Notable Monday Option Activity: MPW, PANW, MSFT

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 72,972 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 7.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 54.7% of MPW's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 13.3 million shares..