Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: BTU, CC, AMBA
October 13, 2017 at 15:24 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Peabody Energy Corp (BTU), where a total volume of 9,595 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 959,500 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 111.3% of BTU's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 862,315 shares..