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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 38 uncommon options trades for Palo Alto Networks.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 55% bullish and 31%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $251,603, and 30 are calls, for a total amount of $2,537,870.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $160.0 and $400.0 for Palo Alto Networks, spanning the last three months.
Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for Palo Alto Networks's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across Palo Alto Networks's significant trades, within a strike price range of $160.0 to $400.0, over the past month.
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 | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $22.45 | $21.1 | $22.45 | $360.00 | $561.2K | 1.7K | 502 |
PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $22.3 | $21.35 | $22.3 | $360.00 | $314.4K | 1.7K | 752 |
PANW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $22.5 | $22.5 | $22.5 | $360.00 | $198.0K | 1.7K | 252 |
PANW | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $24.7 | $23.8 | $23.8 | $350.00 | $149.9K | 1.3K | 20 |
PANW | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 06/21/24 | $22.2 | $22.05 | $22.2 | $290.00 | $135.4K | 1.9K | 69 |
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.
A total of 3 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $345.0.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
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