Notable Friday Option Activity: SQ, AMPS, OC

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Block Inc (Symbol: SQ), where a total of 69,497 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 6.9 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 72.2% of SQ’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 9.6 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $72 strike call option expiring February 09, 2024, with 6,678 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 667,800 underlying shares of SQ. Below is a chart showing SQ’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $72 strike highlighted in orange:

Altus Power Inc (Symbol: AMPS) options are showing a volume of 7,339 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 733,900 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 71.9% of AMPS’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $7.50 strike call option expiring February 16, 2024, with 3,600 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 360,000 underlying shares of AMPS. Below is a chart showing AMPS’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $7.50 strike highlighted in orange:

And Owens Corning (Symbol: OC) saw options trading volume of 3,239 contracts, representing approximately 323,900 underlying shares or approximately 71.3% of OC’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 454,590 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $155 strike call option expiring February 16, 2024, with 1,301 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 130,100 underlying shares of OC. Below is a chart showing OC’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $155 strike highlighted in orange:

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