Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in VirnetX Holding Corp (Symbol: VHC), where a total of 1,255 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 125,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 49.1% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 255,590 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $6 strike call option expiring March 16, 2018 , with 200 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 20,000 underlying shares of VHC. Below is a chart showing VHC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $6 strike highlighted in orange:
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (Symbol: URBN) options are showing a volume of 12,256 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 48.9% of URBN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $33 strike put option expiring March 09, 2018 , with 2,008 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 200,800 underlying shares of URBN. Below is a chart showing URBN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $33 strike highlighted in orange:
And Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD) saw options trading volume of 32,509 contracts, representing approximately 3.3 million underlying shares or approximately 48.2% of HD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 6.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $190 strike call option expiring April 20, 2018 , with 1,425 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 142,500 underlying shares of HD. Below is a chart showing HD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $190 strike highlighted in orange:
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