Watch These 8 Huge Call Purchases In Tuesday 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 Monday's regular session.

• Micron Technology, Inc. MU Mar 31st 30.0 Calls: 13500 @ ASK $0.14: 15k traded vs 38k OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $26.15 Ref
• Gap Inc GPS Mar 31st 23.5 Calls Sweep: 522 @ ASK $0.56: 2745 traded vs 18 OI: Earnings 5/18 After Close $23.52 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Jun 13.0 Calls: 3110 @ ASK $0.21: 4004 traded vs 459 OI: Earnings 5/25 Before Open (est) $9.09 Ref
• Cypress Semiconductor Corporation CY Apr 14.0 Calls Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $0.598: 1682 traded vs 7847 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $14.12 Ref
• Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. BKD Apr 14.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.20: 1500 traded vs 8656 OI: Earnings 5/8 After Close (est) $12.16 Ref
• AmTrust Financial Services Inc AFSI Jun 22.5 Calls Sweep: 725 @ ASK $0.45: 1556 traded vs 132 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open (est) $16.99 Ref
• McDonald's Corporation MCD Mar 24th 131 Calls Sweep: 1281 @ ASK $0.19: 1554 traded vs 490 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $129.13 Ref
• Comcast Corporation CMCSA Mar 31st 38.5 Calls Sweep: 925 @ ASK $0.097: 1000 traded vs 218 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open $37.72 Ref