{"id":3070,"date":"2025-10-16T19:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/notable-thursday-option-activity-mmc-now-cck\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:45:37","slug":"notable-thursday-option-activity-mmc-now-cck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/notable-thursday-option-activity-mmc-now-cck\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Thursday Option Activity: MMC, NOW, CCK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n    Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, notable options trading activity was observed today in Marsh &amp; McLennan Companies Inc. (Symbol: MMC). A total of 14,882 contracts have been traded, which translates to approximately 1.5 million underlying shares. This figure represents about 61% of MMC&#8217;s average daily trading volume over the past month, which stands at 2.4 million shares. <\/p>\n<p>    Particularly significant volume was recorded for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/?symbol=MMC&amp;month=20251219&amp;type=call&amp;contract=200.00\">$200 strike call option expiring December 19, 2025<\/a>. So far today, 3,104 contracts have changed hands, equating to around 310,400 underlying shares of MMC. Below is a chart illustrating MMC&#8217;s trailing twelve-month trading history, with the $200 strike highlighted in orange:<\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tickertech.net\/pics\/2025\/41696730971.gif\" alt=\"Loading+chart+\u2014+2025+TickerTech.com\" border=\"0\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    ServiceNow Inc (Symbol: NOW) also experienced a surge in options trading, with a total of 7,403 contracts traded, representing approximately 740,300 underlying shares. This volume accounts for about 55.2% of NOW&#8217;s average daily trading volume over the past month, which is 1.3 million shares. <\/p>\n<p>    A particularly high volume was noted for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/?symbol=NOW&amp;month=20251017&amp;type=put&amp;contract=890.00\">$890 strike put option expiring October 17, 2025<\/a>, with 305 contracts traded today, representing around 30,500 underlying shares of NOW. Below is a chart showing NOW&#8217;s trailing twelve-month trading history, with the $890 strike highlighted in orange:\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tickertech.net\/pics\/2025\/41696730972.gif\" alt=\"Loading+chart+\u2014+2025+TickerTech.com\" border=\"0\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    Additionally, Crown Holdings Inc (Symbol: CCK) has seen options trading volume of 6,298 contracts today. This volume corresponds to approximately 629,800 underlying shares, which is a substantial 53.4% of CCK&#8217;s average daily trading volume over the past month, recorded at 1.2 million shares. <\/p>\n<p>    Notably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/?symbol=CCK&amp;month=20251121&amp;type=put&amp;contract=80.00\">$80 strike put option expiring November 21, 2025<\/a> has garnered significant attention, with 6,215 contracts traded so far today, representing about 621,500 underlying shares of CCK. Below is a chart depicting CCK&#8217;s trailing twelve-month trading history, with the $80 strike highlighted in orange:\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tickertech.net\/pics\/2025\/41696730973.gif\" alt=\"Loading+chart+\u2014+2025+TickerTech.com\" border=\"0\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    For various available expirations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/mmc\/\">MMC options<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/now\/\">NOW options<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/symbol\/cck\/\">CCK options<\/a>, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dividendchannel.com\/nslideshow.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin:0; display:inline; padding-right: 4px\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockoptionschannel.com\/slideshows\/call-options-put-options\/\">Today&#8217;s Most Active Call &amp; Put Options of the S&amp;P 500 \u00bb<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<h5>Also see:<\/h5>\n<p>    &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holdingschannel.com\/chase-coleman-stock-picks\/\">Chase Coleman Stock Picks<\/a><br \/>\n    &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holdingschannel.com\/funds\/holding-ihrt\/\">Funds Holding IHRT<\/a><br \/>\n    &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holdingschannel.com\/funds\/holding-ld\/\">Funds Holding LD<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, notable options trading activity was observed today in Marsh &amp; McLennan Companies Inc. (Symbol: MMC). A total of 14,882 contracts have been traded, which translates to approximately 1.5 million underlying shares. This figure represents about 61% of MMC&#8217;s average daily trading volume over the past month, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-options"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igorsplayground.com\/appcheckr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}