someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on united parcel service ups 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 ups 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 37 bullish and 62 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 12 are puts for a total amount of 941420 and 12 are calls for a total amount of 572328 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 1250 to 3100 for united parcel service 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 united parcel services 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 united parcel services whale activity within a strike price range from 1250 to 3100 in the last 30 days united parcel service option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is united parcel service standing right now   with a volume of 3874769 the price of ups is down 223 at 17236   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 90 days 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 united parcel service benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts