When John identifies a strategic exit point, he will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what security to sell, when to sell it, and at what price. Most often, it will be to TAKE PROFITS, but, on rare occasions, it will be to exercise a STOP LOSS at a predetermined price to adhere to strict risk management discipline.
Tech Alert - CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) – SELL – TAKE PROFITS
SELL – TAKE PROFITS CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD) February 2021 $210-$215 in-the-money vertical BULL call spread at $4.98
Closing Trade
2-16-2021
expiration date: February 19, 2021
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 23 contracts
We re-established our short-term bullish position that software company CrowdStrike (CRWD) would stay above the strike price of $215 by February 19th, 2021 and it was a home run.
The stock did nothing but go up from the moment we executed this trade and we are taking profits.
Well done!
This came on the heels of taking LARGE profits in the CRWD February 2021 $180-$185 call spread.
We also just cut short our CRWD put spread with a moderate loss.
The unusual activity in CRWD options that I spotted 6 days ago with traders piling into the February 2021 calls at strike prices $235 and $245 was an obvious giveaway and told me that there was expected interest in buying the underlying stock short-term.
I like to reaffirm again right now that I love this cloud stock and it is the best GROWTH cybersecurity stock out there.
I would also be on the lookout to get back into CRWD on the next dip.
Any long-term investor should buy and hold this stock until $400.
CrowdStrike is enabling the trend toward cloud-based computing.
The cloud security leader in endpoint security, which provides protection at the device level, such as laptops, smartphones, servers, and sensors.
CrowdStrike uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics to power its threat detection system.
Each new business that joins the platform helps CrowdStrike's threat detection system become more intelligent, thereby strengthening the defense of everyone on the network.
They are no slouch with revenue expanding 86% year over year to $232.5 million in the third quarter, driven by strong customer gains.
Runway for growth is long. With the number of IoT devices set to explode to 75 billion by 2025, demand for CrowdStrike's endpoint security services should continue to grow unfettered which makes it such an attractive stock to appreciate.
DO NOT USE MARKET ORDERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Here are the specific trades you need to exit this position:
Sell to Close 23 February 2021 (CRWD) $210 calls at………….………$38.08
Buy to Close 23 February 2021 (CRWD) $215 calls at…….........…….$33.10
Net Proceeds:……………………..…….………...............................…….....$4.98
Profit: $4.98 - $4.20 = $.78
(23 X 100 X $.78) = $1,794 or 18.57%
To see how to enter this trade in your online platform, please look at the order ticket below, which I pulled off of Interactive Brokers.
If you are uncertain on how to execute an options spread, please watch my training video by clicking here.
The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you. The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.
Don’t execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile on expiration months farther out.
Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices at best. After the alerts go out, prices can be all over the map.
