Stock Options Channel Staff - Monday, January 3, 3:36 PMAmong the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in McDonald's Corp (MCD), where a total of 12,594 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 48.2% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.6 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $270 strike call option expiring January 07, 2022, with 1,880 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 188,000 underlying shares of MCD. Below is a chart showing MCD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $270 strike highlighted in orange:
Amgen Inc (AMGN) options are showing a volume of 14,100 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 48.1% of AMGN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $240 strike call option expiring April 14, 2022, with 6,653 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 665,300 underlying shares of AMGN. Below is a chart showing AMGN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $240 strike highlighted in orange:
And Comcast Corp (CMCSA) options are showing a volume of 116,909 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 11.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 47.4% of CMCSA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 24.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $45 strike call option expiring January 21, 2022, with 46,019 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 4.6 million underlying shares of CMCSA. Below is a chart showing CMCSA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $45 strike highlighted in orange:
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