Watch These 4 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.

• eBay Inc EBAY Feb17 27.0 Puts: 1000 @ ASK $1.08: 2000 traded vs 640 OI: Earnings 1/25 After Close (est) $28.28 Ref
• Mobileye NV MBLY Dec16 35.0 Puts Sweep: 876 @ ASK $1.30: 4321 traded vs 673 OI: Earnings 11/15 Before Open $37.77 Ref
• Community Health Systems CYH Dec $10 Put; 3250 @Bid @$5.30; Ref=$4.66
• AstraZeneca plc (ADR) AZN Nov16 28.0 Puts Sweep: 3700 @ ASK $0.45: 3879 traded vs 3564 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $29.11 Ref