Notable Wednesday Option Activity: YUM, GTLS, DIS
August 21, 2019 at 15:19 PM EDT
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Yum! Brands Inc (YUM), where a total volume of 8,406 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 840,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 55.8% of YUM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.5 million shares..