Watch These 3 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.

• Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc ALDR Jun 15.0 Puts: 1000 @ ASK $0.85: 1034 traded vs 1 OI: Earnings 7/25 After Close [est] $18.42 Ref
• Boeing Co BA May 12th 180 Puts Sweep: 658 @ ASK $0.696: 4085 traded vs 660 OI: Earnings 7/26 Before Open [est] $181.99 Ref
• Hologic, Inc. HOLX Jun 45.0 Puts Sweep: 1653 @ ASK $1.241: 1653 traded vs 55 OI: $45.67 Ref