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Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: AKAM, QCOM, NFLX

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Akamai Technologies Inc (Symbol: AKAM), where a total of 13,847 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 41.5% of AKAM’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 3.3 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $118 strike call option expiring August 14, 2026, with 1,040 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 104,000 underlying shares of AKAM. Below is a chart showing AKAM’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $118 strike highlighted in orange:

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Qualcomm Inc (Symbol: QCOM) saw options trading volume of 52,845 contracts, representing approximately 5.3 million underlying shares or approximately 40.7% of QCOM’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 13.0 million shares.
Particularly high volume was seen for the $175 strike call option expiring September 04, 2026, with 6,389 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 638,900 underlying shares of QCOM. Below is a chart showing QCOM’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $175 strike highlighted in orange:

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And Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX) saw options trading volume of 196,988 contracts, representing approximately 19.7 million underlying shares or approximately 40.7% of NFLX’s average daily trading volume over the past month, of 48.4 million shares.
Especially high volume was seen for the $75 strike call option expiring August 07, 2026, with 23,176 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 2.3 million underlying shares of NFLX. Below is a chart showing NFLX’s trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75 strike highlighted in orange:

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