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Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: PLCE, PYPL, PENN

By Dividend Channel Staff, Friday, April 12, 3:18 PM ET

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Children's Place Inc (NASDAQ:PLCE), where a total of 4,206 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 420,600 underlying shares. That amounts to about 62% of PLCE's average daily trading volume over the past month of 678,665 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $8 strike put option expiring April 12, 2024, with 1,176 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 117,600 underlying shares of PLCE. Below is a chart showing PLCE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $8 strike highlighted in orange:

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) options are showing a volume of 69,906 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 7.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 62% of PYPL's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 11.3 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring April 19, 2024, with 8,900 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 890,000 underlying shares of PYPL. Below is a chart showing PYPL's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:

And PENN Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:PENN) saw options trading volume of 30,799 contracts, representing approximately 3.1 million underlying shares or approximately 60.2% of PENN's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 5.1 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $17 strike put option expiring April 19, 2024, with 8,081 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 808,100 underlying shares of PENN. Below is a chart showing PENN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $17 strike highlighted in orange:

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