Notable Friday Option Activity: AMD, APLS, UPS

Among the underlying constituents of the Russell 3000 Index, we saw remarkable options trading volume today at Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD), where a total of 471,296 contracts were traded so far. now representing approximately 47.1 million underlying shares. That’s about 76.2% of AMD’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 61.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $88 strike call option expiring on February 3, 2023, with 31,312 contracts traded so far today, representing approximately 3.1 million underlying shares. from AMD. Below is a chart showing AMD’s past twelve month trading history, with the $88 strike highlighted in orange:

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (Symbol: APLS) recorded options trading volume of 9,521 contracts, representing approximately 952,100 underlying stocks or approximately 75.6% of APLS’s average daily trading volume over the past month , or 1.3 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $25 strike put option expiring March 17, 2023, with 5,603 contracts traded so far today, representing approximately 560,300 underlying shares of APLS. Below is a chart showing the last twelve months trading history of APLS, with the $25 strike highlighted in orange:

And United Parcel Service Inc (ticker: UPS) options are showing a volume of 21,628 contracts so far today. This number of contracts represents approximately 2.2 million underlying shares, or 71.9% of UPS’s average daily trading volume over the past month, or 3.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $200 strike call option expiring February 10, 2023, with 5,177 contracts traded so far today, representing approximately 517,700 underlying UPS shares. Below is a graph showing UPS’s trading history over the past twelve months, with the $200 strike highlighted in orange:

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