Notable Tuesday Option Activity: LLTC, NSC, FCX

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Linear Technology Corp. (NASD: LLTC), where a total volume of 8,026 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 802,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 41.2% of LLTC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.9 million shares. Especiall...