Notable Thursday option activity: ANET, CLH, AMD

AAmong the underlying constituents of the Russell 3000 Index, we saw remarkable options trading volume today at Arista Networks Inc (Symbol: ANET), where a total of 9,062 contracts were traded up to present, representing approximately 906,200 underlying shares. This equates to around 51.6% of ANET’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.8 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $95 strike put option expiring on August 19, 2022, with 2,481 contracts traded so far today, representing approximately 248,100 underlying ANET shares. Below is a chart showing ANET’s last twelve months trading history, with the $95 strike highlighted in orange:

Clean Harbors Inc (ticker: CLH) had options trading volume of 1,506 contracts, representing approximately 150,600 underlying stocks or approximately 51.4% of CLH’s average daily trading volume over the past month, i.e. 292,805 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $70 strike put option expiring on August 19, 2022, with 500 contracts traded so far today, representing approximately 50,000 underlying CLH shares. Below is a chart showing CLH’s trading history over the last twelve months, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:

And Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Symbol: AMD) recorded options trading volume of 450,935 contracts, representing approximately 45.1 million underlying shares or approximately 50.1% of the average daily trading volume of AMD over the past month, or 90.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $80 strike call option expiring on July 15, 2022, with 51,080 contracts traded to date, representing approximately 5.1 million underlying AMD shares. Below is a graph showing AMD’s past twelve month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:

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