Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: GPMT, EB, QTRX

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc (GPMT), where a total volume of 2,086 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 208,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 79.2% of GPMT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 263,330 shares..