Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: AMGN, AFL, NOG
May 22, 2017 at 12:18 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amgen Inc (AMGN), where a total volume of 18,021 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.8 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 56.4% of AMGN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.2 million shares..