Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: ESPR, BMY, WATT

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR), where a total volume of 2,373 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 237,300 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 40.5% of ESPR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 585,245 shares..