Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: BOH, RYAM, XOM
Stock Options Channel Staff - Friday, May 12, 3:45 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Bank of Hawaii Corp (BOH), where a total of 11,934 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 123.5% of BOH's average daily trading volume over the past month of 965,940 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $25 strike put option expiring May 19, 2023, with 3,898 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 389,800 underlying shares of BOH. Below is a chart showing BOH's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange:
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (RYAM) saw options trading volume of 6,536 contracts, representing approximately 653,600 underlying shares or approximately 118.3% of RYAM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 552,560 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $7.50 strike call option expiring August 18, 2023, with 4,861 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 486,100 underlying shares of RYAM. Below is a chart showing RYAM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $7.50 strike highlighted in orange:
And Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) options are showing a volume of 174,136 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 17.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 111.2% of XOM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 15.7 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $80 strike call option expiring June 16, 2023, with 19,213 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.9 million underlying shares of XOM. Below is a chart showing XOM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:
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