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Amazon.com Inc. AMZN (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 131.13 Chg: -0.69 %Chg: -0.53% Open: 131.70   Vol: 6.3 M
Bid: 131.13 Ask: 131.20 Size: 19 High: 132.00 Low: 128.63 Avg Vol: 7.7 M

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AMZN is currently trading at 131.13
Company Symbol:
Target Price:
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade AMZN 100     131.13 $6,557 131.13 200.0% -$13,113

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

AMZN: Chart

AMZN: Amazon.com Inc.

Industry Retail Discretionary
Shares Outstanding 444.5 M
52 Wk Performance Price 89.5%
Dividend 0.00
Today's High 132.00 P/E 64.6
Today's Low 128.63 EPS 2.04
Open 131.70 Price to Book 11.8
Prev Close 131.82
52 Wk high 145.91 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 66.68 21 Day 123.29
Market Cap 58.6 B 50 Day 124.45
Yield 0 200 Day 105.68

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- Mar 10 [3 days to expiration]
71.00 71.25 -0.53 0 10 Mar 10 60.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 0
66.00 66.20 -0.60 0 10 Mar 10 65.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 628
61.00 61.20 -0.58 0 34 Mar 10 70.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 549
56.00 56.25 -0.55 0 84 Mar 10 75.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 654
51.00 51.20 -0.58 10 117 Mar 10 80.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 757
46.00 46.20 -0.60 0 144 Mar 10 85.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 695
41.00 41.20 -0.60 2 267 Mar 10 90.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 30 1155
36.00 36.20 -0.60 0 330 Mar 10 95.0 0.00 0.01 0.00 53 2029
31.00 31.20 -0.52 263 557 Mar 10 100.0 0.01 0.02 0.00 25 4409
26.10 26.25 -0.48 23 551 Mar 10 105.0 0.01 0.03 -0.01 45 5791
21.10 21.20 -0.50 26 1419 Mar 10 110.0 0.03 0.04 0.00 797 9423
16.10 16.25 -0.53 61 2725 Mar 10 115.0 0.05 0.06 0.00 768 8671
11.15 11.25 -0.55 399 6215 Mar 10 120.0 0.08 0.10 -0.02 893 10565
6.30 6.40 -0.60 1,761 6715 Mar 10 125.0 0.23 0.24 -0.06 2,552 8940
2.21 2.24 -0.63 6,397 9937 Mar 10 130.0 1.09 1.12 -0.11 5,000 6274
0.35 0.36 -0.32 3,167 9882 Mar 10 135.0 4.20 4.30 0.20 1,724 1840
0.07 0.08 -0.08 1,292 6392 Mar 10 140.0 8.90 9.00 0.45 283 778
0.02 0.04 -0.03 168 4182 Mar 10 145.0 13.85 13.95 0.50 153 544
0.00 0.01 -0.01 9 2192 Mar 10 150.0 18.80 18.95 0.50 49 375
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 1623 Mar 10 155.0 23.80 23.95 0.55 0 324
0.00 0.01 0.00 0 557 Mar 10 160.0 28.80 29.00 0.60 0 36
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 895 Mar 10 165.0 33.80 34.00 0.60 0 67
