Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: DE, TAP, PG

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), where a total volume of 12,819 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 41.6% of DE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares. Especially high volu...