Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Overstock.com Inc (Symbol: OSTK), where a total of 12,713 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 42.1% of OSTK's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $50 strike put option expiring March 16, 2018 , with 1,282 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 128,200 underlying shares of OSTK. Below is a chart showing OSTK's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $50 strike highlighted in orange:
Tiffany & Co. (Symbol: TIF) options are showing a volume of 4,470 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 447,000 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 40.7% of TIF's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $100 strike call option expiring March 16, 2018 , with 1,436 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 143,600 underlying shares of TIF. Below is a chart showing TIF's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $100 strike highlighted in orange:
And Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Symbol: BMY) options are showing a volume of 29,977 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 40.4% of BMY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.4 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $65 strike call option expiring March 16, 2018 , with 4,262 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 426,200 underlying shares of BMY. Below is a chart showing BMY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $65 strike highlighted in orange:
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