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.

• Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS Mar 44.0 Puts: 22645 @ Above Ask! $1.15: 25k traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 3/7 Before Open (est) $53.88 Ref
• Francesca's Holdings Corp FRAN Jan 18.0 Puts: 500 @ Above Ask! $0.65: 1000 traded vs 19 OI: Earnings 3/22 Before Open (est) $19.22 Ref
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF Dec 23rd 12.0 Puts Sweep: 587 @ ASK $0.05: 712 traded vs 176 OI: Earnings 3/2 Before Open (est) $12.33 Ref
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK Jan 6th 47.0 Puts: 1326 @ ASK $0.55: 1560 traded vs 55 OI: Earnings 1/19 Before Open $47.61 Ref
• American International Group Inc AIG Jan 6th 65.5 Puts: 1510 @ ASK $0.65: 1560 traded vs 1 OI: Earnings 2/9 After Close (est) $66.20 Ref