Options trading on a Mag 7 stock that is down on the year while the rest of the market hits all-time highs is one of the cleaner setups in this tape. Microsoft stock is sitting at $416 while semis, memory names, and the broader Nasdaq moon and that divergence is exactly the kind of rotation setup worth playing with defined risk.
Live diagonal spread walkthrough: buying the July 420 call and selling the June 435 call for $11, creating a $15 wide diagonal with up to $350 to $400 in profit potential if MSFT drifts back to its most recent high. 30% return on debit paid. And if the trade needs defending, a roll of the short strike from 435 to 430 reduces the basis to around $10 while staying in the same cycle.
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00:00 Microsoft Down While the M...