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Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: AMZN, OTRK, GOOGL Stock Options Channel Staff - Thursday, July 8, 3:21 PMLooking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), where a total volume of 580,947 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 58.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 1670.4% of AMZN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $3800 strike call option expiring July 09, 2021, with 38,012 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.8 million underlying shares of AMZN. Below is a chart showing AMZN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $3800 strike highlighted in orange:
Ontrak Inc (OTRK) options are showing a volume of 18,637 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.9 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 505% of OTRK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 369,040 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $55 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 12,220 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of OTRK. Below is a chart showing OTRK's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange:
And Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) options are showing a volume of 45,302 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 359.9% of GOOGL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.3 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $2550 strike call option expiring July 09, 2021, with 3,102 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 310,200 underlying shares of GOOGL. Below is a chart showing GOOGL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $2550 strike highlighted in orange:
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