Significant Options Activity in Riot, Vertiv, and Amgen Stocks

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, today’s options trading has revealed notable interest in several stocks, particularly Riot Platforms Inc (Symbol: RIOT). So far, a total of 124,098 contracts have been traded, which represents approximately 12.4 million underlying shares. This trading volume constitutes about 44% of RIOT’s average daily trading volume over the past month, which stands at 28.2 million shares. A significant portion of this activity was focused on the $10 strike call option expiring March 07, 2025, with 18,242 contracts traded today, translating to approximately 1.8 million underlying shares of RIOT. Below is a chart displaying RIOT’s trailing twelve-month trading history, highlighting the $10 strike in orange:

In addition to Riot, Vertiv Holdings Co (Symbol: VRT) experienced a robust options trading volume of 48,690 contracts, representing around 4.9 million underlying shares. This reflects approximately 43.9% of VRT’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 11.1 million shares. The $80 strike put option expiring March 21, 2025, garnered particular attention, with 6,172 contracts traded today, amounting to roughly 617,200 underlying shares of VRT. Below is a chart illustrating VRT’s trailing twelve-month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:

Amgen Inc (Symbol: AMGN) also demonstrated significant options activity, with 14,436 contracts traded today. This figure corresponds to about 1.4 million underlying shares, which represents a substantial 43.3% of AMGN’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.3 million shares. Notably, the $340 strike call option expiring May 16, 2025, saw a high volume of 5,194 contracts traded today, representing around 519,400 underlying shares of AMGN. Below is a chart showing AMGN’s trailing twelve-month trading history, highlighting the $340 strike in orange:

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