They are the second company to do so after Apple Corp. However, the high was almost an exact match with the completion of a 200% extension of the most recent retracement. In addition, several other Fibonacci targets levels are around that price increasing the chance to see signs of resistance as selling pressure builds. Wednesday closed weak with a possible bearish shooting candlestick pattern.



Microsoft is a Leader in the AI Revolution

Through its partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, Microsoft is at the forefront of the AI revolution. It has established itself as a leader in the sector with that partnership. Microsoft is scheduled to report earnings on January 30.

Retracement May Test 20-Day Moving Average Support

The most recent breakout level for Microsoft stock was $384.30. It corresponds to potential support around the 61.8% retracement of the most recent upswing at 381.86 and the 20-Day MA at $382.69. Microsoft stock broke out above the 20-Day line three weeks ago and it has not yet been tested as support. You can see how much of the month of December the 20-Day MA marked resistance. It would be healthy for the uptrend if the 20-Day line is tested as support. This does not mean it will be if a retracement kicks in, but it could.

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Nonstop Tech Call Buying on $QQQ, $MSFT, $NVDA Today
By: Cheddar Flow | January 24, 2024

• Incredible. "Unusual" is an understatement

Nonstop Tech Call Buying on $QQQ, $MSFT, $NVDA Today

These orders are all OTM, have a high premium, and are near expiration

This is super bullish



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Microsoft $MSFT $3.5+ Million Unusual Put Seller Vol > OI so these are being sold to open (Bullish)
By: Cheddar Flow | January 23, 2024

• $MSFT $3.5M+ Unusual Put Seller

Vol > OI so these are being sold to open (Bullish)

There's only a couple weeks until expiration and the trader expects Microsoft to stay up around 400 during that time



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Cathie Wood & Ark Invest's Sells 4,093 Shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
By: Ark Invest Daily | January 22, 2024

• Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's trade activity from today 1/22.



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MSFT new 52 week high

$AAPL, $MSFT, & $META had the most bullish flow today
By: Cheddar Flow | January 18, 2024

• $AAPL, $MSFT, & $META had the most bullish flow today



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$MSFT $7.1 Million Put Sell Order (STO) Vol > OI, so it sold to open (Bullish)
By: Cheddar Flow | January 18, 2024

• $MSFT $7.1M Put Sell Order (STO)

Highly unusual amount of premium

Vol > OI, so it sold to open (Bullish)



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Microsoft $MSFT High-Premium Call Sweepers. Even though these prints are ITM, the premium and consistency are notable
By: Cheddar Flow | January 17, 2024

• $MSFT High-Premium Call Sweepers

Even though these prints are ITM, the premium and consistency are notable



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Options Traders Target World's Most Valuable Company
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | January 16, 2024

• Microsoft inked a $1.5 billion deal with Vodafone

• The company is now the most valuable publicly traded company in the world

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock is 0.8% higher this afternoon to trade at $391.23. The equity earlier hit an all-time high of $394.03, after inking a $1.5 billion deal with Vodafone (VOD). The 10-year partnership will bring generative artificial intelligence (AI), digital, enterprise, and cloud services to more than 300 million businesses and users across Europe and Africa.

The Big Tech concern is on fire in the first month of the year, especially after its market cap rose to $2.89 trillion last week to overtake Apple (AAPL) as the world's most valuable public company. Investments in the accelerating AI market have boosted MSFT's share price, while slower iPhone sales in China are pressuring AAPL.

In response, Microsoft stock once again landed on Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of stocks with the highest weekly options volume in the last two weeks. Per White's data, 3,017,416 calls and 1,440,794 puts were exchanged over the last two weeks, with the weekly 1/12 385-strike call standing as the most popular contract over this time period.



As previously mentioned, MSFT is trading at record highs, and today crossed the $390 mark for the second time ever. Just three weeks into 2024, the security is already up 4.1% year to date, and boasts a 63.5% year-over-year lead.



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