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.

• Nike Inc NKE Fri 7/1 54.0 Puts (Wkly): 1000 @ ASK $1.36: 3359 traded vs 2335 OI: Earnings 6/28 After Close $54.80 Ref
• NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI Jun16 87.5 Puts Sweep: 1945 @ ASK $1.37: 2799 traded vs 189 OI: Earnings 8/3 $87.01 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Jan18 10.0 Puts Sweep: 730 @ ASK $3.30: 741 traded vs 46k OI: $13.70 Ref
• Twitter Inc TWTR Fri 7/8 12.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 2148 @ ASK $0.06: 2188 traded vs 3615 OI: Earnings 7/26 $16.38 Ref
• The Kroger Co KR Jun16 32.5 Puts Sweep: 1563 @ ASK $0.15: 2395 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings tmrrw Before Open $35.58
• Vipshop Holdings Ltd – ADR VIPS Jul16 12.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $1.05: 2133 traded vs 402 OI: Earnings 8/8 $11.46 Ref
• Broadcom Ltd AVGO Jun16 150 Puts Sweep: 673 @ ASK $0.15: 1010 traded vs 571 OI: $158.97 Ref