a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on merck  co looking at options history for merck  co mrk we detected 10 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 40 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 60 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 4 are puts for a total amount of 138348 and 6 calls for a total amount of 644458 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 900 to 1250 for merck  co over the last 3 months looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options this data can help you track the liquidity and interest for merck  cos options for a given strike price below we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts respectively for all of merck  cos whale trades within a strike price range from 900 to 1250 in the last 30 days merck  co option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is merck  co standing right now   with a volume of 4854475 the price of mrk is up 008 at 10617   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 79 days what the experts say on merck  co   morgan stanley has decided to maintain their equalweight rating on merck  co which currently sits at a price target of 116   truist securities has decided to maintain their buy rating on merck  co which currently sits at a price target of 116   morgan stanley downgraded its action to equalweight with a price target of 109   hsbc downgraded its action to hold with a price target of 123   truist securities has decided to maintain their buy rating on merck  co which currently sits at a price target of 122 options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock but they have higher profit potential serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily scaling in and out of trades following more than one indicator and following the markets closely if you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for merck  co benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts