Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: VMW, PRU, USM
August 21, 2020 at 15:22 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in VMware Inc (VMW), where a total volume of 4,230 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 423,000 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 43% of VMW's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 984,665 shares..