Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co HPE Nov16 21.0 Puts Sweep: 1135 @ ASK $1.55: 1135 traded vs 47 OI: Earnings 8/23 $21.04 Ref
• RingCentral Inc RNG Sep16 20.0 Puts: 1250 @ ASK $0.60: 2500 traded vs 0 OI: $22.93 Ref
• Sarepta Therapeutics Inc SRPT Fri 8/12 10.0 Puts (Wkly): 1816 @ ASK $0.55: 3252 traded vs 9807 OI: Earnings Today $27.03 Ref
• Stratasys, Ltd. SSYS Sep16 20.0 Puts Sweep: 886 @ ASK $1.95: 889 traded vs 2998 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $20.32 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Fri 9/9 39.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 621 @ ASK $0.31: 2221 traded vs 1755 OI: $42.89 Ref