Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (USA) CM Feb 85.0 Puts Sweep: 850 @ ASK $0.45: 3062 traded vs 85 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open $86.45 Ref
• Gulfport Energy Corporation GPOR Mar 17.5 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.35: 508 traded vs 180 OI: Earnings 2/13 After Close $19.72 Ref
• Dunkin Brands Group Inc DNKN Feb 52.5 Puts: 1500 @ ASK $1.55: 1872 traded vs 272 OI: Earnings tmrrw Before Open $52.05 Ref
• Time Inc TIME Feb 17.5 Put; 2000 @Bid @$0.175
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF Feb 11.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.158: 1000 traded vs 1639 OI: Earnings 3/2 Before Open (est) $11.53 Ref