Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in NOV Inc (NOV), where a total volume of 16,325 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 46.2% of NOV's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.5 million shares..