Today’s High-Volume Options Activity: Carnival, Powell, and Marathon Petroleum

Significant trading volumes reveal investor interest in prominent stocks from the Russell 3000 index.

Examining options trading today, Carnival Corp (Symbol: CCL) is attracting attention with 99,382 contracts traded, equating to about 9.9 million underlying shares. This figure amounts to 43.9% of CCL’s average daily trading volume of 22.6 million shares over the past month. A particularly notable transaction involves the $20 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, where 10,044 contracts have changed hands, representing roughly 1.0 million shares of CCL. The chart below shows CCL’s trading history over the last twelve months, with the $20 strike indicated in orange:

Powell Industries, Inc. (Symbol: POWL) is also witnessing a robust options volume, with 1,856 contracts traded today. This translates to approximately 185,600 underlying shares, representing 43.3% of POWL’s average daily trading volume of 428,885 shares in the past month. The $380 strike call option expiring December 20, 2024, is particularly active, with 261 contracts traded, which corresponds to around 26,100 shares of POWL. Below is the trailing twelve-month trading history for POWL, highlighting the $380 strike in orange:

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Symbol: MPC) is showing a volume of 9,557 contracts today, which equates to about 955,700 underlying shares. This represents a substantial 40.6% of MPC’s average daily trading volume of 2.4 million shares over the last month. Notably, the $75 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, has seen significant action, with 2,880 contracts traded, representing approximately 288,000 underlying shares of MPC. The following chart details MPC’s trading history over the past twelve months, with the $75 strike indicated in orange:

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