Watch These 8 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.

• Vishay Intertechnology VSH Aug16 15.0 Calls Sweep: 899 @ ASK $0.25: 899 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/2 $13.31 Ref
• Cypress Semiconductor Corporation CY Jul16 11.0 Calls Sweep: 966 @ ASK $0.35: 31k traded vs 11k OI: Earnings 7/28 $10.42 Ref
• Southwest Airlines Co LUV Jul16 39.5 Calls: 500 @ ASK $1.35: 1234 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 7/21 Before Open $39.60 Ref
• Micron Technology, Inc. MU Fri 7/22 13.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 4562 @ ASK $1.12: 4631 traded vs 420 OI: Earnings 6/30 $13.90 Ref
• Blucora Inc BCOR Jan17 12.5 Calls: 4950 @ ASK $0.60: 4950 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/4 $9.82 Ref
• Hologic, Inc. HOLX Jul16 36.0 Calls Sweep: 632 @ ASK $0.39: 2199 traded vs 146 OI: Earnings 8/3 $34.89 Ref
• J C Penney Company Inc JCP 7/29 9.0 Calls (Wkly): 10000 @ ASK $0.34: 10k traded vs 48 OI: Earnings 8/12 $8.61 Ref
• Western Digital Corp WDC Jul16 55.0 Calls Sweep: 801 @ ASK $0.46: 1818 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 8/3 $50.35 Ref