Don't Sleep on Alphabet Stock This July

Shares of Alphabet Inc (NASDQ:GOOGL) are 0.7% lower to trade at $178.44 today, seeing pressure at the $180 level. The equity hosts a 5.7% year-to-date deficit, with its most recent pullback captured by the 50-day moving average. The equity could soon move back toward its February highs, however, as historically, July tends to be a good month for Alphabet stock.

More specifically, GOOGL has appeared on Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White's list of the best 25 S&P 500 Index (SPX) stocks to own in the month of July over the past 10 years. For the month, GOOGL tends to average an 8.42% gain, finishing higher 90% of the time. Another move of this magnitude would put the tech behemoth back above $193 for the first time since early February.

Now looks like a good time to weigh in with options, too. GOOGL's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 26% ranks in the 13th percentile of its annual range, meaning options traders are pricing in low volatility expectations.