Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: UTZ, AGM, CCL
Stock Options Channel Staff - Monday, December 18, 3:36 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Utz Brands Inc (UTZ), where a total of 3,605 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 360,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 47% of UTZ's average daily trading volume over the past month of 767,510 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $17.50 strike call option expiring January 19, 2024, with 2,312 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 231,200 underlying shares of UTZ. Below is a chart showing UTZ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $17.50 strike highlighted in orange:
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp (AGM) options are showing a volume of 242 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 24,200 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 46.9% of AGM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 51,560 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $240 strike call option expiring May 17, 2024, with 75 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 7,500 underlying shares of AGM. Below is a chart showing AGM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $240 strike highlighted in orange:
And Carnival Corp (CCL) options are showing a volume of 133,447 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 13.3 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 45.5% of CCL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 29.4 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $20 strike call option expiring February 16, 2024, with 20,734 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.1 million underlying shares of CCL. Below is a chart showing CCL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:
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