Notable Thursday Option Activity: AXDX, LOCO, DATA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Accelerate Diagnostics Inc (AXDX), where a total volume of 5,584 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 558,400 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 273.4% of AXDX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 204,210 shares..