Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: MS, HIVE, UNH
October 16, 2017 at 15:33 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Morgan Stanley (MS), where a total volume of 32,180 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.8% of MS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.0 million shares..