May 3rd Options Now Available For The Gap (GPS) Thursday, March 21, 11:07 AM ET, by Market News Video Staff Investors in The Gap Inc (GPS) saw new options begin trading today, for the May ...
Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: REI, SLVM, MU Wednesday, March 27, 3:24 PM ET, by Market News Video Staff Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume ...
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in The Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS), where a total volume of 42,598 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 4.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 63.6% of GPS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 6.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $33 strike call option expiring May 28, 2021, with 6,877 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 687,700 underlying shares of GPS. Below is a chart showing GPS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $33 strike highlighted in orange:
Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) saw options trading volume of 7,222 contracts, representing approximately 722,200 underlying shares or approximately 63.1% of LMT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.1 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $375 strike call option expiring June 18, 2021, with 801 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 80,100 underlying shares of LMT. Below is a chart showing LMT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $375 strike highlighted in orange:
And Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) options are showing a volume of 106,409 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 10.6 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 58.7% of MU's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 18.1 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $97.50 strike call option expiring June 18, 2021, with 10,472 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of MU. Below is a chart showing MU's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $97.50 strike highlighted in orange:
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