Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: COST, PWR, SBUX
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AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA Markets COST Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: COST, PWR, SBUX December 18, 2025 — 01:23 pm EST Written by BNK Invest for BNK Invest-> Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST), where a total volume of 19,355 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 67.9% of COST's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 2.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $870 strike call option expiring December 19, 2025, with 913 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 91,300 underlying shares of COST. Below is a chart showing COST's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $870 strike highlighted in orange: Quanta Services, Inc. (Symbol: PWR) saw options trading volume of 6,734 contracts, representing approximately 673,400 underlying shares or approximately 63.8% of PWR's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $470 strike call option expiring December 19, 2025, with 1,331 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 133,100 underlying shares of PWR. Below is a chart showing PWR's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $470 strike highlighted in orange: And Starbucks Corp. (Symbol: SBUX) saw options trading volume of 48,753 contracts, representing approximately 4.9 million underlying shares or approximately 54.8% of SBUX's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 8.9 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $85 strike put option expiring June 18, 2026, with 4,260 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 426,000 underlying shares of SBUX. Below is a chart showing SBUX's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $85 strike highlighted in orange: For the various different available expirations for COST options, PWR options, or SBUX options, visit StockOptionsChannel.com. Today's Most Active Call & Put Options of the S&P 500 » Also see: LMBO Videos Top Ten Hedge Funds Holding ITE Top Ten Hedge Funds Holding RITA The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Tags MarketsStocksOptions BNK Invest BNK Invest Inc. provides investment services and information. BNK Invest owns and operates a market news family of websites including DividendChannel, ETFChannel, StockOptionsChannel, and others, which make up an investor community featuring stock message boards, ratings, research, and strategies. BNK Invest caters to investing firms and individual investors internationally. LMBO Videos-> Top Ten Hedge Funds Holding ITE-> Top Ten Hedge Funds Holding RITA-> More articles by this source-> Stocks mentioned COST PWR SBUX More Related Articles This data feed is not available at this time. Data is currently not available • Sign up for the TradeTalks newsletter to receive your weekly dose of trading news, trends and education. Delivered Wednesdays.