Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Friday 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 Thursday’s regular session.

• Deutsche Bank AG (USA) DB Jan17 7.0 Puts Sweep: 2303 @ ASK $0.80: 3239 traded vs 2676 OI: $11.23 Ref
• QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM Oct16 68.0 Puts Sweep: 608 @ ASK $1.244: 3142 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 11/2 After Close $68.73 Ref
• Infosys Ltd ADR INFY Jan19 15.0 Puts: 2000 @ ASK $2.95: 2000 traded vs 1000 OI: Earnings 10/10 $16.11
• Rent-A-Center Inc RCII Oct16 12.5 Puts Sweep: 687 @ ASK $0.80: 1254 traded vs 1060 OI: Earnings 10/24 $12.31 Ref
• Energous Corp WATT Nov16 20.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $3.70: 1015 traded vs 1129 OI: Earnings 11/8 $18.88 Ref