Notable Monday Option Activity: APLT, NG, HL

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Applied Therapeutics Inc (APLT), where a total volume of 694 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 69,400 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 74% of APLT's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 93,775 shares..