Benzinga's Option Alert Recap From April 18

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity.

Here's a recap of the options alerts from Tuesday, April 18, 2017. All time stamps are in Eastern Time.

• 3:11:01 pm: PX Praxair 30K Jan. 2019 $150/$170 Call Spreads Bought At $2.55 To Open As It Awaits A Deal With Linde
• 1:16:54 pm: AKRX Akorn Apr 32.5 Calls Sweep: 832 @ ASK $1.051: 1777 traded vs 1702 OI: Earnings 5/9 After Close [est] $32.11 Ref
• 1:09:57 pm: WMT Wal-Mart June $72.5 Put; 5000 @Bid @ $1.56; Ref=$73.70
• 12:48:46 pm: AKS AK Steel Apr 28th 7.0 Calls: 730 @ ASK $0.13: 2289 traded vs 1387 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $6.24 Ref
• 12:13:59 pm: EQR Equity Residential Jul 21 $57.5 Puts Sweep (37) at the ask: 1000 @ 0.769 vs 389 OI; Ref=$64.47
• 11:51:05 am: ILG ILG Jan18 25.0 Calls Sweep: 691 @ ASK $0.70: 3419 traded vs 56 OI: Earnings 5/9 After Close [est] $22.00 Ref
• 11:39:31 am: GSAT Globalstar May 2.0 Puts Sweep: 1800 @ ASK $0.35: 1800 traded vs 1830 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close [est] $1.89 Ref
• 11:28:49 am: GALT Galectin Therapeutics Oct17 2.0 Puts Sweep: 550 @ ASK $0.50: 570 traded vs 161 OI: Earnings 5/12 Before Open [est] $3.06 Ref
• 10:19:36 am: WFM Whole Foods Nov17 34.0 Calls Sweep: 721 @ ASK $3.40: 721 traded vs 58 OI: Earnings 5/10 After Close $34.82 Ref
• 10:02:29 am: GNTX Gentex May 20.0 Puts Sweep: 519 @ ASK $0.65: 519 traded vs 344 OI: Earnings 4/21 Before Open $20.20 Ref
• 9:54:05 am: VRX Valeant Apr 8.5 Puts Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $0.05: 2007 traded vs 613 OI: Earnings 5/9 Before Open $9.12 Ref
• 9:38:51 am: MDLZ Mondelez Sep $45 Call; 4441 @ Bid @$2.53; Ref=$44.19

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