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.

• Analog Devices, Inc. ADI Oct 20 $87.5 Calls at the Bid: 5000 @ $0.5 vs 297 OI; Ref=$82.53
• NRG Energy Inc NRG Oct 20 $26 Calls Sweep (3) at the Ask: 5000 @ $0.651 vs 184 OI; Ref=$24.18
• Citigroup Inc C Nov 17 $70 Calls at the Bid: 5000 @ $1.42 vs 3825 OI; Ref=$67.51
• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Jan, 2019 $12 Calls Sweep (2) at the Ask: 4900 @ $2.65 vs 2906 OI; Ref=$10.95
• Micron Technology, Inc. MU Sep 29 $30 Calls Sweep (31) at the Ask: 2272 @ $3.1 vs 688 OI; Ref=$32.49
• Insmed Incorporated INSM Sep 15 $31 Calls Sweep (2) at the Ask: 946 @ $0.5 vs 100 OI; Ref=$27.11
• Conn's Inc CONN Sep 15 $22 Calls Sweep (23) at the Ask: 850 @ $0.5 vs 89 OI; Ref=$18.7
• Eros International plc EROS Mar 16 $22.5 Calls Sweep (20) at the Ask: 823 @ $0.783 vs 10 OI; Ref=$12.1