Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Priceline Group Inc. (Symbol: PCLN), where a total of 10,063 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 287.5% of PCLN's average daily trading volume over the past month of 350,055 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $1550 strike call option expiring January 27, 2017 , with 268 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 26,800 underlying shares of PCLN. Below is a chart showing PCLN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $1550 strike highlighted in orange:
Spectranetics Corp. (Symbol: SPNC) options are showing a volume of 6,519 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 651,900 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 259.2% of SPNC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 251,460 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring July 21, 2017 , with 3,086 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 308,600 underlying shares of SPNC. Below is a chart showing SPNC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:
And Amazon.com Inc. (Symbol: AMZN) saw options trading volume of 63,806 contracts, representing approximately 6.4 million underlying shares or approximately 189.9% of AMZN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.4 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $810 strike call option expiring January 27, 2017 , with 2,878 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 287,800 underlying shares of AMZN. Below is a chart showing AMZN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $810 strike highlighted in orange:
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