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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 29 uncommon options trades for Palo Alto Networks.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 41% bullish and 34%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 11 are puts, for a total amount of $430,145, and 18 are calls, for a total amount of $704,659.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $115.0 to $255.0 for Palo Alto Networks over the last 3 months.
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Palo Alto Networks stands at 1667.69, with a total volume reaching 1,518.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Palo Alto Networks, situated within the strike price corridor from $115.0 to $255.0, throughout the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANW | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $9.5 | $9.05 | $9.45 | $212.50 | $89.7K | 224 | 95 |
| PANW | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 11/21/25 | $6.85 | $6.55 | $6.7 | $210.00 | $66.2K | 1.2K | 163 |
| PANW | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/20/26 | $27.2 | $26.3 | $27.2 | $230.00 | $51.6K | 81 | 23 |
| PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 03/20/26 | $23.35 | $21.9 | $23.0 | $210.00 | $48.3K | 682 | 21 |
| PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $23.2 | $22.0 | $23.0 | $200.00 | $46.0K | 7.5K | 41 |
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.
A total of 4 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $243.25.
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