{"slug": "michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains", "title": "Michael Burry buys Microsoft LEAP calls targeting 2028 gains", "summary": "Investor Michael Burry purchased long-dated call options on Microsoft, buying December 2028 LEAPs with strikes in the low $700s. Microsoft shares rose about 1% in pre-market trading after the disclosure. Burry also argued that recent Hong Kong weakness is driven by a rotation toward semiconductor themes.", "body_md": "According to Yahoo Finance and Stocktwits reporting, investor Michael Burry purchased long-dated call options on **Microsoft**, buying December **2028** LEAPs with strikes in the low **$700s**. Yahoo Finance notes Scion Asset Management no longer files 13F reports, so the public record does not reveal the trade's size. GuruFocus reported Microsoft shares ticked up roughly **1%** in pre-market trading after the disclosure, to about **$356.30**. Reporting also shows Burry used his Substack to argue that recent Hong Kong weakness is driven by technical rotation toward semiconductor themes; Stocktwits quotes him writing, \"Hong Kong stocks are falling hard as the chip narrative pulls capital from Hong Kong and pushes it into South Korea and Japan.\" Editorial analysis: Investors increasingly use long-dated options to express multi-year convictions on cloud and AI leaders, concentrating upside exposure while limiting upfront capital at risk.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains-afd2693c", "published_at": "2026-06-27 15:34:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-27 16:39:02.611725+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-products", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Michael Burry", "Microsoft", "Scion Asset Management", "Yahoo Finance", "Stocktwits", "GuruFocus", "Substack", "Hong Kong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/michael-burry-buys-microsoft-leap-calls-targeting-2028-gains.jsonld"}}