Watch These 7 Huge Call Purchases In Monday 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 Friday's regular session.

• Synchrony Financial SYF Aug16 28.0 Calls Sweep: 23984 @ ASK $0.30: 24k traded vs 879 OI: $27.57 Ref
• Novavax, Inc. NVAX Jan17 10.0 Calls Sweep: 800 @ ASK $1.50: 800 traded vs 12k OI: $7.10 Ref
• YY Inc (ADR) YY Sep16 50.0 Calls Sweep: 1023 @ ASK $2.10: 5081 traded vs 675 OI: Earnings 8/17 After Close $47.78 Ref
• Paychex, Inc. PAYX Mar17 60.0 Calls: 1200 @ Above Ask! $2.80: 1500 traded vs 63 OI
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Mar17 22.0 Calls Sweep: 715 @ ASK $1.19: 715 traded vs 0 OI: $17.80 Ref
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co HPE Sep16 22.0 Calls Sweep: 2794 @ ASK $1.05: 2856 traded vs 919 OI: Earnings 9/7 After Close $21.84 Ref
• Hain Celestial Group Inc HAIN Sep16 55.0 Calls: 1700 @ ASK $2.00: 3199 traded vs 6937 OI: Earnings 8/16 $52.37 Ref