Watch These 8 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.

• Yahoo! Inc. YHOO Feb 46.0 Calls Sweep: 1343 @ ASK $0.51: 1606 traded vs 17k OI: Earnings 4/18 After Close (est) $44.85 Ref
• Teradyne, Inc. TER Feb 30.0 Calls Sweep: 981 @ ASK $0.25: 1651 traded vs 30 OI: Earnings today After Close $27.25 Ref
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) TEVA Feb 3rd 35.0 Calls: 2036 @ ASK $0.60: 7343 traded vs 627 OI: Earnings 2/13 Before Open $33.72 Ref
• Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL Mar 16.0 Calls Sweep: 739 @ ASK $0.35: 7463 traded vs 1 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $14.94 Ref
• Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) AMRN Apr 3.5 Calls: 760 @ ASK $0.10: 765 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $2.89 Ref
• Apple Inc. AAPL Feb 123 Calls: 10800 @ ASK $1.68: 11k traded vs 770 OI: Earnings 1/31 After Close $121.24 Ref
• Synaptics, Incorporated SYNA Feb 64.0 Calls: 2300 @ ASK $2.15: 2500 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings tmrrw After Close $60.14 Ref
• Rio Tinto plc (ADR) RIO Mar 47.5 Calls Sweep: 5000 @ ASK $1.10: 5000 traded vs 1267 OI: Earnings 2/8 Before Open $45.27 Ref