Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: VRT, VRSN, HES

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT), where a total volume of 51,192 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 52.4% of VRT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 9.8 million shares..