Notable Thursday Option Activity: MPW, RDFN, ARQT

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPW), where a total volume of 58,830 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 55.5% of MPW's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 10.6 million shares..