Notable Thursday Option Activity: HSY, AXON, DIS

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Hershey Company (HSY), where a total volume of 7,516 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 751,600 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 54.6% of HSY's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.4 million shares..