Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: MRTX, DHR, AXE
November 22, 2019 at 15:26 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Mirati Therapeutics Inc (MRTX), where a total volume of 12,299 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 143.6% of MRTX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 856,660 shares..