Notable Tuesday Option Activity: MSFT, HSY, AMAT

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), where a total volume of 176,784 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 17.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 77.9% of MSFT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 22.7 million shares..