Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: MDT, PINS, PTEN
August 18, 2020 at 15:19 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Medtronic PLC (MDT), where a total volume of 17,591 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.8 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 42.1% of MDT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.2 million shares..