Watch These 7 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.

• Mentor Graphics Corp MENT Apr17 35.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.85: 500 traded vs 9 OI: Earnings 11/17 $28.75 Ref
• World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE Nov16 21.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.435: 500 traded vs 69 OI: Earnings tmrrw Before Open $19.25 Ref
• Cheesecake Factory Inc CAKE Nov16 50.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $1.10: 1135 traded vs 90 OI: Earnings today After Close $49.27 Ref
• SolarCity Corp SCTY Fri 10/28 20.0 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 799 @ ASK $0.699: 6806 traded vs 349 OI: Earnings 11/3 $19.84 Ref
• Pure Storage Inc PSTG Dec16 12.5 Calls: 1500 @ ASK $1.25: 1900 traded vs 21 OI: Earnings 12/7 $12.53 Ref
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Nov16 52.0 Calls Sweep: 1181 @ ASK $1.30: 1191 traded vs 17 OI: Earnings 11/2 $51.03 Ref
• Kinder Morgan Inc KMI Jan17 25.0 Calls Sweep: 1409 @ ASK $0.27: 6916 traded vs 55k OI: $21.40 Ref