Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: C, JNJ, EA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Citigroup Inc (C), where a total volume of 162,607 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 16.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 49% of C's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 33.2 million shares..