Watch These 5 Huge Call 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.

• Dow Chemical Co DOW Dec16 55.0 Calls Sweep: 649 @ ASK $1.75: 2243 traded vs 46k OI: Earnings 1/26 Before Open $55.99 Ref
• E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co DD Fri 12/2 74.0 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 1155 @ ASK $0.267: 1156 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 1/24 Before Open $72.80 Ref
• Papa John's Int'l, Inc. PZZA Dec16 87.5 Calls Sweep: 635 @ ASK $2.40: 636 traded vs 39 OI: Earnings 2/21 After Close (est) $88.26 Ref
• Kandi Technologies Group Inc KNDI Jan17 8.0 Calls Sweep: 2010 @ ASK $0.10: 2050 traded vs 5030 OI: Earnings 3/13 Before Open (est) $5.85 Ref
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS Fri 12/9 63.0 Calls (Wkly): 1049 @ ASK $0.92: 1173 traded vs 228 OI: Earnings 1/25 After Close (est) $62.36 Ref