someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on boston beer co sam and retail traders should know we noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at benzinga whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual we dont know but when something this big happens with sam it often means somebody knows something is about to happen so how do we know what this whale just did the overall sentiment of these bigmoney traders is split between 54 bullish and 45 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 3 are puts for a total amount of 108690 and 21 are calls for a total amount of 933522 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 2900 to 4600 for boston beer co over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for boston beer co options trades today is 18033 with a total volume of 434000 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for boston beer cos big money trades within a strike price range of 2900 to 4600 over the last 30 days boston beer co option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is boston beer co standing right now   with a volume of 733757 the price of sam is up 1677 at 3661   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 83 days what the experts say on boston beer co   deutsche bank has decided to maintain their sell rating on boston beer co which currently sits at a price target of 276   cfra has decided to maintain their hold rating on boston beer co which currently sits at a price target of 350   rbc capital has decided to maintain their sector perform rating on boston beer co which currently sits at a price target of 328   wedbush downgraded its action to neutral with a price target of 325   wedbush has decided to maintain their neutral rating on boston beer co which currently sits at a price target of 350 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 boston beer co benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts