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Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Bread Financial Holdings Inc (Symbol: BFH), where a total of 3,791 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 379,100 underlying shares. That amounts to about 55.2% of BFH's average daily trading volume over the past month of 687,315 shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $30 strike put option expiring May 17, 2024, with 1,697 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 169,700 underlying shares of BFH. Below is a chart showing BFH's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $30 strike highlighted in orange:

Starbucks Corp. (Symbol: SBUX) options are showing a volume of 37,289 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.7 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 53.3% of SBUX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 7.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $88 strike call option expiring April 19, 2024, with 8,913 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 891,300 underlying shares of SBUX. Below is a chart showing SBUX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $88 strike highlighted in orange:

And Argan Inc (Symbol: AGX) saw options trading volume of 542 contracts, representing approximately 54,200 underlying shares or approximately 51.5% of AGX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 105,250 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $50 strike call option expiring April 19, 2024, with 265 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 26,500 underlying shares of AGX. Below is a chart showing AGX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $50 strike highlighted in orange:

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