Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: INCY, NFLX, KMX
Stock Options Channel Staff - Tuesday, November 2, 1:33 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Incyte Corporation (INCY), where a total of 17,868 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 111.5% of INCY's average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.6 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring November 19, 2021, with 4,235 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 423,500 underlying shares of INCY. Below is a chart showing INCY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:
Netflix Inc (NFLX) options are showing a volume of 43,563 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 94.1% of NFLX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.6 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $700 strike call option expiring November 05, 2021, with 6,129 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 612,900 underlying shares of NFLX. Below is a chart showing NFLX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $700 strike highlighted in orange:
And Carmax Inc. (KMX) options are showing a volume of 7,911 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 791,100 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 88.8% of KMX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 890,625 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $140 strike put option expiring December 17, 2021, with 1,021 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 102,100 underlying shares of KMX. Below is a chart showing KMX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $140 strike highlighted in orange:
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