Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Monday 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 Friday’s regular session.

• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX Oct 20 $15 Puts at the Bid: 9850 @ $0.85 vs 6585 OI; Ref=$17.39
• Micron Technology, Inc. MU Jan 19 $31 Puts at the Bid: 5000 @ $3.3 vs 3941 OI; Ref=$32.0
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation APC Nov 17 $40 Puts at the Bid: 3000 @ $1.63 vs 1324 OI; Ref=$43.58
• U.S. Silica Holdings Inc SLCA Sep 15 $32 Puts Sweep (39) at the Ask: 2164 @ $3.6 vs 506 OI; Ref=$30.7176
• Facebook Inc FB Nov 17 $180 Puts at the Ask: 1100 @ $18.7 vs 14 OI; Ref=$164.8389