Watch These 8 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.

• Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc PRTK Apr 12.5 Puts: 1000 @ ASK $3.00: 1190 traded vs 4517 OI: Earnings 5/1 After Close (est) $16.87 Ref
• International Paper Co IP Mar 50.5 Puts Sweep: 573 @ ASK $0.22: 7827 traded vs 57 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open $51.43 Ref
• PulteGroup, Inc. PHM Mar 24th 23.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.26: 500 traded vs 163 OI: Earnings 4/20 Before Open (est) $23.24 Ref
• Guess?, Inc. GES Mar 11.0 Puts Sweep: 1227 @ ASK $0.20: 1348 traded vs 713 OI: Earnings today After Close $12.11 Ref
• McEwen Mining Inc MUX Jan 2019 $3 Put; 3699 @ Bid @ $0.95; Ref=$3.44
• Sibanye Gold Ltd (ADR) SBGL Jul 7.5 Puts Sweep: 576 @ ASK $2.15: 1102 traded vs 785 OI: Earnings 8/24 Unspecified $7.83 Ref
• Endo International plc ENDP Mar $10 Put 4500 @Bid @$0.15; REf=$10.05
• Momo Inc (ADR) MOMO Mar 30.0 Puts Sweep: 503 @ ASK $0.149: 503 traded vs 575 OI: Earnings 5/16 Before Open (est) $33.10 Ref