Watch These 7 Huge Call 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.

• Gap Inc GPS Aug 18 $24 Calls at the Bid: 2500 @ $0.681 vs 662 OI; Ref=$23.39
• Microsoft Corporation MSFT Sep, 2018 $75 Calls Sweep (2) at the Ask: 2115 @ $5.996 vs 915 OI; Ref=$73.61
• eBay Inc EBAY Fri $37 Calls at the Ask: 5150 @ $1.371 vs 4351 OI; Ref=$37.235
• QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM Sep 15 $52.5 Calls Sweep (18) at the Ask: 2000 @ $3.0 vs 160 OI; Ref=$54.32
• Brunswick Corporation BC Aug 18 $60 Calls Above Ask!: 1691 @ $2.05 vs 6 OI; Ref=$59.25
• Overstock.com, Inc. OSTK Aug 18 $17.5 Calls at the Ask: 2000 @ $1.0 vs 1391 OI; Ref=$16.9
• MGM Resorts International MGM Aug 4 $34.5 Calls Sweep (22) at the Ask: 965 @ $0.65 vs 3 OI; Ref=$33.65