Notable Friday Option Activity: AKBA, AMWD, SAM
April 05, 2019 at 15:16 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Akebia Therapeutics Inc (AKBA), where a total volume of 41,867 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 4.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 230.4% of AKBA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.8 million shares..