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Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: OZK, BHVN, POR

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Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Bank OZK (Symbol: OZK), where a total of 5,430 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 543,000 underlying shares. That amounts to about 67.3% of OZK’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 806,630 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $39 strike put option expiring May 31, 2024, with 1,051 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 105,100 underlying shares of OZK. Below is a chart showing OZK’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $39 strike highlighted in orange:

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Biohaven Ltd (Symbol: BHVN) options are showing a volume of 7,769 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 776,900 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 67% of BHVN’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.2 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $30 strike put option expiring June 21, 2024, with 5,100 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 510,000 underlying shares of BHVN. Below is a chart showing BHVN’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Portland General Electric Co. (Symbol: POR) options are showing a volume of 5,554 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 555,400 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 57.6% of POR’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 963,840 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $30 strike put option expiring September 20, 2024, with 5,554 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 555,400 underlying shares of POR. Below is a chart showing POR’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:

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For the various different available expirations for OZK options, BHVN options, or POR options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.

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