Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: MAC, VVV, MOS

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Macerich Co (MAC), where a total volume of 10,120 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 52.4% of MAC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.9 million shares..