Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: WHR, TEAM, MMM

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Whirlpool Corp (WHR), where a total volume of 5,065 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 506,500 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 73.7% of WHR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 686,985 shares..