Microsoft Corporation Risk Points versus Technology

Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT) Risk Points versus Technology (XLK)

Date Published: 2018-09-22

Disclaimer

The results here are provided for general informational purposes, as a convenience to the readers. The materials are not a substitute for obtaining professional advice from a qualified person, firm or corporation.

Preface

This is a scatter plot analysis of the critical risk points from the option market for Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT) compared to its own past and the Technology ETF. In order to examine the forward looking risk for Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT) the next 30-days, we must look to the option market.

Now, before we dive into the analysis on MSFT, we make one critical note since we're talking about options:

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But that's at the end, now let's jump back into the risk point charting and number crunching for Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT) . We start by noting that MSFT is in the information technology sector which means along with some other industries we also compare the company to the closest match we could find, which was the Technology ETF (XLK) as a proxy for Microsoft Corporation.

We have highlighted the IV30® for XLK and for MSFT in the table below.

SNAPSHOT SUMMARY

CONTEXT: THE INDICES
S&P 500 (SPY)	IV30	8.87%
Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)	IV30	15.28%
Technology ETF (XLK)	IV30	14.68%
Biotech (IBB)	IV30	16.14%


Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT)
MSFT 52 Week Low	IV30	13.53%
MSFT Current	IV30	18.03%
MSFT 52 Week High	IV30	36.79%

MSFT Current	HV30	16.8%

Microsoft Corporation Implied Risk Scatter Plot

(a new risk chart, built for option traders)

Scatter Plot Risk Legend
The blue point is the current 30-day implied volatility for Microsoft Corporation.
The black point is the current 30-day implied volatility for the Technology ETF (XLK).
The red point is the 52 week low in IV30® for Microsoft Corporation.
The green point is the 52 week high in IV30® for Microsoft Corporation.

The various other scatter plot points in the middle give us risk context outside of the information technology sector.

The IV30® is the risk reflected by the option market in the stock price for the next 30 calendar days.

* We can see that the risk as reflected by the option market for the next 30-days for Microsoft Corporation is above all the indices we have charted including the Technology ETF (XLK).

* We can further see that the current IV30 for Microsoft Corporation of 18.03% is closer to the annual low of 13.53% than the annual high of 36.79%. Simply stated, this means that the option market is pricing less risk than the average over the past year.

* For some context, we note that the annual range in IV30® for the Technology ETF is between [10.88%, 36.15%] while Microsoft Corporation has had a range of [13.53%, 36.79%].

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A New Kind of Risk Point Chart
This is chart was developed for the trader. It allows us to easily see where the forward looking risk for Microsoft Corporation (NSDQ:MSFT) lies relative to the last year, and the various major stock groupings and the Information Technology sector without using time series data, which can confuse the information.

While the option market risk rating is on the low side, we note that companies in this situation are still susceptible to sudden stock move risk, it's simply the probability of that large stock move is depressed. Buyers of options and volatility may find these prices more attractive than at other times. </span>

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