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Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Palo Alto Networks. Our analysis of options history for Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) revealed 22 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 36% of traders were bullish, while 59% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 6 were puts, with a value of $1,034,771, and 16 were calls, valued at $693,750.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $180.0 to $500.0 for Palo Alto Networks over the last 3 months.
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 $180.0 to $500.0 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 | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 03/21/25 | $26.8 | $26.3 | $26.5 | $320.00 | $795.0K | 220 | 305 |
| PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $31.8 | $31.5 | $31.68 | $340.00 | $142.5K | 823 | 51 |
| PANW | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $10.6 | $9.7 | $10.6 | $293.33 | $75.2K | 405 | 51 |
| PANW | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $22.3 | $21.4 | $21.4 | $420.00 | $59.9K | 309 | 0 |
| PANW | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $42.0 | $41.85 | $42.0 | $320.00 | $58.8K | 2.1K | 26 |
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 80,000 enterprise customers across the world, including more than three fourths of the Global 2000.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Palo Alto Networks, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
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