Notable Tuesday Option Activity: BLUE, SPLK, ACM
Stock Options Channel Staff - Tuesday, October 19, 3:34 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in bluebird bio Inc (BLUE), where a total of 7,283 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 728,300 underlying shares. That amounts to about 75.5% of BLUE's average daily trading volume over the past month of 964,375 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $15 strike put option expiring December 17, 2021, with 5,100 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 510,000 underlying shares of BLUE. Below is a chart showing BLUE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $15 strike highlighted in orange:
Splunk Inc (SPLK) saw options trading volume of 10,712 contracts, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares or approximately 72.1% of SPLK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.5 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $170 strike call option expiring October 22, 2021, with 3,364 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 336,400 underlying shares of SPLK. Below is a chart showing SPLK's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $170 strike highlighted in orange:
And AECOM (ACM) options are showing a volume of 5,582 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 558,200 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 71.5% of ACM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 780,600 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring March 18, 2022, with 2,010 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 201,000 underlying shares of ACM. Below is a chart showing ACM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:
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