Notable Wednesday Option Activity: NVTA, DE, LLY

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Invitae Corp (Symbol: NVTA), where a total of 608 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 60,800 underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.2% of NVTA’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 147,550 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $ 10 strike put option expiring November 18, 2016 , with 321 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 32,100 underlying shares of NVTA. Below is a chart showing NVTA’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 10 strike highlighted in orange:

Deere & Co. (Symbol: DE) saw options trading volume of 10,687 contracts, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares or approximately 41% of DE’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.6 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $ 75 strike put option expiring December 16, 2016 , with 5,123 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 512,300 underlying shares of DE. Below is a chart showing DE’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 75 strike highlighted in orange: And Eli Lilly & Co. (Symbol: LLY) options are showing a volume of 18,252 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 40.7% of LLY’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.5 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $ 82.50 strike call option expiring January 20, 2017 , with 8,000 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 800,000 underlying shares of LLY. Below is a chart showing LLY’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $ 82.50 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for NVTA options , DE options , or LLY options , visit StockOptionsChannel.com.

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