Notable Thursday Option Activity: LVS, STMP, AXDX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Las Vegas Sands Corp (Symbol: LVS), where a total of 37,256 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 66.5% of LVS's average daily trading volume over the past month of 5.6 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $55 strike call option expiring January 18, 2019 , with 2,775 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 277,500 underlying shares of LVS. Below is a chart showing LVS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange:

Stamps.com Inc. (Symbol: STMP) options are showing a volume of 3,063 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 306,300 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 64.1% of STMP's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 477,775 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $200 strike call option expiring November 02, 2018 , with 184 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 18,400 underlying shares of STMP. Below is a chart showing STMP's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $200 strike highlighted in orange:

And Accelerate Diagnostics Inc (Symbol: AXDX) saw options trading volume of 2,447 contracts, representing approximately 244,700 underlying shares or approximately 62.7% of AXDX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 390,175 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $20 strike call option expiring November 16, 2018 , with 2,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 200,000 underlying shares of AXDX. Below is a chart showing AXDX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $20 strike highlighted in orange:

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