Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: JPM, GS, HA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM), where a total volume of 46,881 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 4.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 56.1% of JPM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 8.4 million shares..