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 195 Mar 10 170.0 38.80 39.00 0.60 0 21
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 99 Mar 10 175.0 43.80 44.00 0.58 0 0
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 11 Mar 10 180.0 48.80 49.00 0.58 0 0
0.00 0.02 0.00 0 98 Mar 10 185.0 53.75 54.00 0.55 0 0
- Apr 10 [31 days to expiration]
79.65 81.25 -1.53 0 178 Apr 10 50.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 953
74.65 76.25 -1.60 0 104 Apr 10 55.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 523
69.65 71.30 -1.55 0 89 Apr 10 60.0 0.00 0.03 -0.01 0 244
64.20 66.30 -1.78 0 89 Apr 10 65.0 0.00 0.04 -0.01 0 1079
59.20 61.30 -1.78 0 245 Apr 10 70.0 0.00 0.05 -0.01 1 773
55.85 56.30 -0.58 0 419 Apr 10 75.0 0.03 0.06 -0.02 0 924
50.40 51.30 -0.80 7 599 Apr 10 80.0 0.05 0.08 -0.02 107 2067
45.75 46.30 -0.47 0 552 Apr 10 85.0 0.07 0.11 0.00 1 3625
40.60 41.35 -1.15 0 1300 Apr 10 90.0 0.11 0.12 -0.01 41 2562
35.95 36.40 -0.95 2 940 Apr 10 95.0 0.14 0.17 -0.02 2 6483
30.95 31.45 -0.75 16 1841 Apr 10 100.0 0.22 0.25 0.00 20 7978
26.40 26.55 -0.55 23 623 Apr 10 105.0 0.34 0.36 0.00 178 4356
21.60 21.75 -0.53 156 1508 Apr 10 110.0 0.54 0.57 0.01 670 4927
17.00 17.10 -0.45 264 2057 Apr 10 115.0 0.90 0.93 0.04 437 12148
12.60 12.75 -0.43 848 6964 Apr 10 120.0 1.53 1.56 0.08 989 7576
8.75 8.80 -0.35 852 5865 Apr 10 125.0 2.61 2.64 0.14 1,937 6952
5.50 5.60 -0.27 1,838 7380 Apr 10 130.0 4.35 4.45 0.22 2,362 5685
3.10 3.15 -0.25 1,947 7196 Apr 10 135.0 6.95 7.05 0.30 635 2494
1.61 1.65 -0.14 1,872 9496 Apr 10 140.0 10.45 10.55 0.40 176 1906
0.78 0.81 -0.08 1,199 5674 Apr 10 145.0 14.60 14.70 0.45 245 1252
0.36 0.40 -0.05 276 4858 Apr 10 150.0 19.15 19.30 0.47 41 550
0.17 0.20 -0.02 58 2263 Apr 10 155.0 23.95 24.10 0.48 20 613
0.09 0.12 -0.01 36 2979 Apr 10 160.0 28.90 29.05 0.50 0 301
0.05 0.08 -0.01 0 1600 Apr 10 165.0 33.85 34.00 0.50 1 195
0.02 0.06 -0.02 0 1037 Apr 10 170.0 38.75 40.05 1.60 0 155
0.01 0.05 0.01 0 1102 Apr 10 175.0 43.75 45.25 1.47 0 54
0.00 0.05 0.01 0 1135 Apr 10 180.0 48.75 50.30 1.50 0 16
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 651 Apr 10 185.0 53.75 55.40 1.55 0 0
0.00 0.04 0.00 0 1212 Apr 10 190.0 58.75 60.40 1.58 0 0
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 2115 Apr 10 195.0 63.75 65.40 1.55 0 10
0.00 0.03 0.00 0 262 Apr 10 200.0 68.75 70.40 1.60 1 10
0.00 0.02 -0.01 0 3418 Apr 10 210.0 78.70 80.25 1.45 0 0
- Jul 10 [122 days to expiration]
69.85 71.45 -1.50 0 32 Jul 10 60.0 0.13 0.19 -0.01 0 269
64.90 66.50 -1.53 0 262 Jul 10 65.0 0.19 0.25 -0.01 0 154
