Watch These 7 Huge Call Purchases In Monday 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 Friday's regular session.

• AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) Oct16 25.0 Calls Sweep: 735 @ ASK $0.50: 913 traded vs 119 OI: $23.33 Ref
• Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Nov16 45.0 Calls Sweep: 1928 @ ASK $0.44: 1980 traded vs 7573 OI: Earnings 10/19 $41.84 Ref
• Teck Resources Ltd (USA) (NYSE: TCK) Fri 9/23 17.0 Calls (Wkly): 3500 @ ASK $1.44: 5033 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 10/27 $18.11 Ref
• Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) Nov16 16.0 Calls Sweep: 676 @ ASK $0.65: 679 traded vs 2500 OI: Earnings 11/3 $11.81 Ref
• BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) Jan18 4.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $3.60: 2000 traded vs 19 OI: Earnings 9/28 Before Open $7.22 Ref
• New Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE: NGD) Oct16 4.0 Calls: 1750 @ ASK $0.85: 1750 traded vs 70 OI: Earnings 10/26 $4.63 Ref
• Mast Therapeutics Inc (NYSE: MSTX) Apr17 2.5 Calls Sweep: 720 @ ASK $0.10: 772 traded vs 45k OI: $0.56 Ref