Watch These 7 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.

• J C Penney Company Inc JCP Aug 6.0 Calls Sweep: 1985 @ ASK $0.10: 3428 traded vs 30k OI: Earnings 8/11 Before Open (est) $4.72 Ref
• Sonic Corporation SONC Dec 27.5 Calls Sweep: 1685 @ ASK $1.75: 4114 traded vs 10 OI: Earnings 10/23 After Close (est) $26.32 Ref
• Microsemi Corporation MSCC Sep 50.0 Calls: 4000 @ ASK $2.10: 4036 traded vs 3100 OI: Earnings 7/27 After Close (est) $47.26 Ref
• Nuance Communications Inc. NUAN Jan18 22.0 Calls: 3530 @ ASK $0.35: 3530 traded vs 7242 OI: Earnings 8/8 After Close (est) $17.23 Ref
• Trinity Industries Inc TRN Aug 4th 29.0 Calls Sweep: 2500 @ ASK $0.90: 2500 traded vs 4529 OI: Earnings 7/20 After Close (est) $28.19 Ref
• Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) AMRN Aug 7.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $0.30: 1000 traded vs 70 OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $4.21 Ref
• Synaptics, Incorporated SYNA Aug 60.0 Calls: 1073 @ ASK $1.15: 1073 traded vs 2033 OI: Earnings 7/27 After Close (est) $51.53 Ref