Watch These 8 Huge Call 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.

• International Paper Co IP Feb 10th 55.0 Calls Sweep: 1350 @ ASK $0.17: 1350 traded vs 195 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open $53.80 Ref
• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Feb 43.0 Calls Sweep: 591 @ ASK $0.70: 1107 traded vs 62 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $41.80 Ref
• Monster Beverage Corporation MNST Feb 44.0 Calls Sweep: 2475 @ ASK $0.55: 2479 traded vs 312 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $43.42 Ref
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (USA) POT Jan18 20.0 Calls: 2500 @ ASK $1.60: 2501 traded vs 8736 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $18.89 Ref
• FireEye Inc FEYE Jan18 20.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $0.46: 1050 traded vs 4906 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $11.00 Ref
• Transocean LTD RIG Feb 24th 13.0 Calls Sweep: 750 @ ASK $0.693: 751 traded vs 5028 OI: Earnings 2/22 After Close $13.09 Ref
• Apple Inc. AAPL Jan 2018 $60 Call; 3200 @$71.45
• SUPERVALU INC. SVU Apr 4.0 Calls: 1480 @ ASK $0.20: 3702 traded vs 211 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open (est) $3.67 Ref