Notable Wednesday Option Activity: AMGN, AXP, FTR
April 25, 2018 at 15:22 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 15,404 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.5 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.7% of AMGN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.4 million shares..