Notable Thursday Option Activity: STX, GS, V

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Seagate Technology plc (NASD: STX), where a total of 67,965 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 6.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 145.9% of STX's average daily trading volume over the past month of 4.7 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $20 strike put option expiring September 16, 2016, with 12,072 contracts trading so far today, r...