Notable Monday Option Activity: MIDD, MDCO, TTD

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Middleby Corp (MIDD), where a total volume of 2,238 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 223,800 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 77.5% of MIDD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 288,935 shares..