Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: CG, CROX, FARO
Stock Options Channel Staff - Thursday, May 4, 3:23 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Carlyle Group Inc (CG), where a total of 17,873 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 61.4% of CG's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $25 strike put option expiring May 19, 2023, with 8,164 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 816,400 underlying shares of CG. Below is a chart showing CG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange:
Crocs Inc (CROX) options are showing a volume of 11,865 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 60.1% of CROX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $100 strike put option expiring January 19, 2024, with 510 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 51,000 underlying shares of CROX. Below is a chart showing CROX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $100 strike highlighted in orange:
And FARO Technologies Inc. (FARO) options are showing a volume of 678 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 67,800 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 59.7% of FARO's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 113,590 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $20 strike put option expiring May 19, 2023, with 352 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 35,200 underlying shares of FARO. Below is a chart showing FARO's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:
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