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Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: AMBC, CIO, SSRM

By Dividend Channel Staff, Tuesday, January 9, 7:20 PM ET

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AMBC), where a total of 9,447 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 944,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 178.2% of AMBC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 530,025 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $15 strike call option expiring February 16, 2024, with 4,574 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 457,400 underlying shares of AMBC. Below is a chart showing AMBC's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $15 strike highlighted in orange:

City Office REIT Inc (NYSE:CIO) options are showing a volume of 4,472 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 447,200 underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 115.1% of CIO's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 388,500 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $2.50 strike call option expiring April 19, 2024, with 2,100 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 210,000 underlying shares of CIO. Below is a chart showing CIO's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $2.50 strike highlighted in orange:

And SSR Mining Inc (NASDAQ:SSRM) options are showing a volume of 31,244 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.1 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 102.4% of SSRM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $11 strike call option expiring March 15, 2024, with 20,455 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.0 million underlying shares of SSRM. Below is a chart showing SSRM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $11 strike highlighted in orange:

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