Notable Thursday Option Activity: MA, DHR, PIR
December 20, 2018 at 15:21 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Mastercard Inc (MA), where a total volume of 22,959 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 42.7% of MA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.4 million shares..