Notable Wednesday Option Activity: CBOE, SBUX, KLAC
Stock Options Channel Staff - Wednesday, December 20, 1:38 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE), where a total of 5,094 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 509,400 underlying shares. That amounts to about 52.8% of CBOE's average daily trading volume over the past month of 963,885 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $150 strike call option expiring January 19, 2024, with 1,619 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 161,900 underlying shares of CBOE. Below is a chart showing CBOE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $150 strike highlighted in orange:
Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) options are showing a volume of 40,818 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 47.5% of SBUX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 8.6 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $97.50 strike put option expiring January 19, 2024, with 3,756 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 375,600 underlying shares of SBUX. Below is a chart showing SBUX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $97.50 strike highlighted in orange:
And KLA Corp (KLAC) saw options trading volume of 4,147 contracts, representing approximately 414,700 underlying shares or approximately 43.9% of KLAC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 945,340 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $820 strike call option expiring June 21, 2024, with 669 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 66,900 underlying shares of KLAC. Below is a chart showing KLAC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $820 strike highlighted in orange:
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