Notable Monday Option Activity: AAPL, CAT, GS

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Apple Inc (NASD: AAPL), where a total of 378,983 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 37.9 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 94.7% of AAPL's average daily trading volume over the past month of 40.0 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $124 strike put option expiring July 10, 2015, with 16,521 contracts trading so far today, representing a...