someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on general electric ge 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 ge 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 41 bullish and 58 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 5 are puts for a total amount of 133720 and 7 are calls for a total amount of 316793 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 800 to 1200 for general electric over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for general electric options trades today is 78286 with a total volume of 499100 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for general electrics big money trades within a strike price range of 800 to 1200 over the last 30 days general electric option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is general electric standing right now   with a volume of 3266702 the price of ge is up 13 at 11621   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 89 days what the experts say on general electric   rbc capital has decided to maintain their outperform rating on general electric which currently sits at a price target of 130   citigroup has decided to maintain their buy rating on general electric which currently sits at a price target of 126   barclays has decided to maintain their overweight rating on general electric which currently sits at a price target of 131   citigroup has decided to maintain their buy rating on general electric which currently sits at a price target of 135   wells fargo has decided to maintain their equalweight rating on general electric which currently sits at a price target of 105 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 general electric benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts