Notable Friday Option Activity: VBTX, PLAB, SKX

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Veritex Holdings Inc (VBTX), where a total volume of 1,161 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 116,100 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 48.6% of VBTX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 238,955 shares..