Notable Wednesday Option Activity: BNED, FSLR, CTRL

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Barnes & Noble Education Inc (BNED), where a total volume of 1,603 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 160,300 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 66.4% of BNED's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 241,265 shares..