a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on mastercard looking at options history for mastercard ma we detected 14 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 57 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 42 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 9 are puts for a total amount of 595871 and 5 calls for a total amount of 330913 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 2700 to 3650 for mastercard over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for mastercard options trades today is 8580 with a total volume of 306800 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for mastercards big money trades within a strike price range of 2700 to 3650 over the last 30 days mastercard option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is mastercard standing right now   with a volume of 2126177 the price of ma is up 23 at 29532   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 10 days what the experts say on mastercard   morgan stanley has decided to maintain their overweight rating on mastercard which currently sits at a price target of 441   deutsche bank has decided to maintain their buy rating on mastercard which currently sits at a price target of 375   atlantic equities has decided to maintain their overweight rating on mastercard which currently sits at a price target of 345   truist securities has decided to maintain their buy rating on mastercard which currently sits at a price target of 400   wells fargo has decided to maintain their overweight rating on mastercard which currently sits at a price target of 365 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 mastercard benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts