someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on altria group mo 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 mo 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 31 bullish and 68 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 7 are puts for a total amount of 187320 and 9 are calls for a total amount of 309099 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 300 to 550 for altria group 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 altria groups 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 altria groups whale activity within a strike price range from 300 to 550 in the last 30 days altria group option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is altria group standing right now   with a volume of 14351634 the price of mo is down 827 at 5069   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 79 days what the experts say on altria group   morgan stanley has decided to maintain their equalweight rating on altria group which currently sits at a price target of 54   bernstein downgraded its action to market perform with a price target of 53 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 dcompanyname benzinga progives you realtime options trades alerts