Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: DIS, COST, FSLR

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Walt Disney Co. (Symbol: DIS), where a total of 83,672 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 8.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 85% of DIS's average daily trading volume over the past month of 9.8 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $110 strike call option expiring July 19, 2024, with 14,734 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares of DIS. Below is a chart showing DIS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $110 strike highlighted in orange:

Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST) saw options trading volume of 14,686 contracts, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares or approximately 80.3% of COST's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $855 strike call option expiring July 05, 2024, with 550 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 55,000 underlying shares of COST. Below is a chart showing COST's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $855 strike highlighted in orange:

And First Solar Inc (Symbol: FSLR) options are showing a volume of 23,795 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 75% of FSLR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.2 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $210 strike put option expiring July 05, 2024, with 2,077 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 207,700 underlying shares of FSLR. Below is a chart showing FSLR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $210 strike highlighted in orange:

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