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.

• Rent-A-Center Inc RCII Apr 10.0 Calls: 5350 @ ASK $0.25: 11k traded vs 13k OI: Earnings 4/24 After Close [est] $9.22 Ref
• Pandora Media Inc P Apr 13th 12.5 Calls Sweep: 894 @ ASK $0.18: 2411 traded vs 156 OI: Earnings 5/8 After Close $12.10 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ May 5th 44.5 Calls Sweep: 1566 @ ASK $1.03: 1566 traded vs 309 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open [est] $44.00 Ref
• Resolute Forest Products Inc RFP Jul 7.5 Calls Sweep: 750 @ ASK $0.60: 1051 traded vs 18k OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open [est] $5.37 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Apr 13th 11.5 Calls: 900 @ ASK $0.65: 1000 traded vs 60 OI: Earnings 5/25 Before Open [est] $11.83 Ref
• Dynavax Technologies Corporation DVAX Aug 7.0 Calls: 620 @ ASK $1.90: 700 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 5/9 Before Open [est] $5.47 Ref
• Array Biopharma Inc ARRY May $10 Call; 11428 @Bid @$0.40; Ref=$8.96
• The Coca-Cola Co KO Apr 28th 44.0 Calls Sweep: 651 @ ASK $0.14: 651 traded vs 44 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $42.83 Ref