Notable Monday Option Activity: ACLS, AAL, FTR
August 20, 2018 at 15:28 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Axcelis Technologies Inc (ACLS), where a total volume of 2,463 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 246,300 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 63.5% of ACLS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 387,590 shares..