Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: MCD, LRCX, TSLA

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 56,380 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 131.3% of MCD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 4.3 million shares..