CCI options flow: unusual options activity in Crown Castle Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 8 unusual options prints in Crown Castle Inc. (CCI), $474K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $0 against $474K bearish; $0 went into calls and $474K into puts, a put call ratio of n/a. The largest print was $98K of CCI 16 Oct 2026 $135 puts on 24 September 2026, executed at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 1 print and $37K of premium. CCI closed at $67.84 on 25 September 2026, up 0.3%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 22 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 4 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | CCI 16 Oct 2026 $135 puts | Trade | 15 | 0 | $98K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | CCI 17 Sep 2027 $75 puts | Trade | 95 | 4,522 | $94K | At ask | Bearish | |
| 23 Sep 2026 | CCI 19 Mar 2027 $65 puts | Sweep | 221 | 27 | $82K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | CCI 20 Nov 2026 $65 puts | Sweep | 252 | 56 | $49K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 22 Sep 2026 | CCI 20 Nov 2026 $70 puts | Sweep | 209 | 6 | $45K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | CCI 19 Mar 2027 $65 puts | Sweep | 93 | 275 | $43K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | CCI 21 Jan 2028 $65 puts | Sweep | 46 | 78 | $37K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | CCI 16 Oct 2026 $70 puts | Sweep | 145 | 1,416 | $26K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2027 | 2 | $125K | 0% | -$125K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 2 | $124K | 0% | -$124K |
| 17 Sep 2027 | 1 | $94K | 0% | -$94K |
| 20 Nov 2026 | 2 | $94K | 0% | -$94K |
| 21 Jan 2028 | 1 | $37K | 0% | -$37K |
The most premium, $125K, is aimed at the 19 Mar 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 16 Oct 2026.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
The last session, 25 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | CCI 21 Jan 2028 $65 puts | Sweep | 46 | 78 | $37K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
Every print in CCI with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open CCI in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open CCI in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 9 firms, have a median of $92, 35.6% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Crown Castle Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- Trading
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas
- Website
- crowncastle.com
Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service.
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Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
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