Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: GLNG, UBER, NLY

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Golar LNG Ltd (Symbol: GLNG), where a total of 4,483 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 448,300 underlying shares. That amounts to about 46.8% of GLNG's average daily trading volume over the past month of 958,505 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $28 strike put option expiring December 20, 2024, with 1,646 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 164,600 underlying shares of GLNG. Below is a chart showing GLNG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $28 strike highlighted in orange:

Uber Technologies Inc (Symbol: UBER) options are showing a volume of 58,264 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 5.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 46.7% of UBER's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 12.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $75 strike call option expiring September 20, 2024, with 5,552 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 555,200 underlying shares of UBER. Below is a chart showing UBER's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75 strike highlighted in orange:

And Annaly Capital Management Inc (Symbol: NLY) options are showing a volume of 21,878 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.2 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 46.4% of NLY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $22 strike call option expiring September 27, 2024, with 13,756 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares of NLY. Below is a chart showing NLY's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $22 strike highlighted in orange:

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