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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW).
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 PANW, 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 11 uncommon options trades for Palo Alto Networks.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 54% bullish and 27%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $157,830, and 8 are calls, for a total amount of $452,570.
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $200.0 to $345.0 for Palo Alto Networks during the past quarter.
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 Palo Alto Networks'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 Palo Alto Networks's whale activity within a strike price range from $200.0 to $345.0 in the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $134.0 | $131.85 | $134.0 | $200.00 | $134.0K | 152 | 0 |
PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $81.0 | $79.5 | $81.0 | $340.00 | $81.0K | 38 | 0 |
PANW | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/02/24 | $6.3 | $5.9 | $6.2 | $320.00 | $62.0K | 368 | 102 |
PANW | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/18/26 | $58.7 | $55.15 | $58.73 | $320.00 | $58.7K | 213 | 0 |
PANW | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $83.6 | $81.1 | $83.55 | $250.00 | $58.1K | 1.0K | 12 |
Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 85,000 customers across the world, including more than three fourths of the Global 2000.
Having examined the options trading patterns of Palo Alto Networks, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
Over the past month, 3 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $355.0.
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