Watch These 8 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.

• Transocean LTD RIG Mar 31st 12.0 Calls Sweep: 12087 @ ASK $0.98: 12k traded vs 425 OI: Earnings 5/3 Before Open (est) $12.70 Ref
• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Mar 45.0 Calls: 1100 @ ASK $0.15: 2544 traded vs 9232 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $44.04 Ref
• Western Digital Corp WDC Apr 28th 74.5 Calls Sweep: 1032 @ ASK $4.40: 2032 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $76.17 Ref
• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc CLF May 12.0 Calls Sweep: 2232 @ ASK $0.33: 4325 traded vs 2794 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $9.61 Ref
• General Mills, Inc. GIS Mar 62.5 Calls: 1289 @ ASK $0.07: 1311 traded vs 6419 OI: Earnings 3/21 Before Open $60.72 Ref
• Kroger Co KR Apr 29.0 Calls Sweep: 3711 @ ASK $0.80: 3736 traded vs 1258 OI: Earnings 6/15 Before Open $28.85 Ref
• Pentair plc. PNR May 65.0 Calls: 2400 @ ASK $1.05: 2506 traded vs 335 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open (est) $61.65 Ref
• Coach Inc COH Apr 41.0 Calls: 594 @ ASK $0.65: 1147 traded vs 206 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open $39.86 Ref