Watch These 7 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.

• Twitter Inc TWTR Dec16 27.0 Calls: 10500 @ ASK $0.33: 15k traded vs 452 OI: $17.80 Ref
• TJX Companies Inc TJX Aug16 82.5 Calls Sweep: 3001 @ ASK $1.30: 3001 traded vs 955 OI: Earnings 8/16 Before Open $81.09 Ref
• Ross Stores, Inc. ROST Aug16 62.5 Calls: 3000 @ ASK $1.45: 3001 traded vs 1807 OI: Earnings 8/18 $61.48 Ref
• NVIDIA Corporation NVDA Oct16 55.0 Calls Sweep: 5001 @ Above Ask! $5.20: 5182 traded vs 885 OI: Earnings 8/11 After Close $56.97 Ref
• Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI Nov16 43.0 Calls: 5000 @ ASK $2.11: 5011 traded vs 842 OI: $40.88 Ref
• Mercadolibre Inc MELI Aug16 145 Calls Sweep: 553 @ ASK $10.49: 553 traded vs 106 OI: $150.42 Ref
• Ciena Corporation CIEN Sep16 21.0 Calls Sweep: 1643 @ ASK $0.88: 1644 traded vs 379 OI: Earnings 9/1 $19.73 Ref