Watch These 6 Huge Put Purchases In Monday 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 Friday’s regular session.

• Esperion Therapeutics Inc ESPR Sep 13.0 Puts: 1374 @ ASK $0.25: 2000 traded vs 2033 OI: Earnings 5/3 Before Open (est) $35.46 Ref
• Apple Inc. AAPL Jun 130 Put; 3000 @Bid @$0.95; Ref=$143.83
• Select Comfort Corp. SCSS Apr 25.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $1.398: 3009 traded vs 27 OI: Earnings 4/19 After Close $25.61 Ref
• Proofpoint Inc PFPT Apr 75.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $3.598: 500 traded vs 129 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close $74.08 Ref
• Morgan Stanley MS Sep 15 $42 Puts Sweep (27) at the ask: 1885 @ 3.3 vs 1148 OI; Ref=$41.59
• National Fuel Gas Co. NFG Apr 21 $60 Puts at the ask: 1750 @ 0.901 vs 1001 OI; Ref=$60.6801