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$18.75M moved through Micron Technology, Inc. ($MU) options on Wednesday in a 3-leg trade built around the $850 to $900 strikes. The legs lean bullish: the bought side profits as Micron Technology rises, and the sold side helps pay for it.
What happened
The legs printed together in the final half hour, around 3:55 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 14, with $MU near $919.43, for $18.75M in combined premium across 7,634 contracts.
Trading the legs as one ticket locks in the price of the whole structure at once, which is how professional desks usually put on spreads.
Netting the legs, the trader collected about $293K up front. That credit is theirs to keep if the stock cooperates, but it comes with obligations on the sold side.
- MU Oct 23 $900 Put: 4,362 contracts at $21.83 (sold)
- MU Nov 20 $850 Put: 1,512 contracts at $28.20 (bought)
- MU Nov 20 $850 Put: 1,760 contracts at $28.21 (bought)
Why it matters
Multi-leg trades shape risk on purpose: some legs pay for others, and the payoff depends on where the stock finishes relative to each strike.
Net of all legs, the structure behaves like being long roughly 77,000 shares of MU, about $70.75M of stock exposure.
The strikes run from $850.00 (7.6% below the stock) to $900.00 (2.1% below the stock), so the trade is built around a zone rather than a single target.
With 9 days until Oct 23, the trade has a few weeks to be right, enough room for a catalyst but not much for waiting. Implied volatility ran around 52%, elevated, which means traders are paying up for movement.
Over the last 12 sessions $MU has traded between $906.11 and $1,113.89 and is down 15.3% over that stretch. The stock came into this trade near the bottom of that range.
The numbers
| Structure | Multi-leg options trade (3 legs) |
|---|---|
| Lean | Bullish |
| Expirations | Oct 23 and Nov 20 (nearest in 9 days) |
| Strikes | $850, $900 |
| Contracts | 7,634 |
| Total premium | $18.75M |
| Net cost | $293K credit |
| Stock at the trade | $919.43 |
Three ways this could play out
Bullish continuation
A move through $900.00 puts $MU above every strike. That is where this bullish structure does its best work.
Bearish rejection
A drop under $850.00 takes $MU below every strike. With the lean on the bullish side, that is where the position takes its worst damage.
Neutral stabilization
If $MU settles between $850.00 and $900.00 into Oct 23 and Nov 20, time decay and the final price decide who wins, which is exactly what spreads are built to control.
What to watch next
- $850.00 and $900.00: the outer strikes that define this trade.
- Open interest on each leg in the next session, to confirm the structure was opened rather than closed.
- Oct 23 and Nov 20: expiration, 9 days out for the nearest leg, when the structure resolves.
- Follow-on spreads at nearby strikes, which would show a desk building a larger position.
- $906.11 and $1,113.89: the edges of MU’s recent trading range.
