Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: WFM, HUM, MRK

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASD: WFM), where a total of 28,488 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 51.2% of WFM's average daily trading volume over the past month of 5.6 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $33 strike put option expiring August 19, 2016, with 11,631 contracts trading so far today, ...