Watch These 10 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.

• J C Penney Company Inc JCP Apr 8.0 Calls: 19898 @ ASK $0.26: 20k traded vs 175 OI: Earnings 2/24 Before Open $6.99 Ref
• Leidos Holdings, Inc. LDOS Mar 53.0 Calls Sweep: 872 @ ASK $1.70: 872 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $52.94 Ref
• HP Inc HPQ Mar 17.0 Calls Sweep: 955 @ ASK $0.16: 1041 traded vs 3192 OI: $16.14 Ref
• Cheniere Energy, Inc. LNG Mar 50.0 Calls: 999 @ ASK $0.75: 999 traded vs 21k OI: Earnings 2/28 Before Open $47.46 Ref
• Red Hat Inc RHT Apr 90.0 Calls Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $1.60: 1582 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 3/22 After Close (est) $84.51 Ref
• ShoreTel Inc SHOR Jul 7.5 Calls Sweep: 599 @ ASK $0.55: 649 traded vs 62 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $6.83 Ref
• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ERIC Oct17 8.0 Calls Sweep: 687 @ ASK $0.20: 687 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $6.31 Ref
• Yelp Inc YELP Apr 40.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $0.45: 1000 traded vs 11 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $34.26 Ref
• Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc MDRX Jun 14.0 Calls Sweep: 719 @ ASK $0.35: 719 traded vs 56 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $12.07 Ref
• Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc AERI Mar 45.0 Calls Sweep: 700 @ ASK $3.50: 1400 traded vs 218 OI: Earnings 3/1 After Close (est) $44.20 Ref