Watch These 7 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.

• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Jan 39.5 Calls Sweep: 635 @ ASK $0.60: 732 traded vs 103 OI: Earnings 2/9 Before Open $39.79 Ref
• Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD Feb 38.0 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $1.299: 1552 traded vs 6747 OI: Earnings 1/24 After Close $37.23 Ref
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV FCAU Mar 7.0 Calls Sweep: 1053 @ ASK $2.70: 1069 traded vs 22k OI: Earnings 1/25 Before Open (est) $9.64 Ref
• Uni-Pixel Inc UNXL Jan 2.0 Calls Sweep: 1753 @ ASK $0.05: 1753 traded vs 15k OI: Earnings 3/2 After Close (est) $1.50 Ref
• Macy's Inc M Feb 24th 30.0 Calls Sweep: 1049 @ ASK $1.08: 1095 traded vs 74 OI: Earnings 2/21 Before Open $28.97 Ref
• Cameco Corp (USA) CCJ Jan18 17.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $0.55: 2026 traded vs 14k OI: Earnings 2/9 After Close $11.57 Ref
• T-Mobile US Inc TMUS May 70.0 Calls Sweep: 2186 @ ASK $0.84: 2186 traded vs 276 OI: Earnings 2/9 Before Open (est) $57.67 Ref