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.

• salesforce.com, inc. CRM Fri 9/2 75.5 Puts (Wkly): 986 @ Above Ask! $0.70: 1231 traded vs 154 OI: $79.50 Ref
• Maxim Integrated Products Inc. MXIM Oct $40 Puts at the bid: 980 @ 1.271 vs. Open Interest 0
• Lifelock Inc LOCK Jan 20 $16 Puts at the bid: 4300 @ 1.291 vs. Open Interest 5
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Jun 15 $3 Puts at the bid: 1850 @ 0.801 vs. Open Interest 0
• Imperva Inc IMPV Jan 20 $40 Puts at the bid: 1700 @ 3.241 vs. Open Interest 1
• Halliburton Company HAL Apr 21 $40 Puts Sweep at the bid: 1500 @ 3.101 vs. Open Interest 10
• The Medicines Company MDCO Apr 21 $35 Puts at the bid: 500 @ 5.401 vs. Open Interest 0