Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: VASC, P, CBOE

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Vascular Solutions Inc (VASC), where a total volume of 700 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 70,000 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 79.3% of VASC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 88,290 shares..