Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: ALB, JNJ, HELE

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Albemarle Corp. (Symbol: ALB), where a total of 7,884 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 788,400 underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.5% of ALB’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.9 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $115 strike call option expiring March 21, 2025, with 1,151 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 115,100 underlying shares of ALB. Below is a chart showing ALB’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $115 strike highlighted in orange:

Johnson & Johnson (Symbol: JNJ) options are showing a volume of 36,912 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 41.1% of JNJ’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 9.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $155 strike call option expiring June 20, 2025, with 12,603 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.3 million underlying shares of JNJ. Below is a chart showing JNJ’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $155 strike highlighted in orange:

And Helen of Troy Ltd. (Symbol: HELE) saw options trading volume of 1,607 contracts, representing approximately 160,700 underlying shares or approximately 40.9% of HELE’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 392,660 shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $65 strike call option expiring January 17, 2025, with 770 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 77,000 underlying shares of HELE. Below is a chart showing HELE’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $65 strike highlighted in orange:

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