Looking At CrowdStrike Holdings’s Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on CrowdStrike Holdings.…

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on CrowdStrike Holdings.

Looking at options history for CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 50% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $96,190 and 11, calls, for a total amount of $647,688.

What’s The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $70.0 to $145.0 for CrowdStrike Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for CrowdStrike Holdings’s options for a given strike price.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of CrowdStrike Holdings’s whale activity within a strike price range from $70.0 to $145.0 in the last 30 days.

CrowdStrike Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
CRWD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/21/23 $125.00 $339.8K 1.7K 586
CRWD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $130.00 $39.2K 474 122
CRWD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $135.00 $36.4K 753 106
CRWD CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 04/14/23 $131.00 $36.0K 340 235
CRWD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $135.00 $33.9K 753 58

Where Is CrowdStrike Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,142,109, the price of CRWD is up 1.58% at $130.12.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 51 days.

What The Experts Say On CrowdStrike Holdings:

  • Needham has decided to maintain their Buy rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $170.
  • Macquarie downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $180
  • RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $170.
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $163.
  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $162.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for CrowdStrike Holdings, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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