Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: ECPG, SFIX, GNW
Stock Options Channel Staff - Thursday, September 17, 3:57 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG), where a total of 2,719 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 271,900 underlying shares. That amounts to about 74.1% of ECPG's average daily trading volume over the past month of 367,180 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $20 strike put option expiring December 18, 2020, with 2,300 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 230,000 underlying shares of ECPG. Below is a chart showing ECPG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:
Stitch Fix Inc (SFIX) saw options trading volume of 15,549 contracts, representing approximately 1.6 million underlying shares or approximately 67.2% of SFIX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.3 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring September 25, 2020, with 5,017 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 501,700 underlying shares of SFIX. Below is a chart showing SFIX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:
And Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW) saw options trading volume of 50,649 contracts, representing approximately 5.1 million underlying shares or approximately 65.1% of GNW's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.8 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $3.50 strike call option expiring September 18, 2020, with 36,080 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.6 million underlying shares of GNW. Below is a chart showing GNW's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $3.50 strike highlighted in orange:
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