Notable Friday Option Activity: OPRX, ESPR, AAL
Stock Options Channel Staff - Friday, June 24, 3:49 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in OptimizeRx Corp (OPRX), where a total of 620 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 62,000 underlying shares. That amounts to about 44.1% of OPRX's average daily trading volume over the past month of 140,605 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring July 15, 2022, with 313 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 31,300 underlying shares of OPRX. Below is a chart showing OPRX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) options are showing a volume of 3,763 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 376,300 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 44.1% of ESPR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 854,150 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $7.50 strike call option expiring August 19, 2022, with 3,018 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 301,800 underlying shares of ESPR. Below is a chart showing ESPR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $7.50 strike highlighted in orange:
And American Airlines Group Inc (AAL) saw options trading volume of 162,409 contracts, representing approximately 16.2 million underlying shares or approximately 43.4% of AAL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 37.4 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $14 strike call option expiring June 24, 2022, with 12,124 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares of AAL. Below is a chart showing AAL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $14 strike highlighted in orange:
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