Trade Alert – (CRWD) January 9, 2026 – BUY

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Trade Alert – (CRWD) – BUY

BUY the CrowdStrike (CRWD) January $420-$430 vertical BULL CALL debit spread at $9.40 or best

Opening Trade

1-9-2026

expiration date: January 23, 2026

Portfolio weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 12 contracts

I have been a huge fan of cybersecurity for decades and have been following CrowdStrike since it was founded in 2011. AI has ignited an arms race in the field with ever more sophisticated criminals demanding every more sophisticated cybersecurity to combat it.

I have been buying every dip, and we definitely have one now with the stock down 21% from its November $567 high. We are in between monthly expiration dates now so I am going to kick off our trading year with a conservative two-week play.

Therefore, I am buying the CrowdStrike (CRWD) January 2026 $420-$430 vertical BULL CALL debit spread at $9.40 or best.

Don’t pay more than $9.65 or you will be chasing.

DO NOT USE MARKET ORDERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

If you don’t want to sit in front of a screen all day or live in a foreign time zone when the US stock market is closed, such as Australia, or don’t want to spend all day in front of a screen, simply enter a spread of Good-Until-Cancelled orders overnight, like $9.40, $9.50, $9.55, $9.60, and $9.65. You should get done on some or all of these.

The long-term bull case for CrowdStrike is overwhelming.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services. It was founded in 2011.

CrowdStrike has investigated several high profile cyberattacks, including the 2104 Sony attack from North Korea, which almost destroyed the company. It was also involved in the 2015 attack on the Democratic National Committee.

For details about CrowdStrike please visit their website at https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/

This is a bet that (CRWD) will not fall below $430 by the January 23 option expiration in 10 trading days.

Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:

Buy 12 January 23 2026 (CRWD) $420 calls at………….…$54.00

Sell short 12 January 23 2026 (CRWD) $430 calls at……$44.60

Net Cost:………………………………….………..………….…..……..$9.40

Potential Profit: $10.00 – $9.40 = $0.60

(12 X 100 X $0.60) = $720 or 6.38% in 10 trading days.

 

 

 

 

If you are uncertain about how to execute a bear put 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.