Watch These 10 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 Thursday's regular session.

  • BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX Feb 7.0 Calls: 13998 @ Above Ask! $0.99: 15k traded vs 460 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $6.44 Ref
  • RH RH Feb 29.5 Calls Sweep: 821 @ ASK $0.65: 1825 traded vs 33 OI: Earnings 2/22 After Close (est) $27.45 Ref
  • Green Plains Inc GPRE Feb 23.0 Calls Sweep: 1638 @ ASK $0.85: 1641 traded vs 39 OI: Earnings 2/8 After Close $22.07 Ref
  • Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Feb 3rd 6.0 Calls Sweep: 2795 @ ASK $0.15: 2797 traded vs 5 OI: Earnings 2/2 Before Open (est) $5.68 Ref
  • Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI Feb 4.5 Calls Sweep: 1015 @ ASK $0.25: 1015 traded vs 9189 OI: Earnings 2/2 Before Open $4.70 Ref
  • Fred's, Inc. FRED Feb 15.0 Calls: 750 @ ASK $1.55: 1121 traded vs 386 OI: Earnings 3/22 Before Open (est) $14.93 Ref
  • Apple Inc. AAPL Nov $140 Call; 2313 @Bid @$2.87; Ref=$121.81
  • SYSCO Corporation SYY May 60.0 Calls Sweep: 2032 @ ASK $0.35: 2046 traded vs 880 OI: Earnings 2/6 Before Open $52.96 Ref
  • Wendys Co WEN Feb 13.0 Calls: 2500 @ ASK $1.00: 2500 traded vs 674 OI: Earnings 2/16 Before Open $13.85 Ref
  • Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd (ADR) MPEL Feb 18.68 Calls Sweep: 3374 @ ASK $0.35: 3374 traded vs 5336 OI: Earnings 2/16 Before Open (est) $17.26 Ref
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