Notable Tuesday Option Activity: UTZ, WMT, CLW
Stock Options Channel Staff - Tuesday, August 10, 3:21 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Utz Brands Inc (UTZ), where a total of 12,344 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 292% of UTZ's average daily trading volume over the past month of 422,685 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $20 strike put option expiring August 20, 2021, with 5,526 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 552,600 underlying shares of UTZ. Below is a chart showing UTZ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:
Walmart Inc (WMT) options are showing a volume of 131,614 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 13.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 219.7% of WMT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 6.0 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $148 strike call option expiring August 13, 2021, with 9,011 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 901,100 underlying shares of WMT. Below is a chart showing WMT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $148 strike highlighted in orange:
And Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) saw options trading volume of 2,337 contracts, representing approximately 233,700 underlying shares or approximately 217.1% of CLW's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 107,670 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $40 strike call option expiring October 15, 2021, with 1,693 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 169,300 underlying shares of CLW. Below is a chart showing CLW's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $40 strike highlighted in orange:
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