Notable Tuesday Option Activity: PRTK, BNFT, SHLD
July 18, 2017 at 11:24 AM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc (PRTK), where a total volume of 4,626 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 462,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 79.3% of PRTK's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 583,095 shares..