Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: ECHO, ORCL, CBOE
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in EchoStar Corp (Symbol: ECHO), where a total of 22,872 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 75.7% of ECHO's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $100 strike call option expiring December 18, 2026, with 9,687 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 968,700 underlying shares of ECHO. Below is a chart showing ECHO's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $100 strike highlighted in orange:
Oracle Corp (Symbol: ORCL) saw options trading volume of 237,793 contracts, representing approximately 23.8 million underlying shares or approximately 70.6% of ORCL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 33.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $160 strike call option expiring October 16, 2026, with 19,226 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.9 million underlying shares of ORCL. Below is a chart showing ORCL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $160 strike highlighted in orange:
And Cboe Global Markets Inc (Symbol: CBOE) options are showing a volume of 6,070 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 607,000 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 59.7% of CBOE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $350 strike call option expiring June 17, 2027, with 686 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 68,600 underlying shares of CBOE. Below is a chart showing CBOE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $350 strike highlighted in orange:
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