Notable Friday Option Activity: AMGN, COST, MRVL
March 15, 2019 at 15:38 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amgen Inc (AMGN), where a total volume of 22,374 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 79% of AMGN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.8 million shares..