Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Thursday Trade

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday’s regular session.

• Mobileye NV MBLY Oct16 40.0 Puts: 5000 @ ASK $1.10: 5006 traded vs 530 OI: Earnings 11/1 $41.28 Ref
• El Pollo LoCo Holdings Inc LOCO Nov16 13.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.95: 1207 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 11/10 $13.32 Ref
• Twitter Inc TWTR Nov $25 Put; 2720@Bid @$3.55; Ref=$22.67
• Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT Jan17 40.0 Puts: 2000 @ ASK $1.45: 2005 traded vs 28k OI: Earnings 11/3 $62.89 Ref
• Nielsen N.V. NLSN Oct $50 Put; 11300 @Bid @$0.17; Ref =$53.33