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.

• Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT Feb 70.0 Calls Sweep: 1058 @ ASK $0.22: 1540 traded vs 23k OI: Earnings 2/21 Before Open $68.93 Ref
• AK Steel Holding Corporation AKS Mar 9.0 Calls: 2980 @ ASK $0.45: 6859 traded vs 30k OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open (est) $8.54 Ref
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation CHK Feb 8.0 Calls: 20000 @ ASK $0.01: 48k traded vs 62k OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open $6.33 Ref
• Vuzix Corporation VUZI Jul 5.0 Calls Sweep: 531 @ ASK $1.739: 2634 traded vs 385 OI: Earnings 3/30 Before Open (est) $5.78 Ref
• Jones Energy Inc JONE Mar 5.0 Calls: 9000 @ ASK $0.25: 10k traded vs 16 OI: Earnings 3/6 After Close (est) $4.17 Ref
• Pandora Media Inc P Feb 10th 13.0 Calls: 4000 @ ASK $0.52: 4035 traded vs 1018 OI: Earnings today After Close $12.84 Ref
• Ciena Corporation CIEN Mar 10th 25.0 Calls Sweep: 963 @ ASK $1.11: 969 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 3/2 Before Open (est) $24.62 Ref
• Molson Coors Brewing Co TAP Apr 100 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $2.05: 501 traded vs 1965 OI: Earnings 2/14 Before Open $96.67 Ref