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.

• Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ: SGMS) Jan18 25.0 Calls: 8000 @ ASK $3.10: 8000 traded vs 1076 OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $23.57 Ref
• Hertz Global Holdings, Inc (NYSE: HTZ) Jun 12.5 Calls Sweep: 2300 @ ASK $0.10: 3030 traded vs 18k OI: Earnings 8/7 After Close (est) $9.77 Ref
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) Jun 110 Calls Sweep: 1057 @ ASK $0.363: 1462 traded vs 18k OI: Earnings 7/27 Before Open $106.98 Ref
• Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) Jan18 7.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.03: 1020 traded vs 70k OI: Earnings 6/29 Before Open $3.50 Ref
• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SGYP) Jul 4.0 Calls: 800 @ ASK $0.35: 1064 traded vs 8079 OI: Earnings 8/8 After Close (est) $3.61 Ref
• Molson Coors Brewing Co (NYSE: TAP) Jun 9th 96.5 Calls Sweep: 829 @ ASK $0.60: 3329 traded vs 2 OI: Earnings 8/2 Before Open $95.45 Ref
• AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Sep 7 Call; 9800 @Bid @$0.45; Ref=$6.16
• Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Jun 2nd 51.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $1.54: 2187 traded vs 329 OI: $48.80 Ref