Watch These 8 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.

• AK Steel Holding Corporation AKS Mar 11.0 Calls Sweep: 804 @ ASK $0.747: 5189 traded vs 22k OI: Earnings 1/24 Before Open $9.97 Ref
• DISH Network Corp DISH Feb 65.0 Calls Sweep: 1224 @ ASK $1.50: 1224 traded vs 27 OI: Earnings 2/21 Before Open (est) $61.91 Ref
• Groupon Inc GRPN Jan 13th 3.5 Calls Sweep: 800 @ ASK $0.07: 3293 traded vs 394 OI: Earnings 2/9 After Close (est) $3.49 Ref
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV FCAU Jan18 10.0 Calls Sweep: 883 @ ASK $1.60: 6819 traded vs 32k OI: Earnings 1/25 Before Open (est) $9.23 Ref
• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD Feb 3rd 10.5 Calls Sweep: 2953 @ ASK $0.91: 2953 traded vs 60 OI: Earnings 1/24 After Close (est) $10.77 Ref
• Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. OREX Feb 4.0 Calls Sweep: 2315 @ ASK $0.40: 3020 traded vs 55 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $3.18 Ref
• GNC Holdings Inc GNC Feb 12.5 Calls: 4000 @ Above Ask! $0.80: 4254 traded vs 409 OI: Earnings 2/9 Before Open (est) $10.98 Ref
• Penn National Gaming, Inc PENN Feb 14.0 Calls Sweep: 527 @ ASK $0.45: 2527 traded vs 29 OI: Earnings 2/2 Before Open (est) $13.55 Ref