Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), where a total of 192,375 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 19.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 576.3% of AMZN's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.3 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $3300 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 11,079 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares of AMZN. Below is a chart showing AMZN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $3300 strike highlighted in orange:

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Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) options are showing a volume of 43,917 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 320.3% of GOOGL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.4 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $2800 strike call option expiring August 20, 2021, with 6,059 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 605,900 underlying shares of GOOGL. Below is a chart showing GOOGL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $2800 strike highlighted in orange:

And Booking Holdings Inc (BKNG) options are showing a volume of 5,427 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 542,700 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 183.7% of BKNG's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 295,440 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $2800 strike call option expiring January 21, 2022, with 197 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 19,700 underlying shares of BKNG. Below is a chart showing BKNG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $2800 strike highlighted in orange: