Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Yelp Inc YELP Feb 10th 40.0 Puts Sweep: 1047 @ ASK $1.45: 2599 traded vs 1220 OI: Earnings today After Close $41.43 Ref
• McDermott International MDR Mar 7.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.20: 1000 traded vs 2557 OI: Earnings 2/21 Before Open $8.03 Ref
• Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS Mar 52.5. Put: 2000 @ BID $2.60
• Twilio Inc TWLO Feb 29.5 Puts: 984 @ ASK $0.16: 1041 traded vs 140 OI: Earnings 5/8 After Close (est) $32.99 Ref
• Acorda Therapeutics Inc ACOR Mar $20 Put; 6800 @Bid @$3.20