Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in AECOM (Symbol: ACM), where a total volume of 20,385 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 327.6% of ACM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 622,210 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring March 18, 2022, with 10,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of ACM. Below is a chart showing ACM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:
Staar Surgical Co. (Symbol: STAA) options are showing a volume of 6,796 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 679,600 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 212.6% of STAA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 319,630 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $155 strike call option expiring September 17, 2021, with 1,656 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 165,600 underlying shares of STAA. Below is a chart showing STAA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $155 strike highlighted in orange:
And Salesforce.com Inc (Symbol: CRM) saw options trading volume of 81,541 contracts, representing approximately 8.2 million underlying shares or approximately 162.7% of CRM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $255 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 6,123 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 612,300 underlying shares of CRM. Below is a chart showing CRM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $255 strike highlighted in orange:
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