Notable Tuesday Option Activity: BEAT, SRPT, XON

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in BioTelemetry Inc (BEAT), where a total volume of 1,149 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 114,900 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 45.3% of BEAT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 253,570 shares..