Watch These 8 Huge Call 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 Thursday's regular session.

• Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) May 35.0 Calls: 960 @ ASK $0.90: 7626 traded vs 14k OI: Earnings 5/9 After Close [est] $32.64 Ref
• Kate Spade & Co (NYSE: KATE) May 20.0 Calls Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $1.148: 2012 traded vs 29k OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open [est] $19.34 Ref
• Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) Jul 80.0 Calls Sweep: 647 @ ASK $0.65: 9141 traded vs 527 OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open $72.00 Ref
• Vitamin Shoppe Inc (NYSE: VSI) Apr 20.0 Calls Sweep: 1218 @ ASK $0.195: 1218 traded vs 2 OI: Earnings 5/3 Before Open [est] $18.77 Ref
• Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) May 37.0 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $0.95: 1568 traded vs 7224 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close [est] $32.17 Ref
• Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) May 15.0 Calls Sweep: 1999 @ ASK $3.80: 2501 traded vs 5516 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close [est] $18.32 Ref
• Costamare Inc (NASDAQ: CMRE) May 8.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.15: 1000 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close [est] $6.87 Ref
• Endo International plc (NASDAQ: ENDP) Apr 11.5 Calls Sweep: 1556 @ ASK $0.15: 1673 traded vs 2602 OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open [est] $10.55 Ref