Notable Wednesday Option Activity: WFT, DBD, XLRN

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Weatherford International plc (WFT), where a total volume of 231,363 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 23.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 99% of WFT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 23.4 million shares..