According to CNBC someone or persons on August 21, 2017, bought over 2600 contracts with the right to sell Equifax stock for $135 a share in September. Each contract cost the buyer 60 to 70 cents each, with the right to sell 260,000 shares in September. Equifax shares are currently trading around $111.00. At that price if those contracts are executed today, the holder of the contracts could generate over $6.2 Million in profits.
CNBC states that in a normal month, July 2017 for instance, only 260 contracts for Equifax were purchased or about 13 per day.