Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: BDX, INTC, QCOM

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Becton, Dickinson & Co (BDX), where a total volume of 10,853 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.4% of BDX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.4 million shares..