Notable Tuesday Option Activity: CMCSA, CVX, KR

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Comcast Corp (CMCSA), where a total volume of 94,831 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 9.5 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 48.2% of CMCSA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 19.7 million shares..