MSFT Options Outlook: Will the $495 Put Wall Hold Through August 14?

Microsoft Corporation — ticker MSFT — it's August 9, 2026, and the stock's most recent close sits at $499.28. Here's the call up front: the options market is leaning neutral with a bullish tilt, pricing a range of roughly $481 to $517 between now and the August 14 expiration. The one level that breaks this whole read is $494 — a close below that number, and everything we're about to walk through…

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