Microsoft (MSFT) Options Chain

NASDAQ: MSFTTechnologyComputer Software: Prepackaged SoftwareUSD

535.07+12.46 (+2.38%)

At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min

Expiration date

Expiration: Oct 16, 2026
Days to expiration: 6
Share price: $535.07
Put/call ratio (OI): 0.62
Put/call ratio (volume): 0.69
ATM implied volatility: 23.8%
Expected move: ±$16.31
Open interest (C / P): 362.63K / 225.39K

MSFT options summary

The MSFT options chain for the October 16, 2026 expiration lists 98 call and 90 put contracts, with 6 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 362,630 calls and 225,390 puts, a put/call ratio of 0.62, which is tilted bullish, with calls outnumbering puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $535.00 strike is 23.8%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$16.31 (3.0%) in Microsoft stock by expiration.

The most open interest sits at the $550.00 call (62.84K contracts) and the $350.00 put (10.52K contracts).

Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology

MSFT options chain · October 16, 2026

MSFT calls and puts by strike price. Shaded cells are in the money.
Calls							Puts
OI	Vol	IV	Last	Bid	Ask	Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	IV	Vol	OI
98	4	338.8%	308.69	323.30	326.40	210.00	0.00	0.01	0.02	193.8%	2	435
41	2	263.9%	295.06	313.65	317.10	220.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	181.3%	7	264
37	4	253.9%	296.97	303.70	307.10	230.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	175.0%	6	1,560
0	4	242.0%	296.00	293.70	297.10	240.00	0.00	0.03	0.02	179.7%	1	392
111	6	228.3%	264.14	283.65	287.10	250.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	165.6%	1	1,225
0	4	—	236.70	0.00	0.00	260.00	0.00	0.16	0.01	187.9%	1	410
19	1	210.7%	260.87	263.75	267.10	270.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	150.0%	1	1,513
29	20	194.6%	248.05	253.80	256.90	280.00	0.00	0.08	0.08	159.4%	8	994
0	10	—	222.00	0.00	0.00	285.00	0.00	2.13	0.02	228.5%	2	214
0	2	—	207.85	0.00	0.00	290.00	0.00	0.10	0.01	153.9%	4	1,481
0	40	—	202.25	0.00	0.00	295.00	0.00	1.25	0.01	200.5%	40	2,587
242	1	180.9%	228.92	234.45	236.40	300.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	128.1%	20	10,256
0	2	—	200.70	0.00	0.00	305.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	125.0%	20	1,491
81	2	204.5%	225.30	223.80	226.25	310.00	0.00	0.23	0.01	150.4%	13	3,220
127	201	165.4%	203.50	219.65	221.15	315.00	0.00	0.04	0.01	124.2%	102	6,729
141	1	191.2%	207.10	213.75	216.15	320.00	0.00	0.68	0.01	161.6%	1	6,505
50	2	165.8%	211.00	209.70	211.45	325.00	0.00	0.08	0.01	124.6%	1	1,765
151	1	153.7%	205.15	204.75	206.10	330.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	107.8%	20	2,723
33	2	149.3%	183.65	198.90	201.95	335.00	0.00	0.05	0.01	112.5%	15	1,577
86	1	169.9%	182.83	193.70	196.10	340.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	101.6%	57	2,346
144	1	158.7%	182.61	189.70	192.05	345.00	0.00	0.03	0.02	101.6%	508	2,577
322	1	123.2%	170.86	184.10	186.35	350.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	95.3%	5	10,522
419	2	117.2%	180.20	179.30	181.10	355.00	0.00	0.13	0.07	109.0%	10	2,113
