Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: MA, PRU, VTRS

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Mastercard Inc (MA), where a total volume of 18,692 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 42.8% of MA's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.4 million shares..