Notable Thursday Option Activity: XXII, AMRS, INNV

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in 22nd Century Group Inc (XXII), where a total volume of 23,942 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.4 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 130.5% of XXII's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.8 million shares..