Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: WCG, HUM, TWTR

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in WellCare Health Plans Inc (WCG), where a total volume of 2,001 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 200,100 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 50.2% of WCG's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 398,910 shares..