Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Starbucks Corporation SBUX Jan18 50.0 Puts: 5000 @ ASK $2.28: 5100 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $55.06 Ref
• QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM Mar 56.5 Puts: 11000 @ ASK $0.24: 11k traded vs 855 OI: Earnings 4/19 After Close $57.91 Ref
• Hartford Financial Services Group Inc HIG Mar 50.0 Puts Sweep: 623 @ ASK $1.38: 625 traded vs 222 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $48.72 Ref
• Signet Jewelers Ltd. SIG Mar $60 Put; Mar $60 Put; 3000 at Bid @$0.30
• Seagate Technology PLC STX Mar 46.0 Puts Sweep: 1045 @ ASK $0.65: 2046 traded vs 1096 OI: Earnings 4/28 After Close (est) $46.60 Ref