Watch These 8 Huge Put 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.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) TEVA Jan18 30.0 Puts: 4500 @ ASK $2.56: 5005 traded vs 21k OI: Earnings 5/8 Before Open (est) $33.14 Ref
• ENSCO PLC ESV Apr 6.0 Puts Sweep: 574 @ ASK $0.05: 1599 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 4/26 After Close (est) $8.79 Ref
• Whiting Petroleum Corp WLL Apr 9.0 Puts Sweep: 4110 @ ASK $0.43: 5424 traded vs 555 OI: Earnings 4/26 After Close (est) $9.69 Ref
• Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW Mar 15.0 Puts: 699 @ ASK $0.25: 699 traded vs 5008 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $17.55 Ref
• Fitbit Inc FIT Apr 6 Put; 2000 @Bid @$0.41
• CBS Corporation CBS Sep17 65.0 Puts: 1000 @ ASK $3.20: 1000 traded vs 42 OI: Earnings 5/2 After Close (est) $68.17 Ref
• JD.Com Inc(ADR) JD Apr $31 Put; 2500 @Bid @$1.00
• California Resources Corp CRC Apr 15.0 Puts Sweep: 1236 @ ASK $1.50: 2867 traded vs 806 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $15.03 Ref