Notable Thursday Option Activity: CMG, COST, META

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (Symbol: CMG), where a total of 4,552 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 455,200 underlying shares. That amounts to about 181.9% of CMG's average daily trading volume over the past month of 250,205 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $2575 strike put option expiring March 01, 2024, with 435 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 43,500 underlying shares of CMG. Below is a chart showing CMG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $2575 strike highlighted in orange:

Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST) saw options trading volume of 23,787 contracts, representing approximately 2.4 million underlying shares or approximately 133.5% of COST's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.8 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $750 strike call option expiring March 01, 2024, with 1,059 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 105,900 underlying shares of COST. Below is a chart showing COST's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $750 strike highlighted in orange:

And Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META) options are showing a volume of 278,200 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 27.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 118.7% of META's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 23.4 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $500 strike call option expiring March 01, 2024, with 31,727 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.2 million underlying shares of META. Below is a chart showing META's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $500 strike highlighted in orange:

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