Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) experienced significant options trading on October 18, 2023, with a total of 4,373 contracts traded, equivalent to roughly 437,300 underlying shares. This represents 49.9% of WAL’s average daily trading volume of 875,515 shares over the past month. Notably, the $85 strike call option expiring July 18, 2025, saw 654 contracts traded today, covering around 65,400 shares.
Booking Holdings Inc (BKNG) had an options trading volume of 1,025 contracts, or approximately 102,500 shares, which is about 49.2% of its average daily trading volume of 208,200 shares. The $5550 strike put option expiring on July 18, 2025, witnessed 135 contracts traded, representing approximately 13,500 shares.
Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) reported a trading volume of 62,587 contracts, amounting to about 6.3 million shares, or 49% of its average daily trading volume of 12.8 million shares. A notable feature of today’s trading was the $10 strike call option expiring August 15, 2025, with 30,417 contracts traded, accounting for around 3.0 million shares.
