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Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: CHK, ABC, MNST
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), where a total of 162,416 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 16.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 89.3% of CHK's average daily trading volume over the past month of 18.2 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $4 strike put option expiring January 15, 2016, with 74,082 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 7.4 million underlying shares of CHK. Below is a chart showing CHK's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $4 strike highlighted in orange:
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