a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on united airlines holdings looking at options history for united airlines holdings ual we detected 16 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 37 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 62 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 3 are puts for a total amount of 196840 and 13 calls for a total amount of 834861 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 410 to 550 for united airlines holdings over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for united airlines holdings options trades today is 319246 with a total volume of 1118400 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for united airlines holdingss big money trades within a strike price range of 410 to 550 over the last 30 days united airlines holdings option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is united airlines holdings standing right now   with a volume of 2681875 the price of ual is up 248 at 4455   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 20 days what the experts say on united airlines holdings   exane bnp paribas upgraded its action to outperform with a price target of 70   barclays upgraded its action to overweight with a price target of 80 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 united airlines holdings benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts