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Amazon.com Stock Headed for Worst Day in Over 2 Years

Options traders are chiming in on today's bear gap

Deputy Editor
Aug 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) is falling sharply on the charts today, following the company's lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue and disappointing current-quarter forecast. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been thriving, however, with revenue increasing 19% in the second quarter. 

Amid the broad-market selloff, AMZN was last seen down 10.9% at $164.06 and headed for its largest single-day percentage drop since April 2022. Jim Cramer is making headlines after posting on X that the panic is "a little overdone," while a handful of analysts adjusted their price targets in both directions. 

Now trading at its lowest levels since its early February bull gap and quickly moving away from its July 8 record high of $201.20, the equity is still up 6.2% year to date. It's worth noting that the stock's 14-day relative strength index (RSI) of 32.7 sits on the cusp of "oversold" territory, however, which typically precedes a short-term bounce. 

Amazon.com stock is seeing plenty of activity in the options pits. So far, 532,000 calls and 364,000 puts have crossed the tape, which is triple the overall volume typically seen at this point. The weekly 8/2 165-strike put is the most popular, followed by the 160-strike put in the same series, with new positions opening at both. 

 

 

 
 

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