Notable Friday Option Activity: RCL, IRON, CHK

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Royal Caribbean Group (Symbol: RCL), where a total of 17,968 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 57.7% of RCL’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $117 strike call option expiring February 16, 2024, with 2,656 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 265,600 underlying shares of RCL. Below is a chart showing RCL’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $117 strike highlighted in orange:

Disc Medicine Inc (Symbol: IRON) saw options trading volume of 1,170 contracts, representing approximately 117,000 underlying shares or approximately 57.6% of IRON’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 203,255 shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $65 strike put option expiring June 21, 2024, with 1,118 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 111,800 underlying shares of IRON. Below is a chart showing IRON’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $65 strike highlighted in orange:

And Chesapeake Energy Corp. (Symbol: CHK) options are showing a volume of 10,919 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 57.1% of CHK’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.9 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $70 strike put option expiring February 16, 2024, with 4,626 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 462,600 underlying shares of CHK. Below is a chart showing CHK’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:

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