60.10 61.55 -1.50 0 298 Jul 10 70.0 0.27 0.32 0.01 0 787
55.10 56.70 -1.52 0 189 Jul 10 75.0 0.39 0.45 0.01 0 679
51.60 51.80 -0.53 0 107 Jul 10 80.0 0.54 0.62 0.02 0 1089
46.80 47.05 -0.53 0 190 Jul 10 85.0 0.79 0.84 0.02 1 877
42.15 42.35 -0.50 0 272 Jul 10 90.0 1.09 1.15 0.03 1 597
37.55 37.75 -0.52 0 296 Jul 10 95.0 1.51 1.55 0.03 2 846
33.15 33.30 -0.50 0 406 Jul 10 100.0 2.05 2.10 0.04 10 1397
28.85 29.05 -0.47 14 303 Jul 10 105.0 2.77 2.82 0.06 21 3125
24.85 25.00 -0.45 13 2049 Jul 10 110.0 3.70 3.80 0.10 13 5847
21.00 21.20 -0.42 36 817 Jul 10 115.0 4.90 5.00 0.10 84 3081
17.50 17.65 -0.40 483 1258 Jul 10 120.0 6.35 6.45 0.10 111 2149
14.35 14.50 -0.35 93 1500 Jul 10 125.0 8.15 8.30 0.18 62 1455
11.55 11.65 -0.32 71 2281 Jul 10 130.0 10.35 10.50 0.23 123 1505
9.10 9.20 -0.28 52 3167 Jul 10 135.0 12.90 13.00 0.25 214 1247
7.00 7.15 -0.25 47 2284 Jul 10 140.0 15.80 15.95 0.27 21 683
5.30 5.45 -0.18 78 1143 Jul 10 145.0 19.10 19.25 0.32 20 532
3.95 4.05 -0.15 36 1432 Jul 10 150.0 22.75 22.90 0.40 10 614
2.90 2.96 -0.12 9 1351 Jul 10 155.0 26.65 26.80 0.40 0 321
2.08 2.14 -0.09 2 897 Jul 10 160.0 30.80 31.00 0.42 12 277
1.46 1.52 -0.07 364 847 Jul 10 165.0 35.20 35.35 0.45 47 248
1.01 1.07 -0.06 21 621 Jul 10 170.0 39.75 39.90 0.45 0 259
0.69 0.75 -0.04 0 821 Jul 10 175.0 44.40 44.60 0.47 0 246
0.46 0.51 -0.03 0 447 Jul 10 180.0 49.20 49.40 0.48 0 260
0.30 0.37 -0.03 0 853 Jul 10 185.0 54.05 54.20 0.50 0 174
0.21 0.25 -0.02 0 532 Jul 10 190.0 58.95 59.10 0.53 0 156
0.12 0.20 -0.02 0 506 Jul 10 195.0 63.85 64.05 0.50 0 62
0.08 0.14 -0.02 0 602 Jul 10 200.0 68.80 69.00 0.50 0 83
0.01 0.10 0.00 0 687 Jul 10 210.0 78.80 79.00 0.55 0 70
- Oct 10 [213 days to expiration]
70.65 71.75 -1.28 1 0 Oct 10 60.0 0.45 0.52 0.01 0 81
66.65 66.90 -0.53 48 15 Oct 10 65.0 0.62 0.71 0.01 45 69
61.90 62.15 -0.52 25 45 Oct 10 70.0 0.86 0.92 0.00 0 17
57.25 57.45 -0.53 25 10 Oct 10 75.0 1.15 1.23 -0.01 55 96
52.65 52.85 -0.50 14 31 Oct 10 80.0 1.52 1.61 -0.02 0 226
48.15 48.35 -0.50 0 10 Oct 10 85.0 2.01 2.09 -0.01 0 108
43.75 43.95 -0.50 0 20 Oct 10 90.0 2.61 2.69 -0.01 0 34
39.50 39.70 -0.50 0 11 Oct 10 95.0 3.35 3.45 0.00 0 69
35.40 35.60 -0.50 2 30 Oct 10 100.0 4.25 4.35 0.00 0 107
31.50 31.70 -0.50 0 20 Oct 10 105.0 5.30 5.45 0.00 7 184
27.85 28.00 -0.48 0 52 Oct 10 110.0 6.60 6.75 0.03 3 347
24.35 24.55 -0.45 0 164 Oct 10 115.0 8.15 8.25 0.05 0 369
21.15 21.35 -0.42 1 1817 Oct 10 120.0 9.90 10.05 0.08 7 1475
18.20 18.35 -0.40 1 227 Oct 10 125.0 11.95 12.10 0.10 2 551
15.50 15.70 -0.38 1 197 Oct 10 130.0 14.25 14.40 0.12 1 149
13.10 13.25 -0.35 573 698 Oct 10 135.0 16.80 16.95 0.12 50 26
10.95 11.10 -0.35 71 103 Oct 10 140.0 19.65 19.85 0.17 0 55
