Notable Friday Option Activity: VHC, MOS, NFLX

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in VirnetX Holding Corp (Symbol: VHC), where a total of 1,848 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 184,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 45.8% of VHC’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 403,855 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $ 6 strike call option expiring August 19, 2016 , with 567 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 56,700 underlying shares of VHC. Below is a chart showing VHC’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 6 strike highlighted in orange:

Mosaic Co (Symbol: MOS) saw options trading volume of 22,853 contracts, representing approximately 2.3 million underlying shares or approximately 45% of MOS’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $ 26 strike put option expiring August 05, 2016 , with 10,505 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares of MOS. Below is a chart showing MOS’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 26 strike highlighted in orange: And Netflix Inc. (Symbol: NFLX) saw options trading volume of 72,122 contracts, representing approximately 7.2 million underlying shares or approximately 44.8% of NFLX’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 16.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $ 90 strike put option expiring July 29, 2016 , with 4,154 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 415,400 underlying shares of NFLX. Below is a chart showing NFLX’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 90 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for VHC options , MOS options , or NFLX options , visit StockOptionsChannel.com.

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