Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: MTCH, VMW, PETS

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Match Group Inc (MTCH), where a total volume of 12,610 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 107.1% of MTCH's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.2 million shares..