someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on delta air lines dal 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 dal 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 2 are puts for a total amount of 77884 and 12 are calls for a total amount of 579146 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 200 to 420 for delta air lines over the last 3 months in terms of liquidity and interest the mean open interest for delta air lines options trades today is 352915 with a total volume of 509500 in the following chart we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for delta air liness big money trades within a strike price range of 200 to 420 over the last 30 days delta air lines option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is delta air lines standing right now   with a volume of 12135442 the price of dal is down 002 at 3043   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 15 days what the experts say on delta air lines   evercore isi group has decided to maintain their outperform rating on delta air lines which currently sits at a price target of 56   raymond james has decided to maintain their strong buy rating on delta air lines which currently sits at a price target of 50 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 delta air lines benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts