Watch These 7 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.

• J C Penney Company Inc JCP Aug 5.0 Puts: 2086 @ ASK $0.60: 11k traded vs 15k OI: Earnings 8/11 Before Open (est) $4.84 Ref
• SeaWorld Entertainment Inc SEAS Sep 17.0 Puts Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $1.25: 2169 traded vs 19k OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $16.84 Ref
• Starbucks Corporation SBUX Jun 60.0 Puts Sweep: 1009 @ ASK $0.30: 1106 traded vs 6483 OI: Earnings 7/27 After Close (est) $60.25 Ref
• Twitter Inc TWTR Jan 2019 Put; 7000 @Bid @$2.20; Ref = $16.76
• Caterpillar Inc. CAT Jun 104 Puts Sweep: 2030 @ ASK $0.40: 3773 traded vs 1518 OI: Earnings 7/25 Before Open (est) $104.82 Ref
• Fossil Group Inc FOSL Jun 30th 9.5 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.35: 1002 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/8 After Close (est) $9.72 Ref
• MannKind Corporation MNKD Jul 4.0 Puts Sweep: 675 @ ASK $2.77: 676 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/7 After Close (est) $1.40 Ref