Watch These 7 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.

• National Beverage Corp. FIZZ Jun17 55.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $4.50: 600 traded vs 1 OI: $47.92 Ref
• Encana Corp (USA) ECA Oct16 10.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $1.15: 11k traded vs 2785 OI: $10.70 Ref
• Intersil Corp ISIL Sep16 19.0 Calls Sweep: 575 @ ASK $1.25: 3099 traded vs 8546 OI: Earnings 10/26 $19.50 Ref
• Calpine Corporation CPN Mar17 13.0 Calls: 4608 @ ASK $1.75: 5000 traded vs 230 OI: $13.50 Ref
• NeoPhotonics Corp NPTN Sep16 17.5 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.40: 500 traded vs 76 OI: $16.79 Ref
• Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc AERI Oct16 30.0 Calls: 1276 @ ASK $1.85: 1574 traded vs 523 OI: Earnings 11/1 $21.36 Ref
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation OXY Jan17 90.0 Calls: 4800 @ ASK $0.34: 4801 traded vs 767 OI: Earnings 10/26 $77.65 Ref