Notable Thursday Option Activity: MA, EBIX, ACIA
January 19, 2017 at 15:37 PM EST
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Mastercard Inc (MA), where a total volume of 12,725 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 43.3% of MA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.9 million shares..