Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Apple Inc (Symbol: AAPL), where a total of 815,817 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 81.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 176.9% of AAPL’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 46.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $255 strike call option expiring December 27, 2024, with 70,589 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 7.1 million underlying shares of AAPL. Below is a chart showing AAPL’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $255 strike highlighted in orange:
Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META) options are showing a volume of 186,554 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 18.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 145.5% of META’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 12.8 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $600 strike call option expiring December 27, 2024, with 15,237 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $600 strike highlighted in orange:
And Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT) saw options trading volume of 272,361 contracts, representing approximately 27.2 million underlying shares or approximately 126.7% of MSFT’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 21.5 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $430 strike call option expiring December 27, 2024, with 22,054 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.2 million underlying shares of MSFT. Below is a chart showing MSFT’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $430 strike highlighted in orange:
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