Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: NVDA, BTU, NFLX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA), where a total of 661,668 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 66.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 131.1% of NVDA’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 50.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $230 strike call option expiring February 10, 2023, with 66,321 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 6.6 million underlying shares of NVDA. Below is a chart showing NVDA’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $230 strike highlighted in orange:

Peabody Energy Corp (Symbol: BTU) saw options trading volume of 48,248 contracts, representing approximately 4.8 million underlying shares or approximately 130.3% of BTU’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.7 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $30 strike call option expiring February 24, 2023, with 6,099 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 609,900 underlying shares of BTU. Below is a chart showing BTU’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:

And Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX) options are showing a volume of 130,996 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 13.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 129.2% of NFLX’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 10.1 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $370 strike call option expiring February 10, 2023, with 11,170 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares of NFLX. Below is a chart showing NFLX’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $370 strike highlighted in orange:

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