Watch These Huge Put Purchases In Thursday 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 Wednesday’s regular session.

• J C Penney Company Inc JCP Oct. 28 Weeklys $8.50 Puts at the Ask: Volume of 10,283 vs Open Interest 221
• Dollar General Corp. DG Nov. 4 Weeklys $69 Put Sweep at the Ask: Volume of 2,500 vs Open Interest 21