someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on unitedhealth group unh 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 unh 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 57 bullish and 42 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 13 are puts for a total amount of 955960 and 8 are calls for a total amount of 505635 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 1500 to 5400 for unitedhealth group over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for unitedhealth group options trades today is 21875 with a total volume of 88900 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for unitedhealth groups big money trades within a strike price range of 1500 to 5400 over the last 30 days unitedhealth group option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is unitedhealth group standing right now   with a volume of 634532 the price of unh is down 064 at 52372   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 8 days what the experts say on unitedhealth group   raymond james has decided to maintain their strong buy rating on unitedhealth group which currently sits at a price target of 635   deutsche bank has decided to maintain their buy rating on unitedhealth group which currently sits at a price target of 569 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 unitedhealth group benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts