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.

• JD.Com Inc(ADR) JD Mar 30.0 Calls: 1500 @ ASK $1.25: 2105 traded vs 45k OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open (est) $30.01 Ref
• Avon Products, Inc. AVP Feb 24th 6.5 Calls Sweep: 790 @ ASK $0.15: 3555 traded vs 23 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $5.81 Ref
• Hanesbrands Inc. HBI Feb 21.0 Calls Sweep: 1700 @ ASK $0.30: 8975 traded vs 689 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close (est) $20.85 Ref
• Wendys Co WEN Feb 15.0 Calls Sweep: 1775 @ ASK $0.20: 1786 traded vs 113 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $14.43 Ref
• Southwest Airlines Co LUV Feb 57.0 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $0.326: 3148 traded vs 523 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $56.18 Ref
• NewLink Genetics Corp NLNK Jun 15.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $3.40: 500 traded vs 2 OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open (est) $14.86 Ref
• Ascena Retail Group Inc ASNA Jun 7.0 Calls Sweep: 1828 @ ASK $0.30: 1828 traded vs 625 OI: Earnings 2/28 After Close (est) $5.33 Ref