Intel (INTC) and Steven Madden (SHOO) experienced significantly elevated options trading volume, with INTC seeing 693,250 contracts traded, representing 96.5% of its average daily trading volume, and SHOO seeing 15,873 contracts, representing 95.7% of its average daily trading volume. Notably, the $22 strike call option for INTC expiring June 2025 and the $25 strike call option for SHOO expiring June 2025 saw particularly high activity, suggesting increased speculative interest in these price levels.
Intel Corp. (INTC) and Steven Madden Ltd. (SHOO) have demonstrated notable increases in options market activity. INTC's options trading volume reached 693,250 contracts, equivalent to approximately 69.3 million underlying shares and representing a significant 96.5% of its average daily stock trading volume of 71.8 million shares over the past month. A substantial portion of this activity was concentrated in the $22 strike call option expiring June 13, 2025, which saw 47,154 contracts traded. Similarly, Steven Madden Ltd. (SHOO) experienced options trading of 15,873 contracts, or about 1.6 million underlying shares, accounting for 95.7% of its average daily share volume of 1.7 million shares over the past month. For SHOO, the $25 strike call option expiring June 20, 2025, was particularly active with 10,968 contracts traded. This pronounced volume in specific, long-dated call options for both companies, despite a neutral overall sentiment signal for the stocks, suggests heightened speculative interest or strategic positioning by market participants focusing on these particular strike prices and expirations well into mid-2025.
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