Notable Thursday Option Activity: AKCA, AVEO, IIVI
January 31, 2019 at 15:33 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Akcea Therapeutics Inc (AKCA), where a total volume of 4,607 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 460,700 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 298.9% of AKCA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 154,135 shares..