Watch These 5 Huge Call 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.

• Starbucks Corporation SBUX Oct16 54.5 Calls Sweep: 2278 @ ASK $0.21: 2377 traded vs 854 OI: Earnings 11/3 $53.23 Ref
• MasTec, Inc. MTZ Nov16 31.0 Calls: 2800 @ ASK $1.25: 2938 traded vs 7 OI: Earnings 11/1 $29.67 Ref
• Comerica Incorporated CMA Oct16 55.0 Calls Sweep: 740 @ ASK $0.153: 740 traded vs 283 OI: Earnings 10/18 Before Open $49.07 Ref
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Nov16 55.0 Calls Sweep: 604 @ ASK $0.80: 1861 traded vs 970 OI: Earnings 11/2 $50.75 Ref
• Herbalife Ltd. HLF May17 75.0 Calls: 1450 @ ASK $4.30: 2900 traded vs 285 OI: Earnings 11/1 After Close $63.03 Ref