Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: ULTA, CBOE, IBM

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA), where a total volume of 6,938 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 693,800 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 74.8% of ULTA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 927,085 shares..