Watch These Huge Call 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.

• Autodesk, Inc. ADSK Jan. '17 $77.50 Call Sweep at the Bid: Volume of 2,521 vs Open Interest of 420
• Caterpillar Inc. CAT May '17 $80 Call Sweep: Volume of 9,603 vs Open Interest of 142
• American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. AXL Apr '17 $19 Call Sweep: Volume of 1,893 vs Open Interest of 601