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.

• Macy's Inc M Nov17 25.0 Puts Sweep: 10001 @ ASK $1.51: 10k traded vs 177 OI: Earnings 5/11 Before Open [est] $29.79 Ref
• Twitter Inc TWTR Apr 7th 14.5 Puts Sweep: 1970 @ ASK $0.141: 2806 traded vs 3114 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open $14.53 Ref
• Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT Apr 7th 38.0 Puts: 745 @ ASK $0.14: 1000 traded vs 299 OI: Earnings 5/18 After Close [est] $38.07 Ref
• Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc CRBP May 10.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $3.00: 500 traded vs 49 OI: Earnings 5/11 After Close [est] $7.30 Ref
• Polaris Industries Inc. PII Apr 80.0 Puts Sweep: 1682 @ ASK $1.598: 1683 traded vs 2245 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $80.98 Ref