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.

• Sprint Corp S Jan17 8.0 Puts Sweep: 544 @ ASK $0.66: 14k traded vs 2176 OI: Earnings 1/24 Before Open (est) $7.88 Ref
• Gildan Activewear Inc (USA) GIL Mar17 25.0 Puts: 2832 @ ASK $0.85: 2900 traded vs 26 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $27.29 Ref
• Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc ANTH Jan17 1.0 Puts: 750 @ ASK $0.15: 750 traded vs 55 OI: Earnings 3/9 Before Open (est) $1.52 Ref
• TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. AMTD Feb17 38.0 Puts: 1500 @ ASK $0.90: 1501 traded vs 167 OI: Earnings 1/18 Before Open (est) $41.06 Ref
• Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW Jan17 11.0 Puts Sweep: 2604 @ ASK $0.90: 2604 traded vs 552 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $11.13 Ref