Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (Symbol: CMG), where a total of 8,114 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 811,400 underlying shares. That amounts to about 129.6% of CMG's average daily trading volume over the past month of 625,855 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $700 strike put option expiring April 18, 2019, with 501 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 50,100 underlying shares of CMG. Below is a chart showing CMG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $700 strike highlighted in orange:
Alphabet Inc (Symbol: GOOG) saw options trading volume of 14,749 contracts, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares or approximately 115.1% of GOOG's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.3 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $1210 strike put option expiring April 12, 2019, with 1,086 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 108,600 underlying shares of GOOG. Below is a chart showing GOOG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $1210 strike highlighted in orange:
And NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA) options are showing a volume of 127,532 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 12.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 90.5% of NVDA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 14.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $190 strike call option expiring April 18, 2019, with 17,250 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares of NVDA. Below is a chart showing NVDA's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $190 strike highlighted in orange:
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