Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: FIZZ, CPB, CERN

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in National Beverage Corp. (Symbol: FIZZ), where a total of 1,511 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 151,100 underlying shares. That amounts to about 57.4% of FIZZ's average daily trading volume over the past month of 263,015 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $65 strike put option expiring March 15, 2019 , with 550 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 55,000 underlying shares of FIZZ. Below is a chart showing FIZZ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $65 strike highlighted in orange:

Campbell Soup Co (Symbol: CPB) options are showing a volume of 14,523 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 53.9% of CPB's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.7 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $34 strike put option expiring May 17, 2019 , with 5,274 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 527,400 underlying shares of CPB. Below is a chart showing CPB's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $34 strike highlighted in orange:

And Cerner Corp. (Symbol: CERN) options are showing a volume of 12,189 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 53.1% of CERN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.3 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $55 strike put option expiring February 15, 2019 , with 3,692 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 369,200 underlying shares of CERN. Below is a chart showing CERN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange:

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