CrowdStrike (CRWD) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · CRWDPrice a protective put or zero-cost collar on CrowdStrike. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current CRWD option chain.
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CrowdStrike (CRWD) is a public Cybersecurity company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Austin, TX. IPO'd Jun 12, 2019.
Last close: $679.49 per share (as of 2026-06-16).
Equity grants at CrowdStrike typically include non-qualified stock options (NSOs) and restricted stock units (RSUs).
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services. The company was co-founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch, and Gregg Marston. Kurtz serves as the CEO. CrowdStrike went public on the Nasdaq in 2019 and joined the S&P 500 index in 2024.
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Founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch, and Gregg Marston, CrowdStrike built Falcon, a cloud-native endpoint protection platform that uses a lightweight agent for EDR, XDR, identity protection, cloud security, and the Charlotte AI assistant. The company went public on NASDAQ as CRWD in June 2019 at $34 and now operates from Austin, Texas. A faulty Falcon channel file update on July 19, 2024 crashed roughly 8.5 million Windows machines globally, triggering the largest IT outage in history. CrowdStrike recovered, joined the S&P 500, and crossed $5 billion in ARR during fiscal 2026.
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Equity comp at CrowdStrike
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
Researched 2026-05-07.
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A protective put caps your downside on the CRWD position at a chosen floor; a zero-cost collar pays for that floor by capping the upside. This calculator prices both structures off the current CRWD option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
Example: a 5,000-share CRWD position at $679.49 is worth $3,397,450. A 1-year 30%-OTM put on that position typically runs 2-4% of position value per year (about $67,949 to $135,898) before any premium offset from a short call. The calculator prices both structures off CRWD's current option chain so you see the actual cost for your chosen floor, tenor, and cap.
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CrowdStrike equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge CRWD stock?
- The cost of a protective put depends on how far below the current price you set the floor, how long the protection lasts, and CRWD's option-implied volatility. A zero-cost collar lowers that cost by selling away some upside. The calculator above prices both structures off the current CRWD option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does CrowdStrike grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at CrowdStrike typically takes the form of non-qualified stock options (NSOs) and restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do CrowdStrike RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. CrowdStrike restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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