Notable Thursday Option Activity: PCLN, AMZN, TWTR

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Priceline Group Inc (PCLN), where a total volume of 8,357 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 835,700 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 192.7% of PCLN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 433,695 shares..