Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: WTFC, FCN, EXEL

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Wintrust Financial Corp. (Symbol: WTFC), where a total of 1,299 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 129,900 underlying shares. That amounts to about 47.9% of WTFC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 271,155 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $75 strike call option expiring March 17, 2017 , with 534 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 53,400 underlying shares of WTFC. Below is a chart showing WTFC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75 strike highlighted in orange:

FTI Consulting Inc. (Symbol: FCN) saw options trading volume of 1,019 contracts, representing approximately 101,900 underlying shares or approximately 47.8% of FCN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 213,310 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $40 strike put option expiring March 17, 2017 , with 951 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 95,100 underlying shares of FCN. Below is a chart showing FCN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $40 strike highlighted in orange:

And Exelixis Inc (Symbol: EXEL) saw options trading volume of 25,969 contracts, representing approximately 2.6 million underlying shares or approximately 44% of EXEL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $13 strike put option expiring May 19, 2017 , with 10,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of EXEL. Below is a chart showing EXEL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $13 strike highlighted in orange:

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