High Volume in Options Trading: HIMS, UAL, and AMGN in Focus

Notable Activity Seen Across Leading Stocks

Today, significant options trading activity has been recorded among the companies in the Russell 3000 index. Focus has shifted to Hims & Hers Health Inc (Symbol: HIMS), where investors have traded a total of 87,917 contracts. This volume is equivalent to approximately 8.8 million underlying shares, as each contract represents 100 shares. Impressively, this figure accounts for 70% of HIMS’s average daily trading volume of 12.6 million shares over the past month. A particularly notable portion involves the $20 strike put option expiring on November 01, 2024, with 8,126 contracts traded today, corresponding to about 812,600 underlying shares of HIMS. Below is a chart showing HIMS’s trading history for the past twelve months, highlighting the $20 strike in orange:

Options for United Airlines Holdings Inc (Symbol: UAL) are showing impressive trading activity as well, with a volume of 63,806 contracts. This equates to around 6.4 million underlying shares, which is 69.2% of UAL’s average daily trading volume of 9.2 million shares over the past month. The $70 strike call option, expiring on January 16, 2026, has attracted particular interest, resulting in 6,459 contracts traded today, representing approximately 645,900 underlying shares of UAL. Below is a chart detailing UAL’s trading history for the previous twelve months, with the $70 strike marked in orange:

Amgen Inc (Symbol: AMGN) also surfaced with significant options trading, recording 11,142 contracts. This reflects about 1.1 million underlying shares or 68.7% of AMGN’s average daily trading volume of 1.6 million shares over the last month. The $330 strike call option expiring on December 20, 2024, has drawn attention with 1,130 contracts traded so far today, which stands for roughly 113,000 underlying shares of AMGN. The following chart illustrates AMGN’s trading history for the trailing twelve months, highlighting the $330 strike in orange:

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