Noteworthy Wednesday Option Activity: BXC, WHR, RH

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC), where a total volume of 705 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 70,500 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 47.9% of BXC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 147,210 shares..