Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• LG Display Co Ltd. (ADR) LPL Jan18 15.0 Puts Sweep: 3000 @ Above Ask! $1.242: 3000 traded vs 121 OI: Earnings 7/26 Unspecified (est) $16.18 Ref
• VF Corp VFC Aug 57.5 Puts Sweep: 2000 @ Above Ask! $2.786: 2001 traded vs 6179 OI: Earnings 7/24 Before Open $56.36 Ref
• Tesla Inc TSLA Jan $330 Put; 2350 @Bid @$48.35; Ref=$312.59
• E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co DD Jul 82.0 Puts Sweep: 1209 @ ASK $1.74: 1209 traded vs 78 OI: Earnings 7/25 Before Open $80.94 Ref
• Avis Budget Group Inc. CAR Aug 27.0 Puts 2000 @BID @$2.25 Ref=27.36