Today, notable trading activity occurred among S&P 500 components, with Oracle Corp (ORCL) seeing a total volume of 327,061 contracts traded, equivalent to approximately 32.7 million underlying shares—106.5% of its average daily trading volume of 30.7 million over the past month. A significant portion of this volume was dedicated to the $190 strike call option expiring on December 19, 2025, with 15,279 contracts traded, representing around 1.5 million underlying shares.
Eli Lilly (LLY) also reported high trading numbers today, with a volume of 34,658 contracts—about 3.5 million underlying shares—representing 97.5% of its average daily trading volume of 3.6 million. The $1050 strike call option for LLY, expiring on December 19, 2025, accounted for 2,301 contracts traded, roughly 230,100 underlying shares.
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (CRWD) saw 19,681 contracts change hands, translating to about 2.0 million underlying shares, or 80.3% of its average daily volume of 2.5 million. Notably, the $500 strike call option expiring on December 26, 2025, had 1,787 contracts traded, representing approximately 178,700 underlying shares.
