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.

• AK Steel Holding Corporation AKS Jul 8.0 Calls Sweep: 9662 @ ASK $0.08: 9662 traded vs 1523 OI: Earnings 7/25 Before Open (est) $6.16 Ref
• Quality Care Properties Inc QCP Aug 20.0 Calls: 3256 @ ASK $1.00: 5600 traded vs 118 OI: Earnings 8/11 Before Open (est) $17.87 Ref
• Toll Brothers Inc TOL Jul 39.0 Calls: 3500 @ ASK $0.90: 3502 traded vs 166 OI: Earnings 8/22 Before Open (est) $38.83 Ref
• Oclaro, Inc. OCLR Jun 10.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.10: 650 traded vs 8845 OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close (est) $9.49 Ref
• Dow Chemical Co DOW Sep 65.0 Calls Sweep: 564 @ ASK $2.35: 796 traded vs 20k OI: Earnings 7/27 Before Open $64.95 Ref
• Iconix Brand Group Inc ICON Nov 7.5 Calls Sweep: 981 @ ASK $0.65: 981 traded vs 66 OI: Earnings 8/3 After Close (est) $6.52 Ref
• SeaWorld Entertainment Inc SEAS Jun 16.0 Calls Sweep: 840 @ ASK $0.45: 843 traded vs 228 OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $16.36 Ref
• PulteGroup, Inc. PHM Jul 28th 25.5 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.45: 729 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 7/20 Before Open (est) $24.65 Ref