1,129	48	144.4%	175.99	174.70	177.00	360.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	89.1%	3	6,028
306	2	146.6%	171.06	168.75	171.10	365.00	0.00	0.43	0.01	116.8%	25	1,849
995	6	122.8%	165.44	164.50	166.45	370.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	83.6%	1	4,440
1,131	1	122.8%	156.23	159.65	161.50	375.00	0.01	0.04	0.03	87.1%	42	1,424
1,942	11	94.1%	156.24	153.90	156.40	380.00	0.00	0.03	0.01	80.5%	20	4,422
1,322	4	109.1%	151.06	149.35	151.50	385.00	0.00	0.05	0.03	81.3%	7	2,091
2,552	9	87.5%	132.10	143.80	146.50	390.00	0.01	0.03	0.01	76.6%	20	8,887
1,591	2	98.2%	141.05	139.20	141.50	395.00	0.00	0.03	0.02	71.9%	1	1,700
2,647	43	85.8%	135.60	133.90	136.50	400.00	0.01	0.24	0.02	85.5%	150	6,888
3,497	1	85.9%	129.20	129.00	131.50	405.00	0.00	0.03	0.03	66.4%	6	2,093
2,274	1	79.3%	123.10	123.90	126.50	410.00	0.01	0.05	0.02	68.0%	41	2,731
1,498	4	76.0%	115.00	118.85	121.55	415.00	0.00	0.03	0.03	60.9%	201	1,589
4,007	23	74.4%	114.64	113.95	116.50	420.00	0.01	0.05	0.03	62.1%	291	7,746
1,308	13	78.0%	110.90	109.25	111.50	425.00	0.01	0.04	0.03	58.6%	243	1,968
1,008	7	80.5%	105.57	104.60	106.55	430.00	0.01	0.05	0.02	56.6%	155	2,950
1,131	36	64.8%	100.90	98.90	101.55	435.00	0.01	0.05	0.03	53.9%	69	2,236
2,237	7	70.7%	95.50	94.40	96.55	440.00	0.01	0.08	0.04	53.3%	307	5,815
949	15	65.8%	91.50	88.95	91.90	445.00	0.02	0.10	0.03	52.1%	158	2,963
7,011	449	63.0%	85.50	84.35	86.55	450.00	0.04	0.06	0.06	49.2%	9,220	6,231
1,050	6	63.0%	80.65	79.30	81.90	455.00	0.05	0.09	0.07	48.7%	60	2,662
3,313	26	58.4%	76.27	74.60	76.50	460.00	0.02	0.09	0.10	45.8%	448	4,237
1,575	36	52.7%	70.80	69.40	71.50	465.00	0.01	0.10	0.09	43.5%	482	3,587
3,772	26	65.2%	66.87	64.05	66.60	470.00	0.05	0.15	0.09	42.8%	450	9,335
80	2	51.8%	62.93	61.40	64.95	472.50	0.00	0.10	0.06	39.1%	6	1,909
1,519	42	63.4%	61.67	59.35	61.85	475.00	0.07	0.11	0.10	38.1%	324	3,367
20	4	59.9%	46.06	56.50	59.20	477.50	0.04	0.14	0.09	37.8%	3	476
3,868	23	56.4%	56.30	54.65	56.55	480.00	0.06	0.13	0.11	35.9%	1,230	7,167
56	22	55.6%	43.72	52.00	54.20	482.50	0.06	0.14	0.08	34.8%	11	538
1,580	25	53.1%	50.70	49.10	51.65	485.00	0.08	0.15	0.14	33.6%	313	5,058
197	1	56.8%	48.20	46.50	49.90	487.50	0.08	0.23	0.14	34.3%	19	933
7,249	238	52.8%	45.70	44.20	47.15	490.00	0.14	0.17	0.16	31.2%	526	6,398
148	2	49.5%	42.80	41.55	44.50	492.50	0.14	0.24	0.20	31.4%	39	370
4,648	156	42.6%	40.83	39.70	41.40	495.00	0.18	0.30	0.19	30.9%	704	4,543
164	5	41.8%	37.17	37.20	39.05	497.50	0.21	0.26	0.23	28.5%	158	984
24,338	441	38.5%	35.70	35.25	36.40	500.00	0.26	0.31	0.29	27.7%	1,665	9,157
250	4	38.5%	33.56	31.60	34.20	502.50	0.34	0.38	0.35	27.1%	226	537
2,744	64	35.7%	31.30	30.25	31.60	505.00	0.40	0.44	0.43	26.1%	1,672	3,209
352	18	36.6%	29.45	27.65	29.60	507.50	0.49	0.56	0.54	25.7%	1,134	1,008
38,003	499	34.9%	25.95	25.55	27.20	510.00	0.63	0.70	0.66	25.1%	5,787	8,454
1,173	24	32.8%	24.63	23.15	24.75	512.50	0.63	0.86	0.82	24.5%	591	804
3,684	234	33.1%	21.45	20.95	22.80	515.00	1.03	1.09	1.09	24.1%	1,830	1,877
662	27	28.4%	19.34	18.00	19.85	517.50	1.30	1.40	1.35	23.7%	798	680
12,345	705	28.8%	17.15	16.85	18.00	520.00	1.65	1.78	1.72	23.4%	2,852	4,267
4,101	902	29.1%	13.13	12.70	14.50	525.00	2.69	3.00	2.78	23.6%	1,487	1,948
