Notable Tuesday Option Activity: WMT, CBOE, FDX
Stock Options Channel Staff - Tuesday, February 16, 3:28 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Walmart Inc (WMT), where a total of 72,841 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 7.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 104.5% of WMT's average daily trading volume over the past month of 7.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $150 strike call option expiring February 19, 2021, with 7,072 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 707,200 underlying shares of WMT. Below is a chart showing WMT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $150 strike highlighted in orange:
Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE) saw options trading volume of 6,728 contracts, representing approximately 672,800 underlying shares or approximately 87.9% of CBOE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 765,730 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $105 strike call option expiring March 19, 2021, with 811 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 81,100 underlying shares of CBOE. Below is a chart showing CBOE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $105 strike highlighted in orange:
And FedEx Corp (FDX) options are showing a volume of 19,664 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 84.3% of FDX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.3 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $265 strike call option expiring February 19, 2021, with 1,152 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 115,200 underlying shares of FDX. Below is a chart showing FDX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $265 strike highlighted in orange:
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