Notable Wednesday Option Activity: NYLD, LRN, SYNA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in NRG Yield Inc (NYLD), where a total volume of 5,073 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 507,300 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 81.3% of NYLD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 624,335 shares..