Notable Thursday Option Activity: META, MSFT, INOD

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META), where a total of 1.1 million contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 111.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 1013.8% of META’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 11.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $800 strike call option expiring August 01, 2025, with 59,932 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 6.0 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $800 strike highlighted in orange:

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Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT) saw options trading volume of 1.0 million contracts, representing approximately 101.8 million underlying shares or approximately 626.5% of MSFT’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 16.2 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $550 strike call option expiring August 01, 2025, with 42,717 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 4.3 million underlying shares of MSFT. Below is a chart showing MSFT’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $550 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Innodata Inc (Symbol: INOD) saw options trading volume of 69,525 contracts, representing approximately 7.0 million underlying shares or approximately 352% of INOD’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $48 strike put option expiring August 15, 2025, with 19,188 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.9 million underlying shares of INOD. Below is a chart showing INOD’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $48 strike highlighted in orange:

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