Watch These 6 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.

• Akorn, Inc. AKRX May $37.5 Call; 2070 @Bid @$0.15; Ref =$32.92
• NuStar Energy L.P. NS May 19 $50 Calls at the bid: 5200 @ 0.3 vs 39 OI; Ref=$47.87
• QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM Oct 20 $55 Calls at the ask: 3450 @ 3.05 vs 211 OI; Ref=$53.78
• Vipshop Holdings Ltd - ADR VIPS Nov 17 $13 Calls at the bid: 2500 @ 2.05 vs 1007 OI; Ref=$13.285
• Plains GP Holdings LP PAGP May 19 $32 Calls at the bid: 1600 @ 0.801 vs 1331 OI; Ref=$31.7
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Apr 13th 59.0 Calls Sweep: 1537 @ ASK $0.35: 2037 traded vs 93 OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open (est) $58.79 Ref