12,026	3,057	27.4%	9.75	9.60	10.85	530.00	4.20	4.45	4.37	22.7%	2,277	2,740
4,058	4,071	24.9%	6.95	6.85	7.40	535.00	6.25	6.65	6.60	22.6%	1,320	1,480
MSFT $535.07
8,279	8,316	23.7%	4.67	4.60	4.85	540.00	8.25	10.50	9.30	26.2%	268	303
20,761	3,701	23.8%	3.00	2.80	3.20	545.00	12.10	13.30	12.15	24.4%	33	302
62,836	16,295	23.4%	1.87	1.85	1.94	550.00	15.10	17.40	17.50	25.9%	15	69
8,901	7,514	24.1%	1.17	1.11	1.25	555.00	19.85	22.00	23.50	28.6%	1	23
10,750	2,403	23.9%	0.69	0.68	0.70	560.00	24.55	26.25	24.40	28.4%	64	17
5,968	847	24.6%	0.40	0.39	0.44	565.00	28.80	31.35	69.35	32.9%	24	0
19,332	771	25.1%	0.24	0.07	0.26	570.00	33.60	36.60	35.00	38.3%	1	0
1,554	1,725	26.0%	0.15	0.14	0.17	575.00	38.10	41.75	47.68	43.0%	2	0
2,629	880	27.1%	0.09	0.09	0.12	580.00	43.00	46.35	53.00	43.6%	2	0
1,570	63	29.6%	0.07	0.05	0.12	585.00	48.05	51.55	59.48	48.6%	2	0
1,905	74	29.8%	0.06	0.00	0.07	590.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
18,433	50	30.9%	0.05	0.03	0.05	595.00	58.00	61.55	104.89	55.2%	—	0
8,875	212	33.6%	0.02	0.03	0.06	600.00	63.80	66.90	110.96	61.3%	1	1
2,313	8	38.1%	0.06	0.02	0.10	605.00	68.80	71.90	115.98	64.5%	—	0
524	6	37.1%	0.03	0.00	0.05	610.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
456	13	46.5%	0.05	0.00	0.20	615.00	78.00	81.85	101.45	70.4%	—	0
2,963	1	42.0%	0.06	0.01	0.06	620.00	0.00	0.00	125.35	—	2	0
503	3	43.2%	0.03	0.01	0.05	625.00	123.40	126.95	135.93	224.1%	—	0
464	10	45.9%	0.01	0.00	0.06	630.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
290	77	50.8%	0.01	0.00	0.10	635.00	133.40	137.10	137.35	233.4%	—	0
723	11	62.5%	0.57	0.00	0.71	640.00	103.75	106.75	122.52	61.5%	2	0
333	4	46.5%	0.01	0.00	0.02	645.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
1,084	2	65.8%	0.05	0.00	0.63	650.00	0.00	0.00	166.25	—	16	0
1,353	906	50.0%	0.03	0.00	0.04	655.00	153.40	157.30	172.40	250.8%	—	0
1,390	66	50.0%	0.01	0.00	0.03	660.00	123.75	126.55	142.52	66.8%	—	0
312	12	52.0%	0.02	0.00	0.03	665.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
1,495	39	51.6%	0.01	0.00	0.01	670.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
322	3	53.1%	0.01	0.00	0.02	675.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,671	4	51.6%	0.01	0.00	0.01	680.00	—	—	—	—	—	—

In-the-money callsIn-the-money puts. IV = implied volatility, OI = open interest (contracts). Each contract covers 100 shares. Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the MSFT put/call ratio?

For the October 16, 2026 expiration, the MSFT put/call ratio based on open interest is 0.62 (225,390 puts vs 362,630 calls), and 0.69 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.

What is MSFT's implied volatility?

At-the-money implied volatility for MSFT options expiring October 16, 2026 is about 23.8%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Microsoft stock to move.

How many MSFT option expiration dates are there?

MSFT has 19 listed expiration dates, from Oct 12, 2026 to Jan 19, 2029.

What does "in the money" mean?

A call is in the money when the strike price is below the current share price; a put is in the money when the strike is above it. In-the-money contracts have intrinsic value and are shaded in the table.