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Can Palantir pull off a Microsoft-style comeback? Here's what options say

Cnbc · · 287 words · By Oliver Renick
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Hopes are running high that high-profile software provider Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market and rally after earnings Monday night.

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What happened

Hopes are running high that high-profile software provider Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market and rally after earnings Monday night.

Why it matters

After all, the chart of Microsoft was looking similar going into its report, and that stock's now in the midst of a three-day, 25% bounce.

Common ground

The options flows around Palantir also mirror Microsoft going into its report, where traders were scooping up calls and betting on a bigger-than-usual swing.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/can-palantir-pull-off-a-microsoft-style-comeback…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Trading for $5.30 a contract, the 130-strike calls need an 8 percent rally before the weekend to pay off”
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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia entries about the company Palantir and the fictional object from Lord of the Rings. No financial calculations regarding 130-strike calls were provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Caedmon Karp (born October 2, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies. Karp earned his J.D. de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karp
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software. Palantir is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 2003 by Pete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A palantír ([paˈlanˌtiːr]; in-universe pl. palantíri) is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The word comes from Quenya palan …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantír
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Claim 2: “For the past five straight quarters, Palantir options have overestimated the actual move, the data show”
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Claim 3: “More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data”
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One web search result explicitly corroborates the ThinkOrSwim data (56,000 calls vs <25,000 puts on Monday). However, other results are general tutorials or unrelated, meaning it is not corroborated by multiple independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed through the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery
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web search NEUTRAL — Call options significantly outnumbered put options by volume on Monday, with traders purchasing 56,000 calls compared to fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data cited by CNBC.
https://www.fakta.co/palantir-stock-jumps-strong-q2
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Claim 4: “The 150 and 140-strike calls were second and third-most popular by volume”
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The evidence provided contains general information about the number 150 and Ford F-150 trucks, which is completely irrelevant to Palantir options trading.
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web search NEUTRAL — 150 (number) ... 150 (one hundred [and] fifty) is the natural number following 149 and preceding 151.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/150_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — You get a lot from owning an F-150® truck, but it’s more than just brawn — it’s the ultimate productivity partner. Offering features designed to help amplify your efficiency and conquer every task, it…
https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/
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web search NEUTRAL — Starting in 1984, the F-150 became the entry-level. The F-150 has a long-running high-performance off-road trim level, introduced for 2010, the (SVT) Raptor, which currently consists of three generati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series
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Claim 5: “Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market”
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The provided evidence discusses Palantir's Q2 earnings and short interest, but does not mention a 'nine-month bear market' or provide data to confirm or deny this specific timeframe.
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web search NEUTRAL — Before Palantir's Q2 report, bearish investors had accumulated approximately $2.7 billion in mark-to-market gains for the year — built on a thesis, shared by RBC Capital analyst Rishi Jaluria (Underpe…
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323175/20260805/palantir-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Loss of principal is possible. Some high-risk investments may use leverage, which could accentuate losses. Foreign investing involves special risks, moon market, including greater volatility and polit…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7cfHPMuBq4
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.83, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume. Change versus previous month. Short i…
https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/PLTR/
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Claim 6: “The most popular contract for bulls was the 130-strike call expiring Friday, where traders bought 8,500 contracts totaling $4.4 million, according to SpotGamma”
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The evidence provided mentions a $330-strike call for SpaceX and general SpotGamma indicators for PLTR, but does not confirm the specific 130-strike call volume of 8,500 contracts for $4.4 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bully is the twelfth studio album by the American rapper and record producer Kanye West. It was released through YZY and Gamma on March 28, 2026. Guest appearances include Travis Scott, André Troutman…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully_(album)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise features many elements, including locations, weapons, and artifacts. Many are based on elements that originally appeared in the American comic books…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_the_Marvel_Cinemat…
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web search NEUTRAL — The contract in question is the $330-strike call expiring this Friday, August 7, a strike that would require SPCX to nearly triple in four trading days from around $119.59.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/08/04/mystery-buyer-jus…
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Claim 7: “seven of the eight biggest dollar-amount trades of the day were neutral or bearish, according to Cboe data”
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Claim 8: “that stock's [Microsoft] now in the midst of a three-day, 25% bounce”
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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia entries about Microsoft's history and products. There is no financial data regarding a recent 'three-day, 25% bounce' in stock price.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Excel, or simply Excel, is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Windows is a proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows for personal computers, Windows …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows
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Claim 9: “Of the $160 million in premium traded, $120 million was tied to calls, and the top five contracts traded by volume were all calls, SpotGamma data show”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of unrelated Wikipedia entries about COVID-19, Flickr, and GameStop. No SpotGamma data regarding Palantir premiums was found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flickr ( FLIK-ər) is an image and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was for a tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January 2021, a short squeeze of the stock of the American video game retailer GameStop and other securities took place, causing major financial consequences for certain hedge funds and large losse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze
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Claim 10: “Cboe LiveVol data shows options pricing implying a 10.5% move after earnings, bigger than the median 7.4% move the past year”
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The evidence confirms that Cboe is a major options exchange, but does not provide the specific implied move percentages (10.5% vs 7.4%) for Palantir earnings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (formerly CBOE Holdings and Chicago Board Options Exchange) is an American financial exchange operator. [1] In the U.S., it owns the largest exchange for trading in options, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cboe_Global_Markets
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web search NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.
https://www.cboe.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Access one of the most liquid U.S. options marketplaces and home to SPX® and VIX® index options. Cboe® offers electronic, hybrid, and open outcry trading.
https://www.cboe.com/en/markets/us/options/
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Claim 11: “the biggest premium trade of the day, a sale of 800 of the 145-strike calls in Palantir that expire in mid-December 2028... brought in $3.4 million for the seller”
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