9.10 9.25 -0.27 28 85 Oct 10 145.0 22.80 22.95 0.23 19 99
7.45 7.60 -0.25 24 141 Oct 10 150.0 26.15 26.30 0.25 0 109
6.05 6.20 -0.25 15 60 Oct 10 155.0 29.75 29.90 0.25 8 10
4.90 5.00 -0.20 2 128 Oct 10 160.0 33.55 33.75 0.30 0 48
3.90 4.00 -0.20 13 59 Oct 10 165.0 37.55 37.75 0.30 0 87
3.10 3.20 -0.15 12 34 Oct 10 170.0 41.75 41.95 0.35 0 115
2.45 2.53 -0.13 0 104 Oct 10 175.0 46.10 46.30 0.40 0 75
1.91 2.00 -0.12 0 28 Oct 10 180.0 50.55 50.75 0.40 0 0
1.48 1.57 -0.09 1 42 Oct 10 185.0 55.10 55.35 0.42 10 0
1.14 1.22 -0.08 0 64 Oct 10 190.0 59.80 60.00 0.45 10 0
0.87 0.95 -0.06 0 112 Oct 10 195.0 64.50 64.75 0.45 10 0
- Jan 11 [311 days to expiration]
127.05 128.90 -1.53 0 150 Jan 11 2.5 0.00 0.09 -0.01 0 153
124.60 126.40 -1.50 0 41 Jan 11 5.0 0.00 0.09 -0.01 0 807
122.10 123.90 -1.50 0 58 Jan 11 7.5 0.00 0.09 -0.01 0 294
119.60 121.40 -1.50 0 57 Jan 11 10.0 0.00 0.09 -0.01 0 615
114.65 116.35 -1.55 0 135 Jan 11 15.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 767
112.15 113.85 -1.53 0 66 Jan 11 17.5 0.01 0.11 -0.02 0 156
109.45 111.35 -1.63 0 94 Jan 11 20.0 0.01 0.12 0.00 0 432
106.90 108.90 -1.67 0 50 Jan 11 22.5 0.00 0.14 -0.01 0 1285
104.40 106.40 -1.65 0 196 Jan 11 25.0 0.03 0.15 0.00 0 555
99.50 101.45 -1.78 0 420 Jan 11 30.0 0.08 0.19 -0.01 0 3014
94.55 96.55 -1.72 0 863 Jan 11 35.0 0.15 0.25 0.01 0 848
89.60 91.60 -1.18 0 813 Jan 11 40.0 0.23 0.33 -0.01 0 1639
80.00 81.85 -1.25 0 636 Jan 11 50.0 0.46 0.58 -0.02 28 3011
72.50 74.70 -1.58 0 154 Jan 11 57.5 0.76 0.87 0.00 0 4742
70.40 72.35 -1.18 0 455 Jan 11 60.0 0.91 1.00 0.00 44 2588
65.50 67.65 -1.30 0 325 Jan 11 65.0 1.21 1.32 -0.01 0 1076
62.45 63.05 -0.50 2 425 Jan 11 70.0 1.59 1.71 -0.01 1 2103
57.90 58.55 -0.53 0 1036 Jan 11 75.0 2.09 2.17 -0.04 1 3057
53.85 54.15 -0.53 0 582 Jan 11 80.0 2.68 2.78 -0.04 5 4281
49.55 49.85 -0.55 0 2378 Jan 11 85.0 3.35 3.50 -0.05 24 5707
45.45 45.75 -0.55 0 1062 Jan 11 90.0 4.20 4.35 -0.05 17 3623
41.45 41.75 -0.55 0 339 Jan 11 95.0 5.20 5.35 -0.05 0 1378
37.65 37.90 -0.55 0 2013 Jan 11 100.0 6.35 6.50 -0.07 692 5791
34.00 34.25 -0.55 0 872 Jan 11 105.0 7.70 7.85 -0.05 5 3431
30.55 30.80 -0.53 31 1817 Jan 11 110.0 9.25 9.35 -0.02 0 2614
27.30 27.55 -0.48 15 547 Jan 11 115.0 10.95 11.05 -0.02 1,501 3428
24.30 24.50 -0.45 4 1369 Jan 11 120.0 12.90 13.05 0.00 16 2150
21.45 21.65 -0.45 2 934 Jan 11 125.0 15.05 15.15 0.03 0 1827
18.85 19.00 -0.43 1 2378 Jan 11 130.0 17.40 17.55 0.05 1 1050
16.45 16.65 -0.40 11 3121 Jan 11 135.0 20.00 20.20 0.08 0 661
14.25 14.45 -0.42 63 2159 Jan 11 140.0 22.80 23.00 0.10 2 1749
12.35 12.50 -0.35 1 2648 Jan 11 145.0 25.85 26.05 0.15 0 656
