Watch These 7 Huge Put 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.

• Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) Mar 15.0 Puts Sweep: 1385 @ ASK $1.05: 2707 traded vs 156 OI: Earnings 2/22 After Close $14.56 Ref
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX) Feb 17.5 Puts Sweep: 2330 @ ASK $2.43: 4061 traded vs 9643 OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open $15.10 Ref
• Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) Mar 18.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.25: 1002 traded vs 136 OI: Earnings Today After Close $18.28 Ref
• T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) Feb 60.0 Puts Sweep: 942 @ ASK $1.15: 1194 traded vs 1823 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $60.42 Ref
• Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) Feb 12.0 Puts: 500 @ ASK $0.05: 500 traded vs 2805 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $12.86 Ref
• Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) Mar $14 Put; 32600 @Bid @$0.18
• Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) Jun 9.0 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $3.70: 1020 traded vs 595 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $6.61 Ref