Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: GS, BIIB, AET

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), where a total of 17,333 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 55.2% of GS's average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $175 strike put option expiring December 31, 2015, with 4,921 contracts trading so far today, repr...