Notable Tuesday Option Activity: MON, CSX, USB

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Monsanto Co (Symbol: MON), where a total of 135,497 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 13.5 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 381.7% of MON's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $128 strike put option expiring April 06, 2018 , with 124,343 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 12.4 million underlying shares of MON. Below is a chart showing MON's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $128 strike highlighted in orange:

CSX Corp (Symbol: CSX) options are showing a volume of 22,971 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.3 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 40.5% of CSX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $50 strike put option expiring May 18, 2018 , with 10,461 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of CSX. Below is a chart showing CSX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $50 strike highlighted in orange:

And US Bancorp (Symbol: USB) saw options trading volume of 27,940 contracts, representing approximately 2.8 million underlying shares or approximately 40.1% of USB's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $50 strike put option expiring April 06, 2018 , with 7,679 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 767,900 underlying shares of USB. Below is a chart showing USB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $50 strike highlighted in orange:

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