Notable Monday Option Activity: MCD, ALB, JNJ

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in McDonald's Corp (MCD), where a total volume of 20,024 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 53.6% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.7 million shares..