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.

• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ: HIMX) Jan19 7.0 Calls: 5000 @ ASK $2.70: 5000 traded vs 14k OI: Earnings 8/10 Before Open (est) $8.22 Ref
• BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) Jan18 7.0 Calls Sweep: 3000 @ ASK $4.45: 3133 traded vs 27k OI: Earnings 6/23 Before Open $11.12 Ref
• Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) Jun 23rd 41.0 Calls: 2028 @ ASK $0.38: 3001 traded vs 162 OI: Earnings 8/8 After Close (est) $39.66 Ref
• Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) Sep 22.0 Calls: 1000 @ ASK $3.90: 1062 traded vs 3101 OI: Earnings 8/3 After Close (est) $24.58 Ref
• Adecoagro SA (NYSE: AGRO) Jul 10.0 Calls: 613 @ ASK $0.60: 1000 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/10 After Close (est) $10.08 Ref
• Zogenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGNX) Jul 20.0 Calls: 3000 @ ASK $0.15: 3000 traded vs 6180 OI: Earnings 8/9 After Close (est) $14.50 Ref
• Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) Oct 15 Call; 2150 @Bid @$3.70; Ref=$18.40
• Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) Jul 47.5 Calls Sweep: 558 @ Above Ask! $2.45: 607 traded vs 3019 OI: Earnings 8/10 After Close $47.63 Ref