Watch These 7 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.

• NRG Energy Inc NRG Jan18 20.0 Calls: 44277 @ ASK $1.25: 44k traded vs 392 OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open $15.34 Ref
• Alcoa Corp AA Feb 36.0 Calls: 4320 @ ASK $1.55: 4335 traded vs 112 OI: Earnings 1/24 After Close $35.39 Ref
• Target Corporation TGT Jul17 65.0 Calls: 5000 @ ASK $4.40: 5072 traded vs 200 OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open $66.02 Ref
• Euronet Worldwide, Inc. EEFT Feb 70.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $5.092: 500 traded vs 14 OI: Earnings 2/7 After Close (est) $73.02 Ref
• Nuance Communications Inc. NUAN Apr 17.0 Calls Sweep: 2739 @ ASK $0.55: 2740 traded vs 150 OI: Earnings 2/7 After Close (est) $15.74 Ref
• Ocwen Financial Corp OCN Jan18 7.0 Calls Sweep: 2877 @ ASK $0.75: 2897 traded vs 10k OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open (est) $5.03 Ref
• Sprint Corp S Mar 3rd 10.0 Calls Sweep: 727 @ ASK $0.32: 2543 traded vs 10 OI: Earnings 1/31 Before Open $8.98 Ref