Watch These 5 Huge Call 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 Wednesday's regular session.

• Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (ADR) BUD Jan17 105 Calls: 1100 @ Above Ask! $2.68: 2295 traded vs 805 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $102.35 Ref
• ANSYS, Inc. ANSS Jan17 100 Calls: 1350 @ ASK $0.85: 1350 traded vs 176 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $93.80 Ref
• Western Digital Corp WDC Fri 12/9 61.0 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 743 @ ASK $1.923: 857 traded vs 37 OI: Earnings 1/26 After Close (est) $60.99 Ref
• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc CLF Feb17 10.0 Calls Sweep: 1655 @ ASK $0.68: 6741 traded vs 110 OI: Earnings 1/26 Before Open (est) $8.42 Ref
• Boyd Gaming Corporation BYD Dec16 19.0 Calls: 1338 @ ASK $0.45: 2000 traded vs 927 OI: Earnings 2/16 After Close (est) $18.80 Ref