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Traders Pile Into Alphabet and Microsoft Options as Bets Surge

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. options traders placed large bets on Alphabet and Microsoft as Nasdaq stayed under 1% from recent highs.
Options volume for both stocks exceeded the 30-day average by more than 50% on Wednesday.
Alphabet rose 2.7% and Microsoft gained 1.8% after better-than-expected economic data.
Call buying in Alphabet topped 150,000 contracts, about double the put volume, with over $200 million in call premiums.

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U.S. options traders placed large bets on Alphabet and Microsoft as Nasdaq stayed under 1% from recent highs.
Options volume for both stocks exceeded the 30-day average by more than 50% on Wednesday.
Alphabet rose 2.7% and Microsoft gained 1.8% after better-than-expected economic data.
Call buying in Alphabet topped 150,000 contracts, about double the put volume, with over $200 million in call premiums.