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.

• Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA Jan 88.0 Calls Sweep: 800 @ ASK $0.799: 3009 traded vs 128 OI: Earnings 1/5 Before Open $83.43 Ref
• Paypal Holdings Inc PYPL Feb 40.0 Calls Sweep: 687 @ ASK $1.46: 6072 traded vs 1981 OI: Earnings 1/26 Unspecified (est) $39.79 Ref
• Express, Inc. EXPR Jan 11.0 Calls Sweep: 4971 @ ASK $0.35: 4986 traded vs 7949 OI: Earnings 3/8 Before Open (est) $10.58 Ref
• AstraZeneca plc (ADR) AZN Jul17 30.0 Calls: 550 @ ASK $1.65: 10k traded vs 34k OI: Earnings 2/2 Before Open $27.47 Ref
• BlackBerry Ltd BBRY Mar 8.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.13: 500 traded vs 4716 OI: Earnings 3/31 Before Open $7.00 Ref