Watch These 5 Huge Call Purchases In Wednesday 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 Tuesday's regular session.

• Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM Oct16 30.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.19: 1677 traded vs 5644 OI: Earnings 11/2 $28.55 Ref
• Centurylink Inc CTL Oct16 26.0 Calls Sweep: 552 @ ASK $1.95: 552 traded vs 187 OI: Earnings 11/2 After Close $28.00 Ref
• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Fri 10/28 9.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.15: 1002 traded vs 80 OI: Earnings 11/10 $8.46 Ref
• Fitbit Inc FIT Fri 10/14 14.0 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 1018 @ ASK $0.10: 1589 traded vs 593 OI: Earnings 11/7 $13.61 Ref
• Kroger Co KR Nov16 30.0 Calls: 3052 @ ASK $0.65: 3054 traded vs 4913 OI: Earnings 12/1 Before Open $29.42 Ref