Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: L, CDNS, F

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Loews Corp. (Symbol: L), where a total of 5,677 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 567,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 67.6% of L's average daily trading volume over the past month of 839,605 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $115 strike call option expiring June 18, 2026, with 5,571 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 557,100 underlying shares of L. Below is a chart showing L's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $115 strike highlighted in orange:

Cadence Design Systems Inc (Symbol: CDNS) saw options trading volume of 15,350 contracts, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares or approximately 63.4% of CDNS's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.4 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $400 strike call option expiring August 21, 2026, with 5,026 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 502,600 underlying shares of CDNS. Below is a chart showing CDNS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $400 strike highlighted in orange:

And Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) options are showing a volume of 404,294 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 40.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 60% of F's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 67.4 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $14 strike call option expiring May 22, 2026, with 32,882 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 3.3 million underlying shares of F. Below is a chart showing F's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $14 strike highlighted in orange:

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