Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: AKRX, GES, CRC
August 29, 2018 at 15:19 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Akorn Inc (AKRX), where a total volume of 15,862 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 66% of AKRX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.4 million shares..