Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: COF, CBOE, ULTA
Stock Options Channel Staff - Friday, January 5, 4:42 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Capital One Financial Corp (COF), where a total of 17,934 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 64.5% of COF's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $110 strike put option expiring February 16, 2024, with 4,963 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 496,300 underlying shares of COF. Below is a chart showing COF's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $110 strike highlighted in orange:
Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE) saw options trading volume of 4,999 contracts, representing approximately 499,900 underlying shares or approximately 59.6% of CBOE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 838,660 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $140 strike call option expiring January 19, 2024, with 2,122 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 212,200 underlying shares of CBOE. Below is a chart showing CBOE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $140 strike highlighted in orange:
And Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) options are showing a volume of 3,316 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 331,600 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 55.3% of ULTA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 599,150 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $330 strike put option expiring June 21, 2024, with 104 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 10,400 underlying shares of ULTA. Below is a chart showing ULTA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $330 strike highlighted in orange:
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