Watch These 8 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.

• Avon Products, Inc. AVP Jul 6.0 Calls: 10000 @ ASK $0.35: 10k traded vs 1343 OI: Earnings today Before Open $4.73 Ref
• Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. BKD Feb 15.0 Calls Sweep: 1394 @ ASK $0.296: 1440 traded vs 13k OI: Earnings 5/8 After Close (est) $15.07 Ref
• Arconic Inc ARNC Apr 34.0 Calls Sweep: 4834 @ ASK $0.43: 10k traded vs 593 OI: Earnings 4/25 After Close $29.20 Ref
• Colgate-Palmolive Company CL May 65.0 Calls Sweep: 4043 @ ASK $4.85: 4056 traded vs 952 OI: Earnings 4/28 Before Open $68.55 Ref
• Medallion Financial Corp MFIN Feb 2.5 Calls Sweep: 608 @ ASK $0.10: 1820 traded vs 622 OI: Earnings today Before Open (est) $2.21 Ref
• Nutanix Inc NTNX Mar 35.0 Calls: 2500 @ ASK $1.45: 5004 traded vs 522 OI: Earnings 3/2 After Close $32.66 Ref
• Canadian Natural Resource Ltd (USA) CNQ Feb 31.0 Calls Sweep: 2830 @ ASK $0.151: 2830 traded vs 198 OI: Earnings 3/2 Before Open $30.68 Ref
• Macy's Inc M Jan18 37.5 Calls: 6001 @ Above Ask! $2.13: 7645 traded vs 3695 OI: Earnings 2/21 Before Open $32.20 Ref