Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: GOOGL, ASTE, ULTA
February 05, 2016 at 15:47 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Alphabet Inc (GOOGL), where a total volume of 74,602 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 7.5 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 219.1% of GOOGL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.4 million shares..