Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: USCR, HON, EPC
Stock Options Channel Staff - Wednesday, February 24, 3:23 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in US Concrete Inc (USCR), where a total of 1,028 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 102,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 49.5% of USCR's average daily trading volume over the past month of 207,735 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $52.50 strike call option expiring March 19, 2021, with 109 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 10,900 underlying shares of USCR. Below is a chart showing USCR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $52.50 strike highlighted in orange:
Honeywell International Inc (HON) options are showing a volume of 12,201 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 48.9% of HON's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.5 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $215 strike call option expiring March 19, 2021, with 2,829 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 282,900 underlying shares of HON. Below is a chart showing HON's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $215 strike highlighted in orange:
And Edgewell Personal Care Co (EPC) saw options trading volume of 2,862 contracts, representing approximately 286,200 underlying shares or approximately 48.9% of EPC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 585,380 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $35 strike put option expiring May 21, 2021, with 1,006 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 100,600 underlying shares of EPC. Below is a chart showing EPC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $35 strike highlighted in orange:
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