Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: MDB, SB, SQ
Stock Options Channel Staff - Thursday, February 1, 3:18 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in MongoDB Inc (MDB), where a total of 14,948 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 120% of MDB's average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.2 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $430 strike call option expiring February 02, 2024, with 1,109 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 110,900 underlying shares of MDB. Below is a chart showing MDB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $430 strike highlighted in orange:
Safe Bulkers Inc (SB) options are showing a volume of 8,774 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 877,400 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 103.2% of SB's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 850,125 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $5 strike call option expiring April 19, 2024, with 8,505 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 850,500 underlying shares of SB. Below is a chart showing SB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $5 strike highlighted in orange:
And Block Inc (SQ) saw options trading volume of 103,420 contracts, representing approximately 10.3 million underlying shares or approximately 102% of SQ's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 10.1 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $69 strike call option expiring February 02, 2024, with 18,363 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares of SQ. Below is a chart showing SQ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $69 strike highlighted in orange:
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