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.

• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT Fri 6/24 71.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 1617 @ ASK $0.46: 5468 traded vs 1726 OI: $71.72 Ref
• Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY Oct16 45.0 Puts: 586 @ ASK $3.30: 1002 traded vs 22 OI: $46.44 Ref

QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM Jul16 53.5 Puts Sweep: 1115 @ ASK $0.78: 1205 traded vs 45 OI: Earnings 7/20 After Close $54.49 Ref

• SouFun Holdings Ltd SFUN Fri 6/24 5.0 Puts (Wkly): 800 @ ASK $0.05: 800 traded vs 40 OI: Earnings 8/5 $5.14 Ref
• Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT Fri 6/24 24.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 1025 @ ASK $0.20: 1175 traded vs 67 OI: Earnings 8/11 $24.21 Ref
• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY Jul16 42.0 Puts: 2743 @ ASK $1.07: 3001 traded vs 14 OI: Earnings today After Close $43.62 Ref
• Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE Fri 6/24 14.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 3983 @ ASK $0.70: 4039 traded vs 277 OI: Earnings 8/3 $13.99 Ref