Stock Options Channel Staff - Wednesday, August 18, 1:25 PMAmong the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Pfizer Inc (PFE), where a total of 862,874 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 86.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 231.9% of PFE's average daily trading volume over the past month of 37.2 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $51 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 77,155 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 7.7 million underlying shares of PFE. Below is a chart showing PFE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $51 strike highlighted in orange:
Walmart Inc (WMT) options are showing a volume of 84,582 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 8.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 112.3% of WMT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $152.50 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 15,649 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.6 million underlying shares of WMT. Below is a chart showing WMT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $152.50 strike highlighted in orange:
And ResMed Inc. (RMD) saw options trading volume of 4,434 contracts, representing approximately 443,400 underlying shares or approximately 97.8% of RMD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 453,230 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $240 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 3,142 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 314,200 underlying shares of RMD. Below is a chart showing RMD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $240 strike highlighted in orange:
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