Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on CrowdStrike Holdings CRWD.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with CRWD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 86 uncommon options trades for CrowdStrike Holdings.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 48% bullish and 51%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 20 are puts, for a total amount of $1,048,144, and 66 are calls, for a total amount of $5,313,595.
Expected Price Movements
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $150.0 to $380.0 for CrowdStrike Holdings over the recent three months.
Analyzing Volume & Open Interest
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for CrowdStrike Holdings options trades today is 424.67 with a total volume of 9,694.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for CrowdStrike Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $150.0 to $380.0 over the last 30 days.
CrowdStrike Holdings 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRWD | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/16/26 | $200.00 | $1.2M | 277 | 100 |
| CRWD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $200.00 | $470.4K | 277 | 28 |
| CRWD | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $200.00 | $252.0K | 277 | 150 |
| CRWD | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 03/15/24 | $370.00 | $138.3K | 379 | 207 |
| CRWD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $240.00 | $117.8K | 1.0K | 10 |
About CrowdStrike Holdings
CrowdStrike is a cloud-based cybersecurity company specializing in next-generation endpoint and cloud workload protection. CrowdStrike's primary offering is its Falcon platform that offers a proverbial single pane of glass for an enterprise to detect and respond to security threats attacking its IT infrastructure. The Texas-based firm was founded in 2011 and went public in 2019.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding CrowdStrike Holdings, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
Current Position of CrowdStrike Holdings
- Trading volume stands at 2,595,791, with CRWD's price up by 2.41%, positioned at $330.83.
- RSI indicators show the stock to be may be overbought.
- Earnings announcement expected in 25 days.
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