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Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: AMZN, DE, XOM

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Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amazon.com Inc. (NASD: AMZN), where a total of 30,951 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.1 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 123% of AMZN's average daily trading volume over the past month of 2.5 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $435 strike call option expiring July 02, 2015, with 2,067 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 206,700 underlying shares of AMZN. Below is a chart showing AMZN's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $435 strike highlighted in orange:

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Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) saw options trading volume of 17,544 contracts, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares or approximately 62.6% of DE's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.8 million shares.

Particularly high volume was seen for the $100 strike call option expiring September 18, 2015, with 6,609 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 660,900 underlying shares of DE. Below is a chart showing DE's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $100 strike highlighted in orange:

And Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) options are showing a volume of 39,996 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 4.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 35.5% of XOM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 11.3 million shares.

Especially high volume was seen for the $100 strike call option expiring July 17, 2015, with 4,010 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 401,000 underlying shares of XOM. Below is a chart showing XOM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $100 strike highlighted in orange:

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