Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: STX, EW, UAL

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 45,809 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 4.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 81.6% of STX's average daily trading volume over the past month of 5.6 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $24 strike call option expiring August 19, 2016, with 2,591 contracts trading so far today, repre...