a whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on eli lilly looking at options history for eli lilly lly we detected 15 strange trades if we consider the specifics of each trade it is accurate to state that 20 of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 80 with bearish from the overall spotted trades 9 are puts for a total amount of 420395 and 6 calls for a total amount of 395795 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 3500 to 4300 for eli lilly 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 eli lillys 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 eli lillys whale activity within a strike price range from 3500 to 4300 in the last 30 days eli lilly option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is eli lilly standing right now   with a volume of 606253 the price of lly is down 113 at 36414   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought   next earnings are expected to be released in 17 days what the experts say on eli lilly   jefferies has decided to maintain their hold rating on eli lilly which currently sits at a price target of 310   wells fargo upgraded its action to overweight with a price target of 375   morgan stanley has decided to maintain their overweight rating on eli lilly which currently sits at a price target of 448 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 eli lilly benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts