Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: AVTE, BYON, DASH

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Aerovate Therapeutics Inc (AVTE), where a total volume of 1,532 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 153,200 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 73.9% of AVTE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 207,305 shares..