Notable Monday Option Activity: QS, PPTA, NVAX
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in QuantumScape Corp (Symbol: QS), where a total of 186,377 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 18.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 92% of QS’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 20.3 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $7 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 25,152 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.5 million underlying shares of QS. Below is a chart showing QS’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $7 strike highlighted in orange:
Perpetua Resources Corp (Symbol: PPTA) options are showing a volume of 8,690 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 869,000 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 91.8% of PPTA’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 946,620 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $12.50 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 7,156 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 715,600 underlying shares of PPTA. Below is a chart showing PPTA’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $12.50 strike highlighted in orange:
And Novavax, Inc. (Symbol: NVAX) saw options trading volume of 30,747 contracts, representing approximately 3.1 million underlying shares or approximately 91% of NVAX’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.4 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $10 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 4,562 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 456,200 underlying shares of NVAX. Below is a chart showing NVAX’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $10 strike highlighted in orange:
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