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.

• Seagate Technology PLC STX May 50.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $1.57: 12k traded vs 468 OI: Earnings 4/28 After Close (est) $47.23 Ref
• H & R Block Inc HRB May 24.0 Calls Sweep: 729 @ ASK $0.65: 11k traded vs 685 OI: Earnings 6/8 After Close (est) $23.04 Ref
• Starbucks Corporation SBUX May 5th 60.0 Calls: 4800 @ ASK $0.54: 6804 traded vs 323 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $58.09 Ref
• Baidu Inc (ADR) BIDU Apr 190 Calls Sweep: 706 @ ASK $0.16: 1580 traded vs 3818 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $172.57 Ref
• BlackBerry Ltd BBRY Mar 31st 7.0 Calls Sweep: 820 @ ASK $0.15: 1280 traded vs 2595 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $6.95 Ref
• Nutanix Inc NTNX Oct17 20.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $3.00: 1017 traded vs 183 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $19.03 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Jan19 10.0 Calls Sweep: 2000 @ BID $2.75: Ref= $11.74
• CBS Corporation CBS Apr 68.5 Calls Sweep: 786 @ ASK $1.40: 787 traded vs 32 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close $68.70 Ref