Notable Tuesday Option Activity: MON, BBY, REGN

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), where a total volume of 29,866 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 91.6% of MON's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.3 million shares. Particularly high volu...