choices buying and selling exercise amongst parts of the Russell 3000 index, there may be noteworthy exercise in the present day in Merck & Co Inc (Image: MRK), the place a complete quantity of 67,211 contracts has been traded to this point in the present day, a contract quantity which is consultant of roughly 6.7 million underlying shares (given that each 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That quantity works out to 67.3% of MRK’s common every day buying and selling quantity over the previous month, of 10.0 million shares. Significantly excessive quantity was seen for the $115 strike put option expiring November 15, 2024, with 19,272 contracts buying and selling to this point in the present day, representing roughly 1.9 million underlying shares of MRK. Under is a chart exhibiting MRK’s trailing twelve month buying and selling historical past, with the $115 strike highlighted in orange:
Sonos Inc (Image: SONO) choices are exhibiting a quantity of 11,233 contracts to this point in the present day. That variety of contracts represents roughly 1.1 million underlying shares, figuring out to a sizeable 67.3% of SONO’s common every day buying and selling quantity over the previous month, of 1.7 million shares.
Particularly excessive quantity was seen for the $15 strike put option expiring November 15, 2024, with 4,790 contracts buying and selling to this point in the present day, representing roughly 479,000 underlying shares of SONO. Under is a chart exhibiting SONO’s trailing twelve month buying and selling historical past, with the $15 strike highlighted in orange:
And Alcoa Company (Image: AA) choices are exhibiting a quantity of 30,817 contracts to this point in the present day. That variety of contracts represents roughly 3.1 million underlying shares, figuring out to a sizeable 65.2% of AA’s common every day buying and selling quantity over the previous month, of 4.7 million shares.
Significantly excessive quantity was seen for the $45 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 14,213 contracts buying and selling to this point in the present day, representing roughly 1.4 million underlying shares of AA. Under is a chart exhibiting AA’s trailing twelve month buying and selling historical past, with the $45 strike highlighted in orange:
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