10.60 10.75 -0.32 15 2676 Jan 11 150.0 29.10 29.30 0.18 0 361
9.05 9.20 -0.30 0 1744 Jan 11 155.0 32.50 32.75 0.17 2 412
7.65 7.85 -0.27 60 1261 Jan 11 160.0 36.15 36.40 0.23 0 384
6.45 6.65 -0.27 10 546 Jan 11 165.0 39.95 40.20 0.33 0 248
5.45 5.60 -0.20 3 1072 Jan 11 170.0 43.90 44.15 0.35 0 340
4.55 4.70 -0.20 0 1512 Jan 11 175.0 48.00 48.35 0.30 0 355
3.80 3.95 -0.15 0 1553 Jan 11 180.0 52.25 52.55 0.30 0 378
3.15 3.30 -0.15 2 987 Jan 11 185.0 56.60 56.90 0.30 0 443
2.63 2.71 -0.13 0 781 Jan 11 190.0 61.05 61.35 0.30 0 334
2.17 2.26 -0.10 0 1082 Jan 11 195.0 65.60 65.90 0.45 0 398
1.80 1.89 -0.08 0 3486 Jan 11 200.0 70.20 70.50 0.40 0 207
1.22 1.28 -0.06 10 1396 Jan 11 210.0 79.65 79.95 0.48 15 265
- Jan 12 [675 days to expiration]
81.35 83.85 -1.95 0 509 Jan 12 50.0 1.56 1.74 -0.12 0 520
77.30 79.55 -1.80 0 42 Jan 12 55.0 2.10 2.34 0.02 3 390
74.50 75.25 -0.82 0 116 Jan 12 60.0 2.72 2.97 0.07 0 294
70.50 71.05 -0.70 0 99 Jan 12 65.0 3.40 3.75 0.10 0 217
66.40 67.00 -0.55 0 77 Jan 12 70.0 4.20 4.55 0.10 0 312
62.45 63.00 -0.68 0 154 Jan 12 75.0 5.15 5.45 0.08 0 205
58.45 59.15 -0.62 1 64 Jan 12 80.0 6.20 6.50 0.10 0 217
54.85 55.45 -0.52 0 82 Jan 12 85.0 7.40 7.60 0.07 2 204
51.30 51.80 -0.58 0 1027 Jan 12 90.0 8.70 8.95 0.10 5 749
47.80 48.40 -0.60 0 49 Jan 12 95.0 10.15 10.45 0.10 1 422
44.50 45.05 -0.57 0 488 Jan 12 100.0 11.80 12.10 0.13 15 1200
41.35 41.90 -0.58 0 255 Jan 12 105.0 13.55 13.90 0.12 0 74
38.35 38.85 -0.55 0 131 Jan 12 110.0 15.50 15.85 0.18 2 211
35.50 36.10 -0.48 0 451 Jan 12 115.0 17.55 17.90 0.17 0 175
32.85 33.30 -0.48 2 298 Jan 12 120.0 19.75 20.15 0.18 8 370
30.30 30.70 -0.45 1 153 Jan 12 125.0 22.15 22.55 0.17 0 452
27.75 28.35 -0.50 5 1305 Jan 12 130.0 24.70 25.20 0.28 0 904
25.60 26.05 -0.40 1 206 Jan 12 135.0 27.40 27.80 0.25 0 364
23.40 23.95 -0.45 0 454 Jan 12 140.0 30.25 30.65 0.28 8 176
21.50 21.90 -0.38 0 45 Jan 12 145.0 33.20 33.55 0.30 0 110
19.60 20.05 -0.38 0 659 Jan 12 150.0 36.35 36.70 0.30 1 56
17.90 18.35 -0.27 0 66 Jan 12 155.0 39.55 40.05 0.33 0 45
16.25 16.75 -0.35 1 1072 Jan 12 160.0 43.00 43.45 0.40 0 93
14.75 15.20 -0.40 0 77 Jan 12 165.0 46.50 47.00 0.50 0 57
13.50 13.80 -0.33 0 152 Jan 12 170.0 50.10 50.65 0.42 0 133
12.20 12.60 -0.30 0 1434 Jan 12 175.0 53.75 54.40 0.40 0 189
11.00 11.35 -0.30 0 71 Jan 12 180.0 57.70 58.20 0.42 0 139
9.95 10.35 -0.25 0 309 Jan 12 185.0 61.55 62.25 0.48 0 46
9.00 9.40 -0.23 0 69 Jan 12 190.0 65.60 66.30 0.45 0 35
8.10 8.45 -0.28 0 147 Jan 12 195.0 69.75 70.35 0.40 0 36
7.30 7.65 -0.25 5 236 Jan 12 200.0 73.95 74.70 0.45 0 142
5.90 6.20 -0.27 0 892 Jan 12 210.0 82.65 83.30 0.50 0 294