Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: RIOT, TROX, BXMT

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Riot Platforms Inc (Symbol: RIOT), where a total of 221,054 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 22.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 114.9% of RIOT's average daily trading volume over the past month of 19.2 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $11 strike call option expiring October 27, 2023, with 17,469 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares of RIOT. Below is a chart showing RIOT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $11 strike highlighted in orange:

Tronox Holdings PLC (Symbol: TROX) saw options trading volume of 10,947 contracts, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares or approximately 101.7% of TROX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $10 strike put option expiring November 17, 2023, with 10,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.0 million underlying shares of TROX. Below is a chart showing TROX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $10 strike highlighted in orange:

And Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc (Symbol: BXMT) options are showing a volume of 23,786 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 2.4 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 95.5% of BXMT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $22 strike call option expiring November 17, 2023, with 9,337 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 933,700 underlying shares of BXMT. Below is a chart showing BXMT's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $22 strike highlighted in orange:

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