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Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: MCD, SAM, MSFT

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in McDonald's Corp (Symbol: MCD), where a total of 40,516 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 142.7% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.8 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $280 strike call option expiring June 20, 2025, with 4,957 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 495,700 underlying shares of MCD. Below is a chart showing MCD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $280 strike highlighted in orange:

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Boston Beer Co Inc (Symbol: SAM) options are showing a volume of 1,321 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 132,100 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 107.6% of SAM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 122,755 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $150 strike call option expiring June 20, 2025, with 1,300 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 130,000 underlying shares of SAM. Below is a chart showing SAM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $150 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT) saw options trading volume of 227,628 contracts, representing approximately 22.8 million underlying shares or approximately 103% of MSFT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 22.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $460 strike call option expiring May 30, 2025, with 18,113 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares of MSFT. Below is a chart showing MSFT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $460 strike highlighted in orange:

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