a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on costco wholesale looking at options history for costco wholesale nasdaqcost we detected 12 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 4167 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 5833 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 5 are puts for a total amount of 28877000 and 7 calls for a total amount of 57030000 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 3700 to 5700 for costco wholesale over the last 3 months looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock this data can help you track the liquidity and interest for costco wholesales 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 costco wholesales whale activity within a strike price range from 3700 to 5700 in the last 30 days costco wholesale option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is costco wholesale standing right now   with a volume of 92097100 the price of cost is down 121 at 54814   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 9 days what the experts say on costco wholesale   telsey advisory group has decided to maintain their outperform rating on costco wholesale which currently sits at a price target of 5400   oppenheimer has decided to maintain their outperform rating on costco wholesale which currently sits at a price target of 5500   gordon haskett upgraded its action to buy with a price target of 5750   telsey advisory group has decided to maintain their outperform rating on costco wholesale which currently sits at a price target of 5350   telsey advisory group has decided to maintain their outperform rating on costco wholesale which currently sits at a price target of 6000 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 are already an options trader or would like to get started head on over to benzinga pro benzinga pro gives you uptodate news and analytics to empower your investing and trading strategy