Notable Monday Option Activity: JPM, CMC, RKT

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM), where a total volume of 57,213 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 66.8% of JPM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 8.6 million shares..