Notable Thursday Option Activity: COST, META, NFLX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST), where a total of 47,160 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 234% of COST's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $900 strike put option expiring December 27, 2024, with 2,984 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 298,400 underlying shares of COST. Below is a chart showing COST's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $900 strike highlighted in orange:

Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META) options are showing a volume of 252,523 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 25.3 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 224% of META's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 11.3 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $600 strike put option expiring December 20, 2024, with 11,508 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $600 strike highlighted in orange:

And Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX) options are showing a volume of 58,394 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 5.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 191.1% of NFLX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $900 strike put option expiring December 20, 2024, with 2,104 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 210,400 underlying shares of NFLX. Below is a chart showing NFLX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $900 strike highlighted in orange:

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