Notable Wednesday Option Activity: PLCE, PCRX, SYY
Stock Options Channel Staff - Wednesday, January 3, 3:23 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Children's Place Inc (PLCE), where a total of 2,766 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 276,600 underlying shares. That amounts to about 61.5% of PLCE's average daily trading volume over the past month of 450,110 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $28 strike call option expiring March 15, 2024, with 1,501 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 150,100 underlying shares of PLCE. Below is a chart showing PLCE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $28 strike highlighted in orange:
Pacira BioSciences Inc (PCRX) saw options trading volume of 3,888 contracts, representing approximately 388,800 underlying shares or approximately 60.6% of PCRX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 641,975 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $25 strike put option expiring August 16, 2024, with 1,235 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 123,500 underlying shares of PCRX. Below is a chart showing PCRX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange:
And Sysco Corp (SYY) options are showing a volume of 18,729 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.9 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 60.5% of SYY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring January 19, 2024, with 6,243 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 624,300 underlying shares of SYY. Below is a chart showing SYY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:
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