Notable Wednesday Option Activity: JPM, MCD, VRTX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM), where a total of 39,988 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 52.4% of JPM's average daily trading volume over the past month of 7.6 million shares..