Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: XENT, MSGE, X
Stock Options Channel Staff - Friday, March 26, 3:26 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Intersect ENT, Inc. (XENT), where a total of 2,005 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 200,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 81.9% of XENT's average daily trading volume over the past month of 244,885 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $17.50 strike put option expiring May 21, 2021, with 1,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 100,000 underlying shares of XENT. Below is a chart showing XENT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $17.50 strike highlighted in orange:
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp (MSGE) saw options trading volume of 2,474 contracts, representing approximately 247,400 underlying shares or approximately 81.2% of MSGE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 304,495 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $80 strike put option expiring April 16, 2021, with 357 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 35,700 underlying shares of MSGE. Below is a chart showing MSGE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:
And United States Steel Corp. (X) options are showing a volume of 170,872 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 17.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 81.1% of X's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 21.1 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $23 strike call option expiring April 01, 2021, with 22,897 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.3 million underlying shares of X. Below is a chart showing X's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $23 strike highlighted in orange:
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