Most of today's action has crossed the tape at the stock's April 22.50 call, which has seen volume of 5,700 contracts on open interest of 12,037 contracts. At 9:55 a.m. Eastern time, several blocks totaling 4,475 contracts changed hands at an ask price of $2.35. The implied volatility for this option has increased from 63% to 74.8% today. The 1-month historical volatility for the security currently stands at 56.97%, indicating that this option is relatively expensive in comparison to the security's past performance.

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