FAST options flow: unusual options activity in Fastenal Co.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 3 unusual options prints in Fastenal Co. (FAST), $165K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $37K against $128K bearish; $59K went into calls and $106K into puts, a put call ratio of 1.80. The largest print was $69K of FAST 19 Jan 2029 $50 puts on 23 September 2026, executed at ask. The last session with prints, 24 September 2026, added 1 print and $37K of premium. FAST closed at $50.43 on 25 September 2026, down 0.6%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 22 September 2026 to 24 September 2026, 3 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

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

The most premium, $69K, is aimed at the 19 Jan 2029 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, 24 September 2026

Every print in FAST with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open FAST in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open FAST in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 6 firms, have a median of $50, 0.1% above the last close.

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 Fastenal Co.

Exchange

Nasdaq

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Retail

Headquarters

WINONA, Minnesota

Website

fastenal.com

Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers. It also offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets and related accessories.

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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