CrowdStrike Holdings Unusual Options Activity for October 21 – CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD)

Whales with lots of money to spend have taken a decidedly pessimistic stance CrowdStrike Holdings.

View CrowdStrike Holdings options history CRWD We discovered 94 trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is fair to say that 34% of investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 38% with bearish expectations.

Of the total trades spotted, 12 are puts totaling $706,199 and 82 are calls totaling $4,382,343.

Estimated price range

When analyzing the volume and open interest in these contracts, it appears that the major players were eyeing a price window of $50.0 to $400.0 for CrowdStrike Holdings last quarter.

Insights into volume and open interest

Looking at volume and open interest is an insightful way to do due diligence on a stock.

This data allows you to track the liquidity and interest in CrowdStrike Holdings' options at a specific strike price.

Below we can observe the movement of volume and open interest on calls and puts, respectively, for all CrowdStrike Holdings whale activity within a strike price range of $50.0 to $400.0 over the last 30 days.

CrowdStrike Holdings Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

Significant options trades discovered:

About CrowdStrike Holdings

CrowdStrike is a cloud-based cybersecurity company specializing in next-generation security verticals such as endpoints, cloud workload, identity and security operations. CrowdStrike's core offering is its Falcon platform, which provides an organization with a proverbial central interface to detect and respond to security threats attacking its IT infrastructure. The Texas-based company was founded in 2011 and went public in 2019.

After examining CrowdStrike Holdings' options trading patterns, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve deeper into current market position and performance

Current position of CrowdStrike Holdings

• The trading volume is 1,493,576, with the price of CRWD down -0.56% at $308.4.
• RSI indicators suggest that the stock may be overbought.
• Earnings announcement is expected in 36 days.

What the experts say about CrowdStrike Holdings

Five market experts recently gave ratings on this stock, with a consensus price target of $341.0.

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