Watch These 8 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.

• Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) Jan18 25.0 Calls: 9998 @ Above Ask! $0.50: 10k traded vs 1502 OI: Earnings 7/20 After Close (est) $19.86 Ref
• Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) Sep 15.0 Calls: 5500 @ ASK $1.15: 5506 traded vs 12k OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close (est) $14.16 Ref
• Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) Jul 55.0 Calls: 4975 @ ASK $0.57: 5098 traded vs 15k OI: Earnings 6/29 After Close $52.21 Ref
• Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC) Aug 24.0 Calls: 1690 @ ASK $0.85: 3038 traded vs 36 OI: Earnings 7/26 After Close (est) $21.55 Ref
• Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) Sep 27.0 Calls: 2500 @ ASK $0.45: 2500 traded vs 238 OI: Earnings 8/3 After Close (est) $25.14 Ref
• Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) Aug 48.0 Calls: 2000 @ Above Ask! $0.66: 2007 traded vs 107 OI: Earnings 8/17 After Close (est) $43.57 Ref
• Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UAA) Jul 23.5 Calls Sweep: 713 @ ASK $0.11: 1500 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 7/25 Before Open (est) $20.02 Ref
• Tailored Brands Inc (NYSE:TLRD) Jul 10.0 Calls: 982 @ ASK $0.50: 1199 traded vs 201 OI: Earnings 9/6 After Close (est) $9.67 Ref