Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: GOOGL, FDX, DXCM
Stock Options Channel Staff - Wednesday, March 6, 2:09 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Alphabet Inc (GOOGL), where a total of 187,709 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 18.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 59.3% of GOOGL's average daily trading volume over the past month of 31.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $150 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 10,207 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of GOOGL. Below is a chart showing GOOGL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $150 strike highlighted in orange:
FedEx Corp (FDX) saw options trading volume of 9,795 contracts, representing approximately 979,500 underlying shares or approximately 56.5% of FDX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.7 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $230 strike put option expiring June 21, 2024, with 1,055 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 105,500 underlying shares of FDX. Below is a chart showing FDX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $230 strike highlighted in orange:
And DexCom Inc (DXCM) options are showing a volume of 16,908 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 47.4% of DXCM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.6 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $105 strike put option expiring April 19, 2024, with 2,747 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 274,700 underlying shares of DXCM. Below is a chart showing DXCM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $105 strike highlighted in orange:
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