Watch These Huge Put 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.

• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX Aug16 15.0 Puts: 10846 @ ASK $0.03: 12k traded vs 28k OI: $24.75 Ref
• Vipshop Holdings Ltd – ADR VIPS Aug16 14.5 Puts Sweep: 2145 @ ASK $0.75: 10k traded vs 305 OI: Earnings 8/15 After Close $14.73 Ref
• Wyndham Worldwide Corporation WYN Sep16 67.5 Puts: 3500 @ ASK $1.40: 3500 traded vs 69 OI: $69.53 Ref
• 3D Systems Corporation DDD Fri 8/12 15.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 2281 @ ASK $0.23: 2291 traded vs 202 OI: $15.62 Ref