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

• Herbalife Ltd. HLF Jan17 60.0 Calls Sweep: 721 @ ASK $0.47: 754 traded vs 11k OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $49.83 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Feb17 45.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $1.26: 1000 traded vs 129 OI: Earnings 2/1 Before Open (est) $42.99 Ref
• ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. ZIOP Jan17 13.0 Calls Sweep: 614 @ ASK $0.25: 994 traded vs 2897 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $6.85 Ref
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM May17 33.0 Calls: 608 @ Above Ask! $1.77: 1500 traded vs 340 OI: Earnings 2/8 After Close (est) $30.95 Ref
• Mylan NV MYL Dec16 42.5 Calls Sweep: 624 @ ASK $0.08: 1656 traded vs 4330 OI: Earnings 2/9 After Close (est) $36.90 Ref