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.

• Encana Corp (USA) ECA Jul 11.0 Calls Sweep: 900 @ ASK $1.00: 24k traded vs 28k OI: Earnings 5/3 Before Open (est) $10.47 Ref
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM Apr 30.0 Calls: 11200 @ ASK $0.58: 11k traded vs 416 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $29.33 Ref
• Micron Technology, Inc. MU Mar 31st 22.0 Calls Sweep: 8000 @ ASK $3.35: 8000 traded vs 153 OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $24.92 Ref
• Callon Petroleum Company CPE Mar 12.0 Calls Sweep: 516 @ ASK $0.10: 1979 traded vs 180 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $11.26 Ref
• American International Group Inc AIG Mar 65.0 Calls Sweep: 1776 @ ASK $0.36: 2144 traded vs 11k OI: Earnings 5/2 After Close (est) $64.40 Ref
• Herbalife Ltd. HLF Mar 54.0 Calls Sweep: 2223 @ ASK $0.294: 2239 traded vs 116 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $51.87 Ref
• Trinity Industries Inc TRN Apr 25.0 Calls: 875 @ ASK $1.95: 1750 traded vs 179 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close (est) $26.01 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Sep17 43.0 Calls Sweep: 1441 @ ASK $3.35: 1441 traded vs 125 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open (est) $43.56 Ref