Decoding CrowdStrike Holdings's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture?

Author: Benzinga Insights | June 28, 2024 04:01pm

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on CrowdStrike Holdings. Our analysis of options history for CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) revealed 45 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 44% of traders were bullish, while 40% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 13 were puts, with a value of $680,562, and 32 were calls, valued at $3,084,494.

Predicted Price Range

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $250.0 and $500.0 for CrowdStrike Holdings, spanning the last three months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of CrowdStrike Holdings stands at 603.0, with a total volume reaching 4,605.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in CrowdStrike Holdings, situated within the strike price corridor from $250.0 to $500.0, throughout the last 30 days.

CrowdStrike Holdings 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Options Call Chart

Significant Options Trades Detected:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Ask	Bid	Price	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
CRWD	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/28/24	$56.8	$53.8	$54.5	$335.00	$534.1K	411	300
CRWD	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	07/19/24	$106.75	$103.1	$105.14	$280.00	$525.7K	1.2K	0
CRWD	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	09/20/24	$120.0	$116.9	$119.0	$270.00	$249.9K	158	0
CRWD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/20/25	$60.3	$58.6	$60.3	$390.00	$168.8K	1.0K	0
CRWD	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	08/16/24	$28.45	$26.85	$27.68	$380.00	$166.0K	604	0

About CrowdStrike Holdings

CrowdStrike is a cloud-based cybersecurity company specializing in next-generation security verticals such as endpoint, cloud workload, identity, and security operations. 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.

Following our analysis of the options activities associated with CrowdStrike Holdings, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.

CrowdStrike Holdings's Current Market Status

With a volume of 2,309,043, the price of CRWD is up 0.47% at $389.1.
RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
Next earnings are expected to be released in 61 days.

What The Experts Say On CrowdStrike Holdings

A total of 5 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $399.0.

Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald lowers its rating to Overweight with a new price target of $400.
An analyst from Mizuho persists with their Buy rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, maintaining a target price of $370.
An analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $400.
Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Canaccord Genuity keeps a Buy rating on CrowdStrike Holdings with a target price of $405.
An analyst from Rosenblatt has decided to maintain their Buy rating on CrowdStrike Